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Member of the European Parliament · Denmark S&D

Christel Schaldemose

MEP for Denmark · Socialists & Democrats · Socialdemokratiet · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Christel Schaldemose (S&D, Denmark) has declared 258 lobby meetings this term - rank 45 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.0× the average member, and 11 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

45% 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%.

258
declared meetings
current term
669
records since 2019
full dataset
45%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
45/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
11/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Christel Schaldemose, this term
258
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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: 25 in Feb 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 25 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 17 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 23 declared meetingsJune 2025: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 11 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 14 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 9 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 15 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 16 declared meetingsMay 2026: 11 declared meetingsJune 2026: 16 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 25 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Christel Schaldemose meets most

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

Business federations & chambers (29), Technology & digital (23), Consumer & retail (20)

Meetings by committee topic

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (89), D-JP (14), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (14), European Democracy Shield (5)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jul 2026Confederation of Danish Industry MemberStandards
15 Jul 2026EuroCommerce MemberProduct act
26 Jun 2026Arriva LimitedMemberAutonomous vehicles
25 Jun 2026Confederation of Danish Employers MemberDanish model, udbud
24 Jun 2026SMVdanmark MemberSMV politik
23 Jun 2026SHEIN Group MemberE-commerce
22 Jun 2026MedicoindustrienMemberSundhed
19 Jun 2026KL 3FMemberUdbud
17 Jun 2026DIGITALEUROPE MemberDigital policy
17 Jun 2026Airbnb Ireland UC MemberShort term rentals
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jun 2026Lead Agency A/S KeepITMemberAI
16 Jun 2026LVMH Publica MemberProduct act
12 Jun 2026its a factMemberAI
12 Jun 2026Rasmussen Global MemberTrade policy
12 Jun 2026Green Power Denmark MemberEnergy policy
9 Jun 2026Internet Watch Foundation MemberCSA
5 Jun 2026Finance Denmark MemberTech policy
1 Jun 2026Forbrugerrådet Tænk (the Danish Consumer Council) MemberConsumer policy
27 May 2026Rud pedersenMemberDanish policy
27 May 2026Netcompany Group A/SMemberAI
26 May 2026The Danish Chamber of Commerce Membere-commerce
20 May 2026BEUCMemberConsumer policy
11 May 2026European Tech Alliance MemberTech policy
7 May 2026Flow IntimatesMemberdangerous chemicals in hygiene products
5 May 2026Danish Trade Union Confederation EU Office MemberPublic procurement
5 May 2026US SenatorMemberAI and tech
5 May 2026Fagligt Fælles Forbund Memberpublic procurement
4 May 2026Medierådet for Børn og UngeMemberAI
2 May 2026Space InventorMemberspace technology
28 Apr 2026Danske Medier MemberMedia policy

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Christel Schaldemose 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.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
504
final texts voted on
of 537
91%
voted with the S&D majority
on 502 final texts
45
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Christel Schaldemose537 final votes
81%8%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 502 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Christel Schaldemose 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.

Voted with the S&D majority45791%
Voted differently459%

Final texts where Christel Schaldemose differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026C10-0139/2026 – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0170/2026 – Joachim Streit – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
7 July 2026A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
18 June 2026B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
20 May 2026A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026B10-0186/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
28 April 2026A10-0044/2026 – Nils Ušakovs – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

35 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

23 counterpart entrys in Christel Schaldemose's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

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.