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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Dennis Radtke

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

As of 14 September 2026, Dennis Radtke (EPP, Germany) has declared 74 lobby meetings this term - rank 298 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 79 of 185 within European People's Party.

62% 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%.

74
declared meetings
current term
157
records since 2019
full dataset
62%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
298/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
79/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Dennis Radtke, this term
74
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: 7 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 6 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 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: 7 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Dennis Radtke 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

Chemicals & manufacturing (18), Labour & trade unions (12), Consumer & retail (7)

Meetings by committee topic

Employment and Social Affairs (50), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (17)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jun 2026American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union MemberEU ETS
11 Jun 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION MemberRegulation establishing a 28th company regime
3 Jun 2026Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft MemberAktuelle europa- und industriepolitische Themen und Herausforderungen
19 May 2026Salzgitter AG MemberStahl-Handelsschutz für HKM
7 May 2026Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.MemberEuropäische Verbraucherpolitik ; ETS 2
7 May 2026Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V. MemberEbAV-II-Revision
5 May 2026Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. MemberAutomotive Package, ETS 1, Industrial Accelerator Act, Handelspolitik ggü. USA und China
21 Apr 2026Germanwatch MemberCBAM, ETS 1/2
21 Apr 2026LANXESS AG MemberReach, ETS, CBAM
18 Mar 2026Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Shadow rapporteurEuropäische Chemikalienagentur / EU-Chemiekalienrecht
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
11 Mar 2026Industriegewerkschaft Metall MemberEU-Industriepolitik
10 Mar 2026Cosmetics EuropeShadow rapporteurEuropäische Chemikalienagentur / EU-Chemiekalienrecht
4 Mar 2026European Confederation of Police MemberArbeitsbedingungen Polizei
3 Mar 2026AIR LIQUIDE Shadow rapporteurEuropäische Chemikalienagentur / EU-Chemiekalienrecht
3 Mar 2026Hydnum Steel, S.L.MemberZukunft der EU-Stahlindustrie
10 Feb 2026Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V. Shadow rapporteurEuropäische Chemikalienagentur / EU-Chemiekalienrecht
5 Feb 2026Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V. (BAVC)MemberAlgorithmic Management
5 Feb 2026thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG MemberCBAM-Reformvorschläge
4 Feb 2026European Transport Workers' FederationMemberSubcontracting INI report
3 Feb 2026Deutscher Caritasverband e. V. MemberEU-Vergabereform
3 Feb 2026Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl MemberZukunft der EU-Stahlindustrie
27 Jan 2026Covestro AG MemberEU-ETS
20 Jan 2026EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS MemberSubcontracting INI
11 Dec 2025EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION MemberMindestlohnrichtlinie
11 Dec 2025Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund MemberQuality Jobs Roadmap
11 Dec 2025WirtschaftsVereinigung MetalleMemberCMRD – Kobalt-Grenzwerte
5 Dec 2025Euro Group for AnimalsShadow rapporteurEuropäische Chemikalienagentur
3 Dec 2025ClientEarth AISBL; Client EarthShadow rapporteurEuropäische Chemikalienagentur
25 Nov 2025Uniper MemberAuswirkungen der Energiewende & Europäische Mitbestimmung
18 Nov 2025Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft MemberZukunft Arbeitsplätze Automobilindustrie

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Dennis Radtke 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.

81%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
453
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the EPP majority
on 450 final texts
5
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Dennis Radtke537 final votes
74%10%16%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 450 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Dennis Radtke 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 majority44599%
Voted differently51%

Final texts where Dennis Radtke differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
25 November 2025B10-0491/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
28 November 2024RC-B10-0173/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

14 counterpart entrys in Dennis Radtke'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.