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Member of the European Parliament · Germany S&D

Matthias Ecke

MEP for Germany · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Matthias Ecke (S&D, Germany) has declared 153 lobby meetings this term - rank 125 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.8× the average member, and 31 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

67% 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%.

153
declared meetings
current term
233
records since 2019
full dataset
67%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
125/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
31/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Matthias Ecke, this term
153
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: 13 in Aug 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 13 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 13 declared meetingsApril 2026: 11 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 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: 13 declared in August 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Matthias Ecke 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

Technology & digital (33), Labour & trade unions (17), Finance (14)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (112), Economic and Monetary Affairs (17), Tax Matters (5), Budgets (3), Regional Development (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jul 2026Infineon Technologies AG MemberEröffnung SmartPowerFab
22 Jun 2026SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbHMemberTech Sovereignity / Open Source
19 Jun 2026Fraunhofer ISSMemberInnovation / Industrie / Mikrolektronik
16 Jun 2026PPF Group Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
11 Jun 2026Orange Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
4 Jun 2026Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund MemberMFR / NRPPs
3 Jun 2026freenet AGShadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
2 Jun 2026ZDF Europabüro Brüssel ; ARD-Verbindungsbüro Brüssel Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
12 May 2026DIGITALEUROPE Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
11 May 2026Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie MemberEnergiepolitk / IAA
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
11 May 2026Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
6 May 2026Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft MemberAutomobilsektor / Elektromobilität
6 May 2026Citigroup Inc. MemberFinanzmarkt / Binnenmarkt
5 May 2026Twilio Inc. Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
4 May 2026Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
30 Apr 2026Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
29 Apr 2026Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
28 Apr 2026European Emergency Number Association ; european competitive telecommunications associationShadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
24 Apr 2026Sky Group Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
23 Apr 2026Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V. Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
22 Apr 2026Telekom Austria AG ; Vodafone Belgium SA Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
21 Apr 2026Colt Technology Services Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
15 Apr 2026SEMI Europe GmbH Shadow rapporteurChips Act
14 Apr 2026Bitkom e.V. Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
13 Apr 2026MVNO Europe Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
8 Apr 2026Quantum Community NetworkMemberQuantum / ChipsAct
31 Mar 2026N+P Informationssysteme GmbHMemberDigitalisierung Mittelstand
30 Mar 2026Thüringer BauernverbandMemberMFR und Agrarförderung (GAP)
30 Mar 2026Fliegl FahrzeugbauMemberAutomobilindustrie / Schwerlasttransport
26 Mar 2026Deutsche Telekom Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Matthias Ecke 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.

90%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
498
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 496 final texts
12
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Matthias Ecke537 final votes
83%9%7%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 496 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Matthias Ecke 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 majority48498%
Voted differently122%

Final texts where Matthias Ecke differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
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
8 October 2025A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposalAgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0168/2025 – Olivier Chastel – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0143/2025 - Carmen Crespo Díaz - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
8 May 2025C10-0044/2025 - Proposition de la CommissionForAgainst
7 May 2025A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 December 2024A10-0026/2024 – Veronika Vrecionová – Commission proposalAgainstFor
23 October 2024A10–0008/2024 – Victor Negrescu, Niclas Herbst – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)ForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

18 counterpart entrys in Matthias Ecke'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.