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Martin Schirdewan, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Germany The Left

Martin Schirdewan

MEP for Germany · The Left · DIE LINKE. · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Martin Schirdewan (The Left, Germany) has declared 43 lobby meetings this term - rank 395 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 25 of 45 within The Left.

36% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

43
declared meetings
current term
97
records since 2019
full dataset
36%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
395/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
25/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Martin Schirdewan, this term
43
Parliament average
85
The Left average
58

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: 8 in Nov 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 8 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 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 linkMarch 2026: 25% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2026: 50% 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: 8 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Martin Schirdewan 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

Labour & trade unions (5), Think tanks & research (5), Finance (3)

Meetings by committee topic

International Trade (14), Economic and Monetary Affairs (10), D-US (2), Housing Crisis in the EU (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Jun 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Shadow rapporteurOccupational retirement provision framework
10 Jun 2026Umweltbundesamt DeutschlandMemberWohnen & EU
10 Jun 2026Stichting Sustainable Finance LabMemberBanking regulation and supervision
9 Jun 2026Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund MemberMultiannual Financial Framework
16 Mar 2026industriAll European Trade Union MemberStahl
14 Mar 2026Chinesische Botschaft BerlinMemberEU & China - Handelspolitik
11 Mar 2026Kurdisch-Iranische DelegationMemberAktuelle Situation im Iran
11 Mar 2026Alevitische Gemeinde Baden-WürttembergMemberAustausch zur politischen Landschaft in Deutschland - Rechtsruck
29 Jan 2026Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungMemberUnited Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
29 Jan 2026Deutsche BundesbankMemberDigitaler Euro
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
19 Jan 2026Finance Watch Shadow rapporteurEU Securitisation Framework
17 Dec 2025The European Steel Association Shadow rapporteurKrise der Stahlindustrie
11 Dec 2025Kubanischer Botschafter in BrüsselMemberEntwicklung von Kuba
3 Dec 2025Chinesischer Botschafter in BrüsselMemberEU & China - Handelspolitik
20 Nov 2025Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. PowerShift - Verein fuer eine oekologisch-solidarische Energie- & Weltwirtschaft e.V. Rebalance Now Netzwerk gerechter WelthandelShadow rapporteurUS-Handelsdeal
12 Nov 2025Digitalcourage e.V. MemberDigitaler Omnibus / US-Handelsdeal
14 Oct 2025Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft MemberLieferkettengesetz, Index-Lohn, Omnibus-Verordnung
16 Sep 2025Pax for PeaceShadow rapporteurNachhaltige Finanzen und die Definition von umstrittenen Waffen
12 Sep 2025Finance Watch Shadow rapporteurNachhaltige Finanzen und die Definition von umstrittenen Waffen
14 May 2025International Union of Tenants MemberRegulierung des Wohnungsmarkts
2 Apr 2025Netzwerk M e.V.MemberDiplomatische Initiativen & Menschenrechte
27 Mar 2025Vorsitzender der DEM PartiMemberAktuelle Situation in der Türkei
5 Mar 2025Europäische LinkeMemberProgressive Forum
10 Dec 2024Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central CommitteeMemberHandelspolitik
5 Dec 2024Chinese Ambassador CaiMemberHandelspolitik
21 Nov 2024Deutscher Kandidat für den AMLA-VorsitzMemberAMLA-Vorsitz
5 Nov 2024U.S. Chamber of CommerceMemberUS EU trade relations, tariffs, IRA
5 Nov 2024Volkswagen U.S.A.MemberVW production in US and Europe, tariffs, US election, IRA, future of trade and export and e car industry
4 Nov 2024Embassy of the Federal Republic of GermanyMemberUS with the elections, German US relations, trade relations
4 Nov 2024National Democratic Institute (NDI)MemberTheir work in Eastern Europe, points for cooperation, political situation in US and Europe

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Martin Schirdewan 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.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
489
final texts voted on
of 537
92%
voted with the The Left majority
on 458 final texts
36
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Martin Schirdewan537 final votes
50%26%15%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 458 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Martin Schirdewan 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 The Left majority42292%
Voted differently368%

Final texts where Martin Schirdewan differed from the The Left majority

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

Unlinked but matchable

10 counterpart entrys in Martin Schirdewan'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.