
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%.
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Compared with the averages
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.
Busiest month: 5 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Niclas Herbst meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 4 |
| European Leadership Network | 2 |
| EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG | 2 |
| Deutscher Bauernverband | 2 |
| RTX Corporation | 2 |
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2026 | ConocoPhillips | Member | Natural Gas & LNG Policies & Supply Chain Security |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Airbus ↗ | Member | European Competitiveness Fund, Security & Defense |
| 3 Jul 2026 | meddevs GmbH | Member | IT-Sicherheit |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Rhode & Schwarz | Member | EU Readiness & Competitiveness Fund |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Rheinmetall Group ↗ | Member | Sicherheit & Verteidigung |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Axon Enterprise Inc. | Member | Europe’s operational readiness, defense innovation, and industrial competitiveness |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Deutsche Bank AG ↗ | Member | Europa´s Wettbewerbsfähigkeit |
| 7 May 2026 | Environmental Justice Foundation | Member | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward |
| 7 May 2026 | Bayerischer Bauernverband | Member | Multiannual Financial Framework, GAP-Budget |
| 5 May 2026 | RTX Corporation | Member | European defence, transatlantic and industrial cooperation |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2026 | Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG ↗ | Member | The history and future of KNDS |
| 21 Apr 2026 | LANXESS AG | Member | The future of Europe´s industry |
| 21 Apr 2026 | European Union Agency for the Space Programme | Member | Space & Defence |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Lufthansa Group ↗ | Member | Passenger Rights |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Salzgitter AG | Member | Security and Defence, Strengthening the European Defence and Security Procurement |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie | Member | Baupolitische Entwicklungen auf europäischer Ebene |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Bayer AG | Member | Challenges and Policy Goals in Health Care |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels (BVLH) und der Deutsche Raiffeisenverband (DRV) | Member | Versorgungssicherheit und Resilienz in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | Member | Vorschriften für Fahrzeuge |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Baltic Sea Advisory Council | Member | Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Deutscher Bauernverband | Member | New GAP & MFR |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Philip Morris International Inc. ↗ | Committee chair | Taxation towards better control |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Impact SE | Member | Textbooks in Palestine |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V. ↗ | Committee chair | Sozialpartner in Deutschland und EU |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Viking Line | Committee chair | Passagier- und Frachtreedereien im Ostseeraum |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Verband der Automobilindustrie ↗ | Committee chair | Exportorientierte Industrie und globalen Wertschöpfungsketten |
| 13 Jan 2026 | BASF SE ↗ | Committee chair | Industriepolitischen Weichenstellungen für Europa: Clean Industrial Deal |
| 3 Dec 2025 | EU Baltic Sea Member States Representatives | Member | Challenges for Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) |
| 19 Nov 2025 | UV Nord | Committee chair | Perspektiven für ein wirtschaftlich starkes und sicheres Europa |
| 18 Nov 2025 | SEA Naval | Member | Building 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Niclas Herbst 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 |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0055/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0093/2026 – Christophe Clergeau – Commission proposal and amendments | Abstained | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | 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 |
| 11 September 2025 | RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 10 September 2025 | A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 8 May 2025 | B10-0246/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 12 March 2025 | A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
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:
- “ELNET” - likely European Leadership Network (2 counterpart entrys)
- “ASD” - likely Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (1 counterpart entry)
- “Axon Enterprise Inc.” - likely Axon Enterprise Inc. (1 counterpart entry)
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.