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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Manuela Ripa

MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Manuela Ripa (EPP, Germany) has declared 118 lobby meetings this term - rank 179 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 50 of 185 within European People's Party.

49% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

118
declared meetings
current term
234
records since 2019
full dataset
49%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
179/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
50/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Manuela Ripa, this term
118
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: 14 in May 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 14 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 6 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 0% 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: 14 declared in May 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Manuela Ripa 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

Environment & climate (17), Media & publishing (14), Health & pharma (8)

Meetings by committee topic

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (34), Culture and Education (18), Public Health (4), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026European Anglers Alliance MemberLead in fishing tackle
7 Jul 2026WWF European Policy Programme MemberNature Protection
23 Jun 2026INTERPOLMemberIllegal Wildlife Trade/Environmental Crime
12 Jun 2026Pyrum Innovations AGMemberCircular Economy
9 Jun 2026EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) MemberAVMSD
2 Jun 2026European Pet OrganizationMemberAnimal Welfare
16 May 2026Association relative à la télévision européenne MemberPresentation KinoARTE
16 May 2026Federation of European Screen Directors - Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel ; European Film Academy e.V. MemberEuropean Film Production
16 May 2026NBCUniversal InternationalMemberAudiovisual Media Policy
15 May 2026Guillaume Esmiol, Director Marché du Film, Cannes Film FestivalMemberEuropean Film Market
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
15 May 2026European Audiovisual Production Association MemberAudiovisual Media Policy
14 May 2026Cinema Producers Union, UPCMemberAudiovisual Media Policy
1 Apr 2026Zoologischer Garten SaarbrückenRapporteurSpecies Conservation/Washington Convention
1 Apr 2026Expert from SAB SaarMemberForest Conservation, Forest and Tree Statistics
31 Mar 2026IKK SüdwestMemberHealth prevention
30 Mar 2026Diakonie SaarMemberSocial Policy, Visit of ESF funded project
25 Mar 2026Natural Mineral Waters Europe aisbl MemberWater Framework Directive
18 Mar 2026Lyon MetropoleMemberPFAS
18 Mar 2026AEMA GROUPE MemberHealth prevention
16 Mar 2026CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information SecurityMemberCybersecurity, data protection
12 Mar 2026Acea S.p.A.MemberMercosur
6 Mar 2026Saarländischer Rundfunk, IntendantMemberMedia Policy
5 Mar 2026Karlsberg BrauereiMemberAlcohol & Protection of Minors
2 Mar 2026Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. MemberFox hunting ban
27 Feb 2026Hauptzollamt Frankfurt FlughafenRapporteurCITES/Species conservation
11 Feb 2026Upfield Europe BV MemberPlant-based nutrition
4 Feb 2026VdZ - Verband der Zoologischen Gärten e.V.RapporteurCITES
4 Feb 2026CHEM TrustMemberChemicals Omnibus
26 Jan 2026L'Oréal MemberChemicals Omnibus
21 Jan 2026Nestlé S.A. MemberHealth, Agriculture

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Manuela Ripa 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.

88%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
468
final texts voted on
of 537
87%
voted with the EPP majority
on 467 final texts
59
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Manuela Ripa537 final votes
78%13%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 467 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Manuela Ripa 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 majority40887%
Voted differently5913%

Final texts where Manuela Ripa differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026A10-0198/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
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
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
20 May 2026A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
20 May 2026A10-0092/2026 – Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Manuela Ripa'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.