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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Marion Walsmann

MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Marion Walsmann (EPP, Germany) has declared 279 lobby meetings this term - rank 33 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.3× the average member, and 15 of 185 within European People's Party.

48% 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%.

279
declared meetings
current term
332
records since 2019
full dataset
48%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
33/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
15/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Marion Walsmann, this term
279
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: 27 in Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 25 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 3 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 12 declared meetingsJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 11 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 20 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 19 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 22 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 9 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 14 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 25 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 27 declared meetingsApril 2026: 16 declared meetingsMay 2026: 15 declared meetingsJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 11 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 27 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Marion Walsmann 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

Business federations & chambers (26), Technology & digital (25), Finance (20)

Meetings by committee topic

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (61), Legal Affairs (43), Industry, Research and Energy (23), Agriculture and Rural Development (6), Culture and Education (1), D-ME (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jul 2026CLEPA (European Association of Automotive Suppliers)MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
15 Jul 2026Bund Deutscher Industrie Bund Deutscher ArbeitgeberMemberAustausch zu Mittelstandsthemen
15 Jul 2026Handelsverband Deutschland MemberEU Trade Policy
15 Jul 2026European Forum for Manufacturing ; Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries MemberEuropean Product Act
14 Jul 2026TwillioMemberEuropean business Wallets & DNA
14 Jul 2026Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband MemberPKM-Event about SME financing
9 Jul 2026Mittelstandsunion BayernMemberAustausch zu Mittelstandsthemen
8 Jul 2026AmazonMemberDFA, DPP & Product Act
7 Jul 2026MedTech EuropeMemberGesetzesrahmen für Medizintechnikprodukte (MDR/IVDR)
1 Jul 2026REWEMemberWettbewerbsfähigkeit und Bürokratieabbau
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jul 2026Techem MemberEnergiebinnenmarkt und Smart-Meter-Roll-Out
30 Jun 2026Copa CogecaMemberLegislative burdens for wool as a valuable ressource
29 Jun 2026International Wool Textile Organisation MemberLegislative burdens for wool as a valuable ressource
23 Jun 2026European FinTech Association Member28. Regime
23 Jun 2026Apple Inc. MemberDigital Markets Act
23 Jun 2026Toy Industries of EuropeMemberEuropean Product Act
18 Jun 2026DGB Hessen-ThüringenMemberMFR & EU-Fonds
10 Jun 2026IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide MemberCopy right legislation
10 Jun 2026Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristinnen und Unternehmensjuristen e.V.Shadow rapporteurEuropean Business Wallets
4 Jun 2026DG CNNCTShadow rapporteurEuropean Business Wallets
3 Jun 2026Feintechnik GmbHMemberPFAS
21 May 2026Der Mittelstand, BVMW e.V. Bundesverband mittelständische WirtschaftMemberMittelstandspolitik
20 May 2026Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V. MemberMittelstandspolitik
19 May 2026Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands, VÖB, e.V.MemberMittelstandspolitik
19 May 2026DG GROWMemberThird-party litigation funding and IP legislation
18 May 2026Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der LEADER-Aktionsgruppen in DeutschlandMemberLEADER
13 May 2026IDnow; DG CNNCTShadow rapporteurEuropean Business Wallets
11 May 2026Verband der Automobilhändler DeutschlandsMemberWettbewerbsfähigkeit Autoindustrie
7 May 2026ACT - The app associationShadow rapporteurEuropean Business Wallets
6 May 2026Airbnb Deutschland GmbHMemberMittelstandspolitik

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Marion Walsmann 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
524
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the EPP majority
on 520 final texts
10
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Marion Walsmann537 final votes
85%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 520 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Marion Walsmann 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 majority51098%
Voted differently102%

Final texts where Marion Walsmann differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026C10-0139/2026 – Commission proposalAgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0150/2026 – Leoluca Orlando – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025B10-0408/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
12 March 2025A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 November 2024RC-B10-0173/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

62 counterpart entrys in Marion Walsmann'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.