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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Norbert Lins

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

As of 14 September 2026, Norbert Lins (EPP, Germany) has declared 265 lobby meetings this term - rank 42 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.1× the average member, and 17 of 185 within European People's Party.

39% 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%.

265
declared meetings
current term
653
records since 2019
full dataset
39%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
42/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
17/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Norbert Lins, this term
265
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: 27 in May 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 22 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 11 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 8 declared meetingsMay 2025: 7 declared meetingsJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 15 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 19 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 10 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 22 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 26 declared meetingsApril 2026: 16 declared meetingsMay 2026: 27 declared meetingsJune 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 linkJuly 2024: 66.7% 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: 27 declared in May 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Norbert Lins 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

Agriculture & food (62), Transport & automotive (20), Energy (19)

Meetings by committee topic

Agriculture and Rural Development (175), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (43), Transport and Tourism (37), DCAR (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
28 May 2026FuelsEurope MemberBiofuels
26 May 2026Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie MemberHerausforderungen der deutschen Bauindustrie
21 May 2026European Industrial Hemp Association RapporteurGAP, CMO
21 May 2026Copa-CogecaMemberrevision of the CBAM
21 May 2026BDPMemberNGT
20 May 2026Copa-CogecaMemberNGTs
20 May 2026Euroseeds MemberNGTs / Pflanzenschutzmittelgesetzgebung
19 May 2026Fédération nationale des syndicats d'agents généraux d'assurance RapporteurGAP
19 May 2026BoerenbondMemberfertiliser action plan
19 May 2026TransnetBWMemberHerausforderungen der EU aus Sicht der TransnetBW im Bereich Energie, Umwelt, Lieferketten, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der europäischen Industrie
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 May 2026BIO Deutschland e.V. / BRAIN Biotech AG / Formo FoodsMemberEU Biotech Act
13 May 2026KWSMemberNGTs und PRM
13 May 2026MIV / frischli / DMKMemberUTP
12 May 2026Bayerischer BauernverbandRapporteurGAP, MFR
12 May 2026ZFMemberAutomobilpaket
12 May 2026VKUMemberEU- Verordnungsvorschlag zur Beschleunigung emissionsfreier Unternehmensflotten ("Clean Corporate Vehicles")
12 May 2026Schwenk/ ZementMemberCBAM / CCU
12 May 2026HexagonMemberCO2 standards for cars and vans
12 May 2026GF Reichenau GemüseMemberLaufende Prüfung am Europäischen Gerichtshof
11 May 2026Union der Deutschen Kartoffelwirtschaft e.V. (UNIKA)MemberPflanzenschutz
7 May 2026CortevaMemberBiofuels
7 May 2026LandPerspektiven; Farm Europe RapporteurGAP
7 May 2026VIER PFOTEN International RapporteurGAP, NRPP
6 May 2026Eurogroup for Animals RapporteurGAP, NRPP, livestock strategy, animal transport
5 May 2026Eurogroup for Animals MemberTT-VO
5 May 2026European Federation for Hunting and ConservationRapporteurGAP
4 May 2026Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs RapporteurGAP
29 Apr 2026FuelsEurope MemberAutomative Packaging/ CO2-standards for LDVs / ENVI Omnibus / ETS and MSR / liquid fuels and refining infrastructure
28 Apr 2026BayerMemberNGTs
28 Apr 2026RepsolMemberAutomative Package/ CO2-standards for LDVs / ENVI Omnibus/ ETS and MSR / liquid fuels and refining infrastructure

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Norbert Lins 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.

97%
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
9
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Norbert Lins537 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 Norbert Lins 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 majority51798%
Voted differently92%

Final texts where Norbert Lins differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
20 January 2026A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025B10-0408/2025 – 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
12 March 2025A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 November 2024RC-B10-0173/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

70 counterpart entrys in Norbert Lins'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.