
Member of the European Parliament · Germany S&D
Katarina Barley
MEP for Germany · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Katarina Barley (S&D, Germany) has declared 57 lobby meetings this term - rank 358 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 93 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
68% 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%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 6 in Apr 2025.
Busiest month: 6 declared in April 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Katarina Barley meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband | 4 |
| European Digital Rights | 2 |
| 1&1 AG | 2 |
| European Centre for Press and Media Freedom | 2 |
| HateAid gGmbH | 2 |
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
Human rights & humanitarian (12), Technology & digital (8), Consumer & retail (7)
Meetings by committee topic
Internal Market and Consumer Protection (16), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (8), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2026 | Shopify Inc. ↗ | Member | Data Omnibus |
| 13 Jun 2026 | Bäckerei Erlebe Brot | Member | Unternehmensbesuch |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks e.V. | Member | Biozid-Verordnung und Brot-Ausstellung |
| 22 May 2026 | Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband ↗ | Member | Consumer Protection online |
| 19 May 2026 | Association of Passenger Rights Advocates ↗ | Member | Fluggastrechte; Vermittlungsverfahren zwischen dem Europäischen Parlament und Rat. |
| 16 May 2026 | Bio-Bäckerei Köhlers | Member | Unternehmensbesuch |
| 11 May 2026 | Von Beust & Coll. Beratungsges. mbH & Co KG ↗; Flightright GmbH ↗ | Member | Fluggastrechte; Vermittlungsverfahren zwischen dem Europäischen Parlament und Rat; |
| 6 May 2026 | Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Training for lawyers in the European Union |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband | Member | Verbraucherschutz im digitalen Raum |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Stadtwerke München GmbH ↗ | Member | Public procurement |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Vodafone Belgium SA ↗ | Member | Protection of Minors online |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik ↗ | Member | Allgemeiner Austausch |
| 1 Apr 2026 | DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND ↗; Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels e.V. ↗ | Member | internal market legislation |
| 31 Mar 2026 | DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. ↗ | Member | standardisation in EU internal market legislation |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Meliore Foundation | Member | Ziviles Engagement |
| 25 Feb 2026 | HateAid gGmbH ↗ | Member | Hass im Netz |
| 24 Feb 2026 | ACT | The App Association ↗ | Member | Opportunities and Challenges in the EU digital landscape |
| 20 Feb 2026 | 1&1 AG | Member | Digitale Souveränität |
| 4 Feb 2026 | HateAid gGmbH ↗ | Member | Hass im Netz |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Pyrum Innovations AG | Member | Unternehmensbesuch, End-of-life vehicles Regulation |
| 6 Jan 2026 | IHK-Arbeitsgemeinschaft RLP | Member | Lieferkettengesetz, aktuelle wirtschaftspolitische Lage |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e.V. ↗ | Rapporteur for opinion | Protecting minors online |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Deutscher Reiseverband e.V. ↗ | Member | Travel package directive |
| 30 Oct 2025 | JT International ↗ | Member | Tabaksteuerrichtlinie |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Sixt SE ↗ | Member | Green transition |
| 30 Sep 2025 | My Voice, My Choice | Member | ECI: My voice, my choice |
| 17 Sep 2025 | 1&1 AG ↗ | Member | Open RAM, KI Network Act |
| 16 Sep 2025 | dkHealth GbR | Member | Smart Regulation |
| 4 Sep 2025 | european consumer organisation BEUC | Member | consumer topics in IMCO committee |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. ↗ | Member | Mercosur, digitale Gesetze, Bürokratieabbau |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Katarina Barley 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 374 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Katarina Barley 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.
Final texts where Katarina Barley differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0052/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 16 December 2025 | A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 23 October 2025 | Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 8 October 2025 | A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 10 September 2025 | A10-0143/2025 - Carmen Crespo Díaz - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 9 July 2025 | B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
Unlinked but matchable
8 counterpart entrys in Katarina Barley's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “BEUC” - likely Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (1 counterpart entry)
- “MARKENVERBAND” - likely MARKENVERBAND (1 counterpart entry)
- “Meliore Foundation” - likely Meliore Foundation (1 counterpart entry)
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.