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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Christian Ehler

MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Christian Ehler (EPP, Germany) has declared 517 lobby meetings this term - rank 5 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the most extensive declaration records in the entire Parliament - 6.1× the average member, and 2 of 185 within European People's Party.

79% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

517
declared meetings
current term
773
records since 2019
full dataset
79%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
5/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
2/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Christian Ehler, this term
517
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 38 in Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 7 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 33 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 29 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 21 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 15 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 27 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 21 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 26 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 22 declared meetingsJune 2025: 27 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 16 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 10 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 30 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 30 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 23 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 14 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 25 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 35 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 38 declared meetingsApril 2026: 29 declared meetingsMay 2026: 15 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 38 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Christian Ehler 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

Energy (102), Think tanks & research (91), Chemicals & manufacturing (84)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (385)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
22 Jul 2026Salzgitter AG MemberGeneral exchange
22 Jul 2026Israel Aerospace IndustriesMemberInternational defense and research Cooperation
21 Jul 2026EIT Hub IsraelMemberEIT
21 Jul 2026ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY HEADSMemberEU-Israel scientific cooperation
21 Jul 2026Weizmann Institute of ScienceMemberEU-Israel relations, particularly in science and research
21 Jul 2026Tel Aviv University Israeli Government Tal Ventures Israel National Quantum InitiativeMemberEU-Isreal scientific collaboration
20 Jul 2026Israeli Space Agency; Israeli Government; Knesset (Israeli Parliament)MemberEU-Israel relations
17 Jul 2026Hydrogen Europe MemberHydrogen
17 Jul 2026ONE WATER ALLIANCEMemberEIT
4 Jun 2026CEPSA MemberHydrogen
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
28 May 2026Hydrogen Europe MemberHydrogen
19 May 2026IHK CottbusMemberIAA und NZIA
13 May 2026Welsh Higher Education Brussels ; Hochschulrektorenkonferenz ; Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz e. V. ; National Research Council of Italy ; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas RapporteurFP10
11 May 2026Deutsche MeeresstiftungRapporteurOceans Mission under Horizon Europe
11 May 2026European farmers ; European agri-cooperatives RapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
8 May 2026Mission of Norway to the European Union; Rolls-Royce RapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
7 May 2026Technische Universiteit Delft ; Robert Bosch GmbH ; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH MemberQuantum technologies
7 May 2026Mouvement des Entreprises de FranceMemberIndustrial Competitiveness
7 May 2026Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer ; Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. ; SAFRAN ; Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales ; DASSAULT AVIATION ; ARIANEGROUP HOLDING RapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
6 May 2026Association européenne des consultants en innovation (EAICRapporteurFP10
5 May 2026Young European Research Universities Network ; The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities ; League of European Research Universities ; European University Association ; EU-LIFE ; Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research ; COIMBRA GROUP RapporteurFP10
5 May 2026Leonardo S.p.A. ; Rheinmetall Group RapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
4 May 2026Philanthropy Europe Association ; Novo Nordisk Foundation ; Fundación "la Caixa" ; Centre for European Policy Studies RapporteurFP10
4 May 2026Cassa Depositi e Prestiti s.p.a. ; CAISSE DES DEPOTS RapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
4 May 2026Heidelberg Materials (HeidelbergCement AG) MemberIndustrial Competitiveness
29 Apr 2026Alstom RapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
24 Apr 2026Technische Universiteit Delft MemberQuantum Technologies
24 Apr 2026Johnson & Johnson RapporteurFP10
24 Apr 2026European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentRapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
23 Apr 2026Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations RapporteurFP10

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Christian Ehler 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.

82%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
449
final texts voted on
of 537
97%
voted with the EPP majority
on 445 final texts
12
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Christian Ehler537 final votes
72%11%16%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 445 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Christian Ehler 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 EPP majority43397%
Voted differently123%

Final texts where Christian Ehler differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
29 April 2026A10-0085/2026 – Daniel Freund – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0093/2026 – Christophe Clergeau – Commission proposal and amendmentsAbstainedFor
20 January 2026A10-0257/2025 – Leire Pajín – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025B10-0408/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
11 September 2025A10-0135/2025 - Laurence Farreng - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
12 March 2025A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

66 counterpart entrys in Christian Ehler'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.