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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%.

57
declared meetings
current term
178
records since 2019
full dataset
68%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
358/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
93/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Katarina Barley, this term
57
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2024: 75% 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: 6 declared in April 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Katarina Barley 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

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Jun 2026Shopify Inc. MemberData Omnibus
13 Jun 2026Bäckerei Erlebe BrotMemberUnternehmensbesuch
10 Jun 2026Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks e.V.MemberBiozid-Verordnung und Brot-Ausstellung
22 May 2026Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband MemberConsumer Protection online
19 May 2026Association of Passenger Rights Advocates MemberFluggastrechte; Vermittlungsverfahren zwischen dem Europäischen Parlament und Rat.
16 May 2026Bio-Bäckerei KöhlersMemberUnternehmensbesuch
11 May 2026Von Beust & Coll. Beratungsges. mbH & Co KG ; Flightright GmbH MemberFluggastrechte; Vermittlungsverfahren zwischen dem Europäischen Parlament und Rat;
6 May 2026Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe Shadow rapporteurTraining for lawyers in the European Union
22 Apr 2026Verbraucherzentrale BundesverbandMemberVerbraucherschutz im digitalen Raum
16 Apr 2026Stadtwerke München GmbH MemberPublic procurement
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Apr 2026Vodafone Belgium SA MemberProtection of Minors online
8 Apr 2026Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik MemberAllgemeiner Austausch
1 Apr 2026DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND ; Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels e.V. Memberinternal market legislation
31 Mar 2026DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. Memberstandardisation in EU internal market legislation
12 Mar 2026Meliore FoundationMemberZiviles Engagement
25 Feb 2026HateAid gGmbH MemberHass im Netz
24 Feb 2026ACT | The App Association MemberOpportunities and Challenges in the EU digital landscape
20 Feb 20261&1 AGMemberDigitale Souveränität
4 Feb 2026HateAid gGmbH MemberHass im Netz
7 Jan 2026Pyrum Innovations AGMemberUnternehmensbesuch, End-of-life vehicles Regulation
6 Jan 2026IHK-Arbeitsgemeinschaft RLPMemberLieferkettengesetz, aktuelle wirtschaftspolitische Lage
18 Dec 2025Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e.V. Rapporteur for opinionProtecting minors online
5 Nov 2025Deutscher Reiseverband e.V. MemberTravel package directive
30 Oct 2025JT International MemberTabaksteuerrichtlinie
7 Oct 2025Sixt SE MemberGreen transition
30 Sep 2025My Voice, My ChoiceMemberECI: My voice, my choice
17 Sep 20251&1 AG MemberOpen RAM, KI Network Act
16 Sep 2025dkHealth GbRMemberSmart Regulation
4 Sep 2025european consumer organisation BEUCMemberconsumer topics in IMCO committee
4 Sep 2025Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. MemberMercosur, 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.

70%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
376
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 374 final texts
8
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Katarina Barley537 final votes
61%7%30%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the S&D majority36698%
Voted differently82%

Final texts where Katarina Barley differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
20 May 2026A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0052/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
16 December 2025A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
23 October 2025Commission proposalAgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposalAgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0143/2025 - Carmen Crespo Díaz - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
9 July 2025B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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:

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.