Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP
Michael Gahler
MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Michael Gahler (EPP, Germany) has no lobby meetings on record for the current term under Article 7 of the MEP Code of Conduct.
For comparison, 87 of Germany's 96 MEPs have declared at least one meeting this term, and the Parliament-wide average is 85 per member.
Michael Gahler sits on the Foreign Affairs committee, where declaration duties apply to rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs in particular.
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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.
No declared meetings were recorded for Michael Gahler in this window. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Michael Gahler 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 504 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Michael Gahler 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.
Final texts where Michael Gahler differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 10 March 2026 | A10-0025/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 25 November 2025 | A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 8 October 2025 | A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 10 September 2025 | A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 9 July 2025 | A10-0125/2025 – Robert Biedroń, Nikolas Farantouris – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |