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Member of the European Parliament · Croatia EPP

Karlo Ressler

MEP for Croatia · European People's Party · Hrvatska demokratska zajednica · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Karlo Ressler (EPP, Croatia) has declared 113 lobby meetings this term - rank 191 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 55 of 185 within European People's Party.

39% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

113
declared meetings
current term
137
records since 2019
full dataset
39%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
191/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
55/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Karlo Ressler, this term
113
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: 15 in Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 10 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 3 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 15 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 8 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 20% 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: 15 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Karlo Ressler 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

Technology & digital (15), Finance (6), Media & publishing (6)

Meetings by committee topic

Budgets (17), D-MK (8), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (7)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026OIEH - Obnovljivi izvori Energije HrvatskaMemberRenewable energy
7 Jul 2026GoogleMemberDigital Omnibus
3 Jul 2026Embassy of Japan in the Republic of CroatiaMemberCroatia, Japan and EU
9 Jun 2026Eurochild; Internet Watch Foundation MemberProtecting children online
4 Jun 2026Trade Union of Croatian JournalistsMemberAgoraEU
2 Jun 2026The European Cigar Manufacturers AssociationMemberTobacco Control Framework
2 Jun 2026Croatian Hunting AssociationMemberEU policies impacting hunting
2 Jun 2026SME UnitedRapporteurNRPP
26 May 2026One Planet Business for Biodiversity RapporteurNRPP
18 May 2026European Cyclists' Federation RapporteurNRPP
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
11 May 2026Građani organizirano nadgledaju glasanje (GONG)RapporteurRole of civil society
8 May 2026European Regions Research and Innovation Network ; European Association of Development Agencies MemberMFF
8 May 2026North Sweden European OfficeRapporteurNRPP
7 May 2026Delegate of the Canary Islands GovernmentRapporteurNRPP
6 May 2026Croatian Peformer's Rights Collecting Society (HUZIP)MemberAI in music
4 May 2026WindEurope MemberFP10 and ECF
24 Apr 2026Lithuanian RailwaysMemberTransport in the next MFF
21 Apr 2026Regio GuadeloupeRapporteurNRPP
20 Apr 2026Zadar Airport Ltd.MemberMFF
15 Apr 2026CROATIAN CHAMBER OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS - PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY ACTIVITIESMemberHealth Policy
27 Mar 2026ESL & Network European AffairsRapporteurNRPP
26 Mar 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries MemberEU competitiveness
26 Mar 2026Conference of Peripheral Maritime RegionsRapporteurNRPP
25 Mar 2026World Wide Fund For Nature; Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies RapporteurNRPP
24 Mar 2026Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North MacedoniaDelegation chairEU path of North Macedonia
24 Mar 2026CONSEIL EUROPEEN DES JEUNES AGRICULTEURS ; EU Council of Autistic PeopleRapporteurNRPP
24 Mar 2026Center of Excellence in FinanceMemberTechnical assistance in EU funding
23 Mar 2026ESN CroatiaMemberErasmus+
23 Mar 2026newcleoMemberNuclear energy
20 Mar 2026Only One, Inc.RapporteurNRPP

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Karlo Ressler 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.

83%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
472
final texts voted on
of 537
92%
voted with the EPP majority
on 468 final texts
36
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Karlo Ressler537 final votes
81%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 468 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Karlo Ressler 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 majority43292%
Voted differently368%

Final texts where Karlo Ressler differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0051/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0010/2026 – Lina Gálvez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 February 2026B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0107/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

20 counterpart entrys in Karlo Ressler'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.