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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 8 November 2026, Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew, Germany) has declared 384 lobby meetings this term - rank 22 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.8× the average member, and it ranks 6 of 78 in the Renew group.

71% 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%.

384
declared meetings
current term
528
records since 2016
full dataset
71%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
22/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
6/78
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, this term
384
Parliament average
100
Renew average
167

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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 24 in Nov 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%024July 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: 16 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: 24 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 10 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 17 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 20 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 19 declared meetingsApril 2026: 12 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 16 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 20 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew 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%024July 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: 16 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: 24 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 10 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 17 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 20 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 19 declared meetingsApril 2026: 12 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 16 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 20 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew 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%024202420252026
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 20240-
Sep 20242187.5%
Oct 20241779.3%
Nov 20242175.9%
Dec 20241690%
Jan 20251394.7%
Feb 20252029.3%
Mar 202514100%
Apr 20251675%
May 20251562.5%
Jun 20251656.2%
Jul 20251241.7%
Aug 2025366.7%
Sep 20251772.2%
Oct 20252381.5%
Nov 20252482.6%
Dec 20251080%
Jan 20261750%
Feb 20262072.7%
Mar 20261973.9%
Apr 20261284.6%
May 2026475%
Jun 20261076.9%
Jul 20261658.8%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20262073.9%
Oct 2026881.8%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 24 declared in November 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

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

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

Transport & automotive (183), Energy (35), Chemicals & manufacturing (22)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Transport and Tourism (294), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (16), Human Rights (9), Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (3), Foreign Affairs (1), Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
21 Oct 2026Avril GroupShadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
21 Oct 2026Bundesverband Güter­kraft­verkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurWeights and Dimensions
13 Oct 2026Boeing Belgium SRL⁠↗MemberVarious aviation topics
13 Oct 2026Verband der Automobil­industrie⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
12 Oct 2026TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE⁠↗; Robert Bosch GmbH⁠↗; Repsol, S.A.⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
8 Oct 2026eFuel Alliance⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
7 Oct 2026NETINERA; SNCF Connect⁠↗RapporteurSingle Ticket Package
6 Oct 2026DHL Group⁠↗MemberETS
30 Sep 2026TUI Cruises GmbHMemberETS
29 Sep 2026Flughafen München GmbH⁠↗MemberUpcoming aviation files
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Sep 2026CLECAT - European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Services⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCorporate Vehicles
24 Sep 2026Stellantis⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
24 Sep 2026T4SM - Transport for Sustainable MobilityMemberAutonomous driving
24 Sep 2026BASF SE⁠↗MemberETS
24 Sep 2026Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.⁠↗RapporteurSingle Ticketing Package
23 Sep 2026Airlines for Europe⁠↗MemberMultimodal file
23 Sep 2026Flix SE⁠↗RapporteurSingle Ticket Package
22 Sep 2026Salzgitter AG⁠↗; Air France-KLM⁠↗; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗MemberETS
16 Sep 2026EUROCONSUMERS AISBL⁠↗RapporteurSingle Ticket package
16 Sep 2026Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. European Office⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
15 Sep 2026ePURE – European renewable ethanolShadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
10 Sep 2026EU Strategy⁠↗MemberRide hailing
10 Sep 2026REWE GroupShadow rapporteurCorporate Fleets
9 Sep 2026Aercap Holdings NV⁠↗MemberVarious aviation topics
8 Sep 2026IAG - International Airlines Group; eu travel tech⁠↗RapporteurSingle Ticket package
8 Sep 2026International Air Transport Association⁠↗MemberUpcoming aviation legislation
7 Sep 2026CLEPA - European Association of Automotive SuppliersShadow rapporteur for opinionAutomotive package
3 Sep 2026Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft­verkehrs­wirtschaft e. V.⁠↗MemberUpcoming aviation legislation
21 Jul 2026Hellmann Worldwide LogistikMemberAustausch zu Energie und Verkehr
21 Jul 2026Matthäi Bau­unternehmen GmbH & Co. KGMemberAustausch zu Energie­politik und Fachkräftemangel

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Jan-Christoph Oetjen 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
593
final texts voted on
of 606
92%
voted with the Renew majority
on 578 final texts
49
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Jan-Christoph Oetjen606 final votes
80%14%
For 483Against 85Abstained 25No vote recorded 13

With and against the group

On the 578 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 majority52992%
Voted differently498%

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

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
22 October 2026C10-0258/2026 - Commission proposalForAgainst
21 October 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 soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 October 2026Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States A10-0260/2026 · Li Andersson · Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
20 October 2026‘Cohesion policy – the driving force in implementing the EU agenda for cities’ A10-0263/2026 · Denis Nesci · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives B10-0465/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 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 maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
15 September 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures A10-0201/2026 · Mohammed Chahim · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
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)AgainstFor
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on Commission delegated regulation of 10 April 2026 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 to introduce a trajectory to gradually decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets B10-0337/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

41 counterpart entries in Jan-Christoph Oetjen's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 5 of the 41 entries; the other 36 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.