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Member of the European Parliament · Germany Greens/EFA

Erik Marquardt

MEP for Germany · Greens/EFA · Bündnis 90/Die Grünen · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Erik Marquardt (Greens/EFA, Germany) has declared 119 lobby meetings this term - rank 215 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 32 of 53 in the Greens/EFA group.

80% 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 52%.

119
declared meetings
current term
192
records since 2016
full dataset
80%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
215/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 3 others
32/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Erik Marquardt, this term
119
Parliament average
100
Greens/EFA average
156

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 1 declared meeting in Nov 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 9 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%09July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 9 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 9 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 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 link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%09July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 9 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 9 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 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 link2024202520260%50%100%09202420252026
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 2024250%
Sep 2024978.6%
Oct 2024880%
Nov 2024775%
Dec 2024475%
Jan 20252100%
Feb 2025366.7%
Mar 2025994.1%
Apr 2025691.7%
May 2025483.3%
Jun 2025788.2%
Jul 2025333.3%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025450%
Oct 20254100%
Nov 20252100%
Dec 2025450%
Jan 202610%
Feb 2026375%
Mar 2026970%
Apr 2026450%
May 2026387.5%
Jun 2026792.9%
Jul 2026366.7%
Aug 20260-
Sep 2026485.7%
Oct 2026675%
Nov 202610%

Busiest month: 9 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 Erik Marquardt 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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Human rights & humanitarian (41), Media & publishing (15), Think tanks & research (12)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Development (18), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (17), Culture and Education (11), Budgetary Control (7), Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (4), Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026Mission of Canada to the EUMemberExchange on EU-Canada relations
20 Oct 2026Bundesverband Musik­industrie e.V.MemberAustausch aktuelle wirtschaftliche, rechtliche und politische Entwicklungen in der Musikbranche
15 Oct 2026Platforma rozvojových organizácií - Ambrela, v anglickom jazyku Slovak Development Organizations Platform - Ambrela (6430752106394-05)Membergeneral exchange on possible cooperation
14 Oct 2026Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance⁠↗MemberExchange on Global Health
14 Oct 2026Aurubis AG⁠↗MemberGenereller Austausch
7 Oct 2026Society of Audiovisual Authors⁠↗; Federation of Screenwriters in Europe⁠↗; Federation of European Screen Directors - Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel⁠↗MemberDinner with European Filmmakers
1 Oct 2026thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG⁠↗MemberWerksbesichtigung und Austausch
16 Sep 2026REWE ZENTRALFINANZ eG (REWE Group)MemberPPWR und Digitaler Omnibus
15 Sep 2026OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE⁠↗; International Rescue Committee Inc⁠↗; ActionAid⁠↗MemberMigration conditionality
10 Sep 2026Campact⁠↗MemberSommerfest
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
9 Sep 2026Zentral­verband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.⁠↗; Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer⁠↗MemberRentrée für Mitarbeiter*innen
8 Jul 2026Front Line Defenders⁠↗MemberHuman Rights Defenders
7 Jul 2026WWF Deutschland⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange
2 Jul 2026Frontex DG HOMEMemberLaunch Event for Study on the Reform of the Mandate of Frontex
25 Jun 2026idealo internet GmbHMemberAustausch zur AVMD-Richtlinie
11 Jun 2026Human Rights Watch⁠↗; European Council on Refugees and Exiles⁠↗; Amnesty International Limited⁠↗MemberRisks of deportations to Afghanistan
10 Jun 2026WWF European Policy Programme⁠↗; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗; Stichting BirdLife Europe⁠↗; European Environmental Bureau⁠↗; Climate Action Network Europe⁠↗; Civil Society Europe⁠↗MemberCivil Society in policymaking
10 Jun 2026ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opiniondiscussion on performance regulation
9 Jun 2026European Council on Refugees and Exiles⁠↗MemberImplementation of the Pact on Asylum and Migration
4 Jun 2026European Council on Refugees and Exiles⁠↗MemberEuropean Asylum Policy
4 Jun 2026Aurubis AG⁠↗MemberWerksführung und Gespräch
19 May 2026Taipei Representative Office in the EU and BelgiumMemberExchange on bilateral relations between the EU and Taiwan
6 May 2026Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union⁠↗; The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association⁠↗; LobbyControl⁠↗; European Environmental Bureau⁠↗; Corporate Europe Observatory⁠↗; Civil Society Europe⁠↗MemberAttacks against civil society
4 May 2026Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Bar Association)⁠↗MemberReturn Regulation
21 Apr 2026International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies⁠↗MemberAsylum Reception
18 Apr 2026EuropolMemberEuropol
16 Apr 2026EurojustMemberEurojust
1 Apr 2026European Council on Refugees and Exiles⁠↗Shadow rapporteurAsylum in MFF and Pact Implementation
26 Mar 2026Civil Society Forum e.V.MemberHuman Rights Defenders and Civil Society
25 Mar 2026FrontexMemberFrontex in Brussels: Futureproofing the Role of European Integrated Border Management intelligence

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Erik Marquardt held the seat, 606 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 6,412 held while seated
564
final texts voted on
of 606
98%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 561 final texts
13
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Erik Marquardt606 final votes
76%12%
For 463Against 75Abstained 26No vote recorded 42

With and against the group

On the 561 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Erik Marquardt 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 Greens/EFA majority54898%
Voted differently132%

Final texts where Erik Marquardt differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
15 September 2026The implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council… A10-0218/2026 · Hristo Petrov · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
20 May 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0103/2026 · Andrey Kovatchev · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
26 March 2026The adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of… A10-0069/2026 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposalForAgainst
26 March 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application A10-0040/2026 · Birgit Sippel · Commission proposalAbstainedAgainst
10 March 2026The housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing A10-0025/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
12 February 2026RC-B10-0120/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0120/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton T304-40 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0108/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton GHB614 × LLCotton25 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0109/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize T25 (ACS-ZMØØ3-2) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0106/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean DBN-09004-6 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0107/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

16 counterpart entries in Erik Marquardt's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 16 entries; the other 13 are not listed.

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.