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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Markus Ferber

MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Markus Ferber (EPP, Germany) has declared 390 lobby meetings this term - rank 21 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.9× the average member, and it ranks 10 of 185 in the EPP group.

73% 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 52%.

390
declared meetings
current term
485
records since 2016
full dataset
73%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
21/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
10/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Markus Ferber, this term
390
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 27 in Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%027July 2024: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 18 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 14 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 17 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 18 declared meetingsApril 2025: 16 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 16 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 17 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 11 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 19 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 22 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 26 declared meetingsApril 2026: 23 declared meetingsMay 2026: 15 declared meetingsJune 2026: 27 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 11 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 17 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 18 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 75% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%027July 2024: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 18 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 14 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 17 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 18 declared meetingsApril 2025: 16 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 16 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 17 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 11 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 19 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 22 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 26 declared meetingsApril 2026: 23 declared meetingsMay 2026: 15 declared meetingsJune 2026: 27 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 11 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 17 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 18 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 75% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%027202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 2024475%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20241163.6%
Oct 20241275%
Nov 20241045.5%
Dec 20241855.6%
Jan 20251450%
Feb 20251782.4%
Mar 20251866.7%
Apr 20251682.4%
May 2025977.8%
Jun 20251650%
Jul 20251593.3%
Aug 20251100%
Sep 20251266.7%
Oct 20251163.6%
Nov 20251784.2%
Dec 20251175%
Jan 20261957.9%
Feb 20262276.9%
Mar 20262676.7%
Apr 20262380.8%
May 20261588.9%
Jun 20262778.8%
Jul 20261158.3%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20261772.2%
Oct 20261889.5%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 27 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Markus Ferber 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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Finance (125), Transport & automotive (58), Business federations & chambers (32)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Economic and Monetary Affairs (201), Transport and Tourism (76), Housing Crisis in the EU (19), Legal Affairs (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
30 Oct 2026Verband der Automobil­industrie⁠↗Shadow rapporteurWeights & Dimensions
28 Oct 2026Delivery Platforms Europe⁠↗MemberEU Delivery Act
27 Oct 2026BUSINESSEUROPE⁠↗Shadow rapporteurWeights & Dimensions
21 Oct 2026Federation of European Securities Exchanges⁠↗RapporteurMarket Integration and Supervision Package
21 Oct 2026Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited⁠↗MemberClean Corporate vehicles
20 Oct 2026Bundesverband Güter­kraft­verkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V.Shadow rapporteurWeights and Dimensions
20 Oct 2026Bundesverband Musik­industrie e.V.⁠↗MemberChallenges in the music sector
15 Oct 2026Munich Financial Centre Initiative⁠↗MemberCompetitiveness of the EU banking sector
15 Oct 2026Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.⁠↗MemberEU’s competitiveness agenda
14 Oct 2026Sparkassen­verband Bayern⁠↗; Genossenschafts­verband Bayern⁠↗MemberBanking and capital market developments
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Oct 2026WACKER CHEMIE AG⁠↗MemberEuropean Chip Infrastructure
12 Oct 2026Associazione Nazionale fra le Imprese Assicuratrici⁠↗MemberSIU
7 Oct 2026Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen⁠↗MemberBanking Union/SIU
7 Oct 2026Bundesverband Mittelständische Wirtschaft e.V.⁠↗MemberSMEs
7 Oct 2026Crédit Agricole S.A.⁠↗MemberCompetitiveness of the EU banking sector
7 Oct 2026BMW GroupMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
6 Oct 2026Association for Financial Markets in Europe⁠↗RapporteurMarket Integration and Supervision Package
1 Oct 2026Bundes­vereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeber­verbände e.V.⁠↗MemberIORP II
30 Sep 2026MarkenverbandMemberEmpCo Directive
30 Sep 2026Flughafen München GmbH⁠↗MemberEU Aviation and Aeronautics Strategy
29 Sep 2026Immobilien­verband Deutschland IVDMemberHousing situation in the EU
23 Sep 2026Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd⁠↗MemberCompetitiveness of EU banking sector
23 Sep 2026Bundes­arbeitgeber­verband Chemie e.V.⁠↗MemberIORP II
22 Sep 2026Die Deutsche Kredit­wirtschaft⁠↗RapporteurMarket Integration and Supervision Package
16 Sep 2026Bayer AG⁠↗MemberIORP II
16 Sep 2026Handels­verband Deutschland⁠↗MemberRetail
15 Sep 2026Faber Castell AGMemberEmpCo Directive
15 Sep 2026REWE ZENTRALFINANZ eG⁠↗MemberDigital euro
10 Sep 2026Deutsche Börse AG⁠↗RapporteurMarket Integration and Supervision Package
9 Sep 2026Santander (Openbank Deutschland Aktien­gesellschaft)MemberBanking competitiveness

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Markus Ferber held the seat, 606 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.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
586
final texts voted on
of 606
93%
voted with the EPP majority
on 581 final texts
43
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Markus Ferber606 final votes
88%7%
For 536Against 43Abstained 7No vote recorded 20

With and against the group

On the 581 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Markus Ferber 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 majority53893%
Voted differently437%

Final texts where Markus Ferber differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot B10-0432/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot B10-0431/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0379/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0357/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the Commission Implementing Decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0335/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission Implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0336/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87705 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0334/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

49 counterpart entries in Markus Ferber's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 5 of the 49 entries; the other 44 are not listed.

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.