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Former Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Daniel Caspary

MEP for Germany from 16 July 2024 to 28 February 2026 · European People's Party · Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands · official EP profile

Left 28 February 2026

Daniel Caspary (EPP, Germany) was a Member of the European Parliament from 16 July 2024 to 28 February 2026. This site holds 22 declared lobby meetings from that time, up to 29 April 2025, where its record stops. (As of 27 October 2026.)

Daniel Caspary left the Parliament on 28 February 2026. This page keeps the record of the time in the seat this term. It is not ranked or set against averages: those compare the 720 members seated now, over the whole term.

50% of Daniel Caspary's declared counterpart entries from that time, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link.

Meetings held after 29 April 2025 are not in this record: the older bulk feed this site's history comes from ends on that day, and the site's own reading of members' declarations began in mid-July 2026, after Daniel Caspary had left.

22
declared meetings
while seated, this term
50%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; while seated
19
months in the seat
left Feb 2026

Former members are not ranked. All 720 MEPs seated now · former members this term.

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 April 2025: Daniel Caspary held the seat until 28 February 2026, but this site's record of the declarations stops on 29 April 2025.

Latest: 1 declared meeting in Apr 2025, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 6 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%06July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkFebruary 2025: 33.3% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkApril 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420250%25%50%75%100%06July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkFebruary 2025: 33.3% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkApril 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420250%50%100%0620242025
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 202410%
Sep 2024683.3%
Oct 2024462.5%
Nov 2024533.3%
Dec 202430%
Jan 20250-
Feb 2025233.3%
Mar 20250-
Apr 20251100%

Busiest month: 6 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Daniel Caspary met most

Declared counterpartMeetings
EUTOP Europe GmbH2
Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO2
Andreas STIHL AG & Co. KG1
Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG1
Wirtschaftliche Vereinigung Zucker e.V.1

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

This list counts this term, while in the seat. Sector pages cover the members seated now, so these meetings are not in their figures.

Most-met sectors this term

Chemicals & manufacturing (3), Transport & automotive (3), Finance (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 Apr 2025Merck⁠↗MemberAustausch
20 Feb 2025VDMA e. V.; Der Mittelstand.BVMW e.V.MemberAustausch
19 Feb 2025MAHLE International GmbH⁠↗MemberAustausch
18 Dec 2024Mission of Israel to the EU and NATOMemberAustausch
11 Dec 2024KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbHMemberAustausch
3 Dec 2024MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbHMemberAustausch
19 Nov 2024Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken e.V.MemberAustausch
14 Nov 2024Deichmann SEMemberAustausch
13 Nov 2024TUI Cruises GmbH; Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband⁠↗MemberAustausch
11 Nov 2024Heckler & Koch GmbHMemberAustausch
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
6 Nov 2024Wirtschaftliche Vereinigung Zucker e.V.⁠↗MemberAustausch
22 Oct 2024Weltweite Evangelische Allianz (WEA); Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries⁠↗MemberAustausch
15 Oct 2024Daimler Truck AG⁠↗; Otto (GmbH & Co KG)⁠↗; Andreas STIHL AG & Co. KG⁠↗MemberAustausch
7 Oct 2024Dr. Schwabe Holding SE & Co. KGMemberAustausch
1 Oct 2024Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO; Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG⁠↗MemberAustausch
30 Sep 2024Mercedes-Benz Group AG⁠↗MemberAustausch
10 Sep 2024Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KGMemberDigitalisierung
10 Sep 2024Verband der Kali- und Salzindustrie e.V.⁠↗MemberHerausforderungen der Kali- und Salzindustrie
5 Sep 2024EUTOP Europe GmbH⁠↗MemberVorstellung der EUXEA Gruppe
4 Sep 2024EUTOP Europe GmbH⁠↗MemberWett­be­werbs­fä­hig­keit und Klimaschutz
3 Sep 2024RWE AG⁠↗MemberEnergie­politik
19 Aug 2024Theegarten-Pactec GmbH & Co. KGMemberAustausch

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 3,881 roll-call votes while Daniel Caspary held the seat, 379 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.

88%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 3,881 held while seated
332
final texts voted on
of 379
97%
voted with the EPP majority
on 330 final texts
10
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 379 final votes held while seated.

Daniel Caspary379 final votes
73%14%12%
For 278Against 53Abstained 1No vote recorded 47

With and against the group

On the 330 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Daniel Caspary 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 majority32097%
Voted differently103%

Final texts where Daniel Caspary differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
12 February 2026Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights A10-0256/2025 · Johan Danielsson · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Sweden – EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt A10-0239/2025 · Aura Salla · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025The 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget A10-0212/2025 · Marit Maij · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025Motion for a resolution on the Second World Summit for Social Development B10-0408/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025Amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain A10-0161/2025 · Céline Imart · Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0372/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
10 September 2025The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis A10-0139/2025 · Marcos Ros Sempere · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 March 2025RC-B10-0157/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0157/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 March 2025The European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 A10-0023/2025 · Maravillas Abadía Jover · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 November 2024RC-B10-0173/2024 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0173/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor