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Member of the European Parliament · Germany Renew

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

MEP for Germany · Renew Europe · Freie Demokratische Partei · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew, Germany) has declared 318 lobby meetings this term - rank 19 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the most extensive declaration records in the entire Parliament - 3.8× the average member, and 4 of 77 within Renew Europe.

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%.

318
declared meetings
current term
462
records since 2019
full dataset
69%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
19/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
4/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, this term
318
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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: 23 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 21 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 17 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 21 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 16 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 20 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 15 declared meetingsJune 2025: 16 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 12 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 3 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 17 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 23 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 23 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 16 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 19 declared meetingsApril 2026: 9 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 6 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: 23 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Jan-Christoph Oetjen 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

Transport & automotive (141), Energy (28), Chemicals & manufacturing (18)

Meetings by committee topic

Transport and Tourism (234), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (13), Human Rights (9), DACP (3), DMED (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
21 Jul 2026Hellmann Worldwide LogistikMemberAustausch zu Energie und Verkehr
21 Jul 2026Matthäi Bauunternehmen GmbH & Co. KGMemberAustausch zu Energiepolitik und Fachkräftemangel
20 Jul 2026Amazon Deutschland Service GmbHMemberAustausch zu Energiepolitik und Fachkräftemangel
20 Jul 2026Landvolk Hildesheim e. V.MemberAustausch zur aktuellen Agrarpolitik
17 Jul 2026Hof Junkernhose GbRMemberAustausch zu aktuellen Herausforderungen in der Landwirtschaft
17 Jul 2026TRIMET Aluminium SE MemberAustausch zu Energiepolitik, ETS, Industriepolitik und Umweltschutz
30 Jun 2026Young European Federalists ; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) ; Germanwatch ; Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs MemberYouth on Track: EU Passenger Package
11 Jun 2026Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen e.V. MemberEvent - KI-Wettlauf der Systeme: Europa zwischen Regulierung und Innovation
4 Jun 2026WERTGARANTIE SEMemberGeneral Exchange on European competitiveness
3 Jun 2026Airports Council International - European Region MemberExhibition - Smarter Airports, Stronger Europe: Delivering Aviation Transformation
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jun 2026BASF SE MemberAllgemeiner Austausch über Pflanzenschutzmittelzulassungen
1 Jun 2026Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen e.V. MemberAustausch zu europäischer Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
21 May 2026Mercedes-Benz Group AG MemberGeneral Exchange on Automotive Package
11 May 2026MBO College AirportMemberCurrent developents in European aviation policy
7 May 2026General Aviation Manufacturers Association MemberGeneral exchange on European aviation sector's competitiveness
28 Apr 2026Union des entreprises de transport et de logistique de France - TLFMemberExchange on diverse topics surrounding the transport sector and logistics chain
28 Apr 2026TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE ; DENSO International Europe MemberExchange on CO2 Review
28 Apr 2026eFuel Alliance Shadow rapporteur for opinionExchange on CO2 standards
28 Apr 2026eFuel Alliance MemberExchange on current transport files
22 Apr 2026Trainline SAS MemberExchange on the ticketing reform
22 Apr 2026Norsk Hydro MemberExchange on European automotive policy and CO2 standards
14 Apr 2026Autodesk, Inc. MemberExchange on current developments in AI
14 Apr 2026Lufthansa Group MemberAustausch zu aktuellen Entwicklungen in der europäischen Luftfahrt
14 Apr 2026Volkswagen NutzfahrzeugeMemberExchange on CO2 Review
31 Mar 2026Hand In Hand (Deutschland) e.V.MemberExchange on Global Europe
26 Mar 2026Ryanair Holdings MemberCompetitiveness of German/EU airlines
23 Mar 2026Air France-KLM MemberCompetitiveness of EU airlines
23 Mar 2026Honda Motor Europe ; Mercedes-Benz Group AG MemberExchange on the automotive package
19 Mar 2026Airbus ; Airlines for Europe MemberBilateral exchanges in aviation
19 Mar 2026Neste Oyj MemberExchange on CO2 standards and industrial competitiveness

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Jan-Christoph Oetjen 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.

99%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
534
final texts voted on
of 537
92%
voted with the Renew majority
on 521 final texts
40
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Jan-Christoph Oetjen537 final votes
82%14%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 521 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Jan-Christoph Oetjen 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 Renew majority48192%
Voted differently408%

Final texts where Jan-Christoph Oetjen differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
21 May 2026B10-0244/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
21 May 2026A10-0083/2026 – Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 April 2026A10-0105/2026 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 April 2026A10-0043/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 March 2026A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
11 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 March 2026A10-0033/2026 – Nela Riehl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
10 March 2026A10-0019/2026 – Axel Voss – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

43 counterpart entrys in Jan-Christoph Oetjen'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.