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Member of the European Parliament · Germany Greens/EFA

Nela Riehl

MEP for Germany · Greens/EFA · Volt · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Nela Riehl (Greens/EFA, Germany) has declared 79 lobby meetings this term - rank 278 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 39 of 53 within Greens/EFA.

68% 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%.

79
declared meetings
current term
79
records since 2019
full dataset
68%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
278/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
39/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Nela Riehl, this term
79
Parliament average
85
Greens/EFA average
128

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: 12 in Sep 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 8 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 1 declared meetingApril 2026: 11 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 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: 12 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Nela Riehl 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

Media & publishing (17), Human rights & humanitarian (6), Labour & trade unions (5)

Meetings by committee topic

Culture and Education (70), Employment and Social Affairs (5), Foreign Affairs (4)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
6 May 2026Landesanstalt für Medien NRWCommittee chairExchange on German Cultural Scene
28 Apr 2026B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories MemberPalestine
22 Apr 2026LLLPlatformRapporteur for opinionErasmus+
21 Apr 2026European Federation of Journalists Committee chairJournalism in the EU
21 Apr 2026European Olympic Committees EU Office Committee chairState of European Olympic Affairs
17 Apr 2026Haus der Kulturen der Welt; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Committee chairExchange on German Cultural Scene
17 Apr 2026Georgisches Zentrum im AuslandCommittee chairExchange on EU-Georgia Cultural Affairs
16 Apr 2026fzs e.V.; Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V. Committee chairExchange on German Cultural Scene
16 Apr 2026Deutscher Kulturrat - DKRCommittee chairDeutscher Kulturrat
14 Apr 2026Creative Europe Desk HamburgCommittee chairAgoraEU - Creative Europe Desk Hamburg
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Apr 2026Bahá'í International Community Committee chairBahaí Germany
7 Apr 2026AFS Intercultural ProgramCommittee chairEFIL & AFS Exchange
2 Mar 2026Young European Federalists Committee chairYoung European Federalists - Exchange
20 Feb 2026Deutsche Arthouse-KinosCommittee chairDeutsche Arthouse-Kinos
5 Feb 2026Vitsche e.V.Committee chairMEP Nela Riehl's engagement for Ukraine
5 Feb 2026European Writers’ Council-Féderation des associations européennes d’écrivains Committee chairEuropean Writer's Council - Introduction
3 Feb 2026Association of European Radios Committee chairEuropean Radio
27 Jan 2026European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education Committee chairExchange with new EASNIE Director
22 Jan 2026European Educational Exchanges - Youth for UnderstandingCommittee chairLong Term Pupil Mobility
21 Jan 2026B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories MemberRecap of Greens/EFA Mission to Palestine - December 2025
8 Dec 2025European Coalitions for Cultural DiversityCommittee chairDiscussion on Cultural Diversity
4 Dec 2025Motion Picture Association EMEA Committee chairDiscussion on European Audiovisual Policy
3 Dec 2025BLOOM Association Committee chairOmnibus I
18 Nov 2025Instructure Global LimitedMemberDiscussion on EU Skills Agenda
13 Nov 2025Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Committee chairpresentation of Special Olympics Work
7 Nov 2025Think Tank Sport et CitoyennetéCommittee chairExchange with Sport and Citizenship
29 Oct 2025My Voice, My ChoiceCommittee chairMy Voice My choice
22 Oct 2025Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft ZAW e.V. Committee chairDeutscher Werberat - Austausch
13 Oct 2025Academy of European Law Committee chairEuropäische Rechtsakademie
13 Oct 2025Federation of Screenwriters in Europe ; Federation of European Screen Directors - Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel Committee chairExchange with FERA & FSE

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Nela Riehl 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
508
final texts voted on
of 537
97%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 506 final texts
16
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Nela Riehl537 final votes
79%11%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 506 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Nela Riehl 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 Greens/EFA majority49097%
Voted differently163%

Final texts where Nela Riehl differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
29 April 2026B10-0186/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0071/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decisionAbstainedAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0072/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decisionAbstainedAgainst
10 March 2026A10-0019/2026 – Axel Voss – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
21 January 2026B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
25 November 2025A10-0225/2025 – Arba Kokalari – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
13 November 2025A10-0187/2025 – Svenja Hahn – Draft Council decisionAbstainedAgainst
10 September 2025A10-0141/2025 - Dariusz Joński - Projet de décision du ConseilForAgainst
22 May 2025A10-0083/2025 - Borys Budka - Proposition de la Commission au ConseilForAgainst
8 May 2025C10-0044/2025 - Proposition de la CommissionAbstainedAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Nela Riehl'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.