
Member of the European Parliament · Germany S&D
Birgit Sippel
MEP for Germany · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Birgit Sippel (S&D, Germany) has declared 475 lobby meetings this term - rank 6 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the most extensive declaration records in the entire Parliament - 5.6× the average member, and 3 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
44% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.
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Compared with the averages
Transparency this term
Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 47 in Sep 2024.
Busiest month: 47 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Birgit Sippel meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| European Digital Rights | 17 |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | 15 |
| Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU | 14 |
| DG Connect | 13 |
| DG JUST | 11 |
Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.
Where the meetings cluster
Most-met sectors
Human rights & humanitarian (97), Think tanks & research (39), Technology & digital (31)
Meetings by committee topic
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (313)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2026 | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien ↗ | Member | Art. 88b Digital Omnibus |
| 26 Jun 2026 | Südwestfalen Agentur | Member | How to translate research into practical gain for the region of South Westphalia |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer UN Human Rights Office | Member | Common European Approach to Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Superrr Lab SL gGmbH ↗ | Member | Future digital consumer protection |
| 25 Jun 2026 | International Centre for Migration Policy Development ↗; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. ↗ | Member | Migration Diplomacy After the EU’s Asylum Reform |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Foundation for European Progressive Studies | Member | Documentary screening "From compassion to crime" on humanitarian aid to refugees |
| 24 Jun 2026 | European Policy Centre ↗ | Member | Roundtable “From Pact Implementation to New Strategic Priorities: What Way Forward for EU Migration Policy” |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Cabinet Commissioner McGrath | Member | NRPP proposal (2025/0240(COD) & AgoraEU (2025/0550(COD)); general RoL developments) |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Deutscher Bundesjugendring ↗ | Member | Resilient democracies |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Foundation for European Progressive Studies RES PUBLICA FOUNDATION | Member | Lecture “How progressives should think about migration?” |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2026 | Shopify Inc. ↗ | Member | Digital Omnibus |
| 23 Jun 2026 | European Digital Rights | Member | Conference "Fight for Us, not for Them”: A public interest vision for EU tech policy |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Polskie Towarzystwo Prawa Antydyskryminacyjnego (Polish Society of Anti-discrimination Law) | Member | Anti-discrimination legislation |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Representation of the German Bundesland Northrhine-Westphalia to the EU | Member | Summer reception |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Bundesnotarkammer ↗ | Member | EU Inc./28th regime |
| 22 Jun 2026 | European Data Protection Supervisor | Member | Data retention |
| 12 Jun 2026 | Internet Watch Foundation ↗ | Rapporteur | Child Sexual Abuse and Interim-Regulation |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Permanent German Representation to the EU | Member | CSA Directive and Firearms-Directive |
| 10 Jun 2026 | CYPRUS PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU | Rapporteur | Informal Ministerial Conference on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum |
| 9 Jun 2026 | SAP ↗; Bitkom e.V. ↗ | Member | Cloud and AI Dev Act 2026/0138 (COD) |
| 8 Jun 2026 | DG JUST | Member | Digital Omnibus |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Evangelische Akademie Loccum Der Paritätische Bundesverband Netzwerk von Migrant*innenorganisationen | Member | Podiumsdiskussion: „Ist ein Perspektivwechsel möglich und wie könnte eine andere Asylpolitikaussehen?“ |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ↗ | Member | rule of law and conditionality |
| 4 Jun 2026 | European Council on Refugees and Exiles ↗ | Member | ECRE Annual General Conference |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Foundation for European Progressive Studies | Member | Digital Policy in LIBE |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ↗ | Member | Roundtable "The current political situation in the V4 countries" |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Bremer Senatorin für Arbeit, Soziales, Jugend und Integration und Ressortdelegation | Member | Migrationspolitik und Schutz von Minderheiten sowie Kinder- und Jugendschutz |
| 3 Jun 2026 | HateAid gGmbH ↗ | Member | Safety by Design – Wege zu sichereren sozialen Netzwerken |
| 3 Jun 2026 | NRW-Landesvertretung | Member | CSA-Regulation |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien ↗ | Member | Art. 88b Digital Omnibus |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Birgit Sippel held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 402 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Birgit Sippel also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.
Final texts where Birgit Sippel differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0073/2026 – Arba Kokalari, Michael McNamara – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 21 January 2026 | A10-0265/2025 – Thijs Reuten – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 13 November 2025 | B10-0479/2025 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 13 November 2025 | A10-0188/2025 – Kris Van Dijck – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 9 October 2025 | RC-B10-0415/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 8 October 2025 | A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 10 September 2025 | A10-0143/2025 - Carmen Crespo Díaz - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 9 September 2025 | A10-0147/2025 - Piotr Müller - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | Abstained |
4 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
53 counterpart entrys in Birgit Sippel's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung” - likely Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (3 counterpart entrys)
- “ALLAI” - likely Stichting ALLAI Nederland (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH” - likely Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH (2 counterpart entrys)
Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.