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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Niclas Herbst

MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Niclas Herbst (EPP, Germany) has declared 71 lobby meetings this term - rank 309 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 81 of 185 within European People's Party.

25% 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%.

71
declared meetings
current term
108
records since 2019
full dataset
25%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
309/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
81/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Niclas Herbst, this term
71
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 5 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 3 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 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: 5 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Niclas Herbst 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

Chemicals & manufacturing (7), Consumer & retail (7), Transport & automotive (6)

Meetings by committee topic

Security and Defence (27), Budgetary Control (19), Budgets (5), Fisheries (3), D-IL (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Jul 2026ConocoPhillipsMemberNatural Gas & LNG Policies & Supply Chain Security
8 Jul 2026Airbus MemberEuropean Competitiveness Fund, Security & Defense
3 Jul 2026meddevs GmbHMemberIT-Sicherheit
25 Jun 2026Rhode & SchwarzMemberEU Readiness & Competitiveness Fund
24 Jun 2026Rheinmetall Group MemberSicherheit & Verteidigung
16 Jun 2026Axon Enterprise Inc.MemberEurope’s operational readiness, defense innovation, and industrial competitiveness
2 Jun 2026Deutsche Bank AG MemberEuropa´s Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
7 May 2026Environmental Justice FoundationMemberThe multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward
7 May 2026Bayerischer BauernverbandMemberMultiannual Financial Framework, GAP-Budget
5 May 2026RTX CorporationMemberEuropean defence, transatlantic and industrial cooperation
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 Apr 2026Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG MemberThe history and future of KNDS
21 Apr 2026LANXESS AGMemberThe future of Europe´s industry
21 Apr 2026European Union Agency for the Space ProgrammeMemberSpace & Defence
14 Apr 2026Lufthansa Group MemberPassenger Rights
7 Apr 2026Salzgitter AGMemberSecurity and Defence, Strengthening the European Defence and Security Procurement
26 Mar 2026Hauptverband der Deutschen BauindustrieMemberBaupolitische Entwicklungen auf europäischer Ebene
19 Mar 2026Bayer AGMemberChallenges and Policy Goals in Health Care
18 Mar 2026Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels (BVLH) und der Deutsche Raiffeisenverband (DRV)MemberVersorgungssicherheit und Resilienz in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft
5 Mar 2026Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftMemberVorschriften für Fahrzeuge
2 Mar 2026Baltic Sea Advisory CouncilMemberBaltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
26 Feb 2026Deutscher BauernverbandMemberNew GAP & MFR
4 Feb 2026Philip Morris International Inc. Committee chairTaxation towards better control
4 Feb 2026Impact SEMemberTextbooks in Palestine
27 Jan 2026Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V. Committee chairSozialpartner in Deutschland und EU
20 Jan 2026Viking LineCommittee chairPassagier- und Frachtreedereien im Ostseeraum
14 Jan 2026Verband der Automobilindustrie Committee chairExportorientierte Industrie und globalen Wertschöpfungsketten
13 Jan 2026BASF SE Committee chairIndustriepolitischen Weichenstellungen für Europa: Clean Industrial Deal
3 Dec 2025EU Baltic Sea Member States RepresentativesMemberChallenges for Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC)
19 Nov 2025UV NordCommittee chairPerspektiven für ein wirtschaftlich starkes und sicheres Europa
18 Nov 2025SEA NavalMemberBuilding European Naval Capabilities for the Maritime Threats of Tomorrow

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Niclas Herbst 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.

96%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
530
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the EPP majority
on 526 final texts
11
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Niclas Herbst537 final votes
86%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 526 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Niclas Herbst 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 majority51598%
Voted differently112%

Final texts where Niclas Herbst differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026A10-0055/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0093/2026 – Christophe Clergeau – Commission proposal and amendmentsAbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
8 May 2025B10-0246/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
12 March 2025A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

1 further instance is not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

27 counterpart entrys in Niclas Herbst'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.