
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%.
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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: 27 in May 2026.
Busiest month: 27 declared in May 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Norbert Lins meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Deutscher Bauernverband | 9 |
| Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V. | 6 |
| Bayer AG | 5 |
| ZF Friedrichshafen AG | 4 |
| Milchindustrie-Verband e.V. | 4 |
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | FuelsEurope ↗ | Member | Biofuels |
| 26 May 2026 | Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie ↗ | Member | Herausforderungen der deutschen Bauindustrie |
| 21 May 2026 | European Industrial Hemp Association ↗ | Rapporteur | GAP, CMO |
| 21 May 2026 | Copa-Cogeca | Member | revision of the CBAM |
| 21 May 2026 | BDP | Member | NGT |
| 20 May 2026 | Copa-Cogeca | Member | NGTs |
| 20 May 2026 | Euroseeds ↗ | Member | NGTs / Pflanzenschutzmittelgesetzgebung |
| 19 May 2026 | Fédération nationale des syndicats d'agents généraux d'assurance ↗ | Rapporteur | GAP |
| 19 May 2026 | Boerenbond | Member | fertiliser action plan |
| 19 May 2026 | TransnetBW | Member | Herausforderungen der EU aus Sicht der TransnetBW im Bereich Energie, Umwelt, Lieferketten, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der europäischen Industrie |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2026 | BIO Deutschland e.V. / BRAIN Biotech AG / Formo Foods | Member | EU Biotech Act |
| 13 May 2026 | KWS | Member | NGTs und PRM |
| 13 May 2026 | MIV / frischli / DMK | Member | UTP |
| 12 May 2026 | Bayerischer Bauernverband | Rapporteur | GAP, MFR |
| 12 May 2026 | ZF | Member | Automobilpaket |
| 12 May 2026 | VKU | Member | EU- Verordnungsvorschlag zur Beschleunigung emissionsfreier Unternehmensflotten ("Clean Corporate Vehicles") |
| 12 May 2026 | Schwenk/ Zement | Member | CBAM / CCU |
| 12 May 2026 | Hexagon | Member | CO2 standards for cars and vans |
| 12 May 2026 | GF Reichenau Gemüse | Member | Laufende Prüfung am Europäischen Gerichtshof |
| 11 May 2026 | Union der Deutschen Kartoffelwirtschaft e.V. (UNIKA) | Member | Pflanzenschutz |
| 7 May 2026 | Corteva | Member | Biofuels |
| 7 May 2026 | LandPerspektiven; Farm Europe ↗ | Rapporteur | GAP |
| 7 May 2026 | VIER PFOTEN International ↗ | Rapporteur | GAP, NRPP |
| 6 May 2026 | Eurogroup for Animals ↗ | Rapporteur | GAP, NRPP, livestock strategy, animal transport |
| 5 May 2026 | Eurogroup for Animals ↗ | Member | TT-VO |
| 5 May 2026 | European Federation for Hunting and Conservation | Rapporteur | GAP |
| 4 May 2026 | Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs ↗ | Rapporteur | GAP |
| 29 Apr 2026 | FuelsEurope ↗ | Member | Automative Packaging/ CO2-standards for LDVs / ENVI Omnibus / ETS and MSR / liquid fuels and refining infrastructure |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Bayer | Member | NGTs |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Repsol | Member | Automative 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.
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 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.
Final texts where Norbert Lins 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 |
| 20 January 2026 | A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – 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 |
| 9 October 2025 | B10-0408/2025 – 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 |
| 12 March 2025 | A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 28 November 2024 | RC-B10-0173/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
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:
- “BASF” - likely BASF SE (3 counterpart entrys)
- “Bayer” - likely Bayer AG (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Biocontrol Coalition” - likely Biocontrol Coalition (2 counterpart entrys)
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.