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Member of the European Parliament · Germany S&D

Delara Burkhardt

MEP for Germany · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Delara Burkhardt (S&D, Germany) has declared 110 lobby meetings this term - rank 198 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 52 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

69% 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%.

110
declared meetings
current term
452
records since 2019
full dataset
69%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
198/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
52/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Delara Burkhardt, this term
110
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: 12 in Feb 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 10 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 12 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 11 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 6 declared meetingsJune 2026: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkMay 2025: 100% 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: 12 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Delara Burkhardt 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

Environment & climate (26), Chemicals & manufacturing (8), Consumer & retail (8)

Meetings by committee topic

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (87), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1), Industry, Research and Energy (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jul 2026Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. Membernature protection
30 Jun 2026traceless materialsMemberPackaging
25 Jun 2026Zero Waste KielMemberzero waste
23 Jun 2026VIVE MANAGEMENTMemberTextiles EPR
22 Jun 2026Re + UpMemberTextiles
11 Jun 2026Klärwerk BülkMemberUrban Waste Water
9 Jun 2026IHK Nord e.V. - Arbeitsgemeinschaft norddeutscher Industrie- und Handelskammern Memberelectricity market design
27 May 2026AktivRegion Schlei (Küstenwerkstatt)MemberEU Regional Funds
20 May 2026Brunswick Group Limited srl MemberSustainable Textiles
19 May 2026Carlsberg Breweries A/S MemberPackaging regulation
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 May 2026traceless materialsMemberPackaging regulation
13 May 2026Global Witness MemberDeforestation
12 May 2026IHK Nord e.V. - Arbeitsgemeinschaft norddeutscher Industrie- und Handelskammern Memberelectricity prices
27 Apr 2026European Environmental Bureau ; Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. Shadow rapporteurEPR/Omnibus
21 Apr 2026WWF Deutschland Membernature protection
16 Apr 2026LightingEurope ; European Recycling Platform SASU ; ZVEI e.V. - Verband der Elektro- und Digitalindustrie ; Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. ; European Recycling Industries' Confederation ; Policy Hub - Circularity for Apparel and Footwear ; The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment ; EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry Shadow rapporteurEPR
13 Apr 2026Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft MemberEU internal market policies
1 Apr 2026Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance MemberCircular Economy Act
31 Mar 2026Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. MemberCircular Economy Act
31 Mar 2026Frau & BerufMemberlabour market policies
25 Mar 2026Mars Incorporated MemberCircular Economy
24 Mar 2026Ellen MacArthur Foundation MemberCircular Economy
23 Mar 2026Greenpeace European Unit MemberChemicals
18 Mar 2026Fridays For Future GermanyMemberClimate Policy
18 Mar 2026Cocoa Coalition MemberEUDR
16 Mar 2026Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries Shadow rapporteurEPR
11 Mar 2026Global Fashion Agenda Membersustainable textiles
4 Mar 2026Zero Waste Europe ; European Environmental Bureau Membercircular economy
2 Mar 2026Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises MemberCircular Economy
26 Feb 2026Stichting Fair Trade Advocacy Office MemberSustainable Textiles

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Delara Burkhardt 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.

76%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
406
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 405 final texts
6
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Delara Burkhardt537 final votes
68%7%24%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 405 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Delara Burkhardt 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 majority39999%
Voted differently61%

Final texts where Delara Burkhardt differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
20 May 2026A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalAgainstFor
16 December 2025A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 May 2025C10-0062/2025 - Proposition de la CommissionAgainstFor
10 October 2024B10-0101/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

7 counterpart entrys in Delara Burkhardt'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.