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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Oliver Schenk

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

As of 7 November 2026, Oliver Schenk (EPP, Germany) has declared 453 lobby meetings this term - rank 13 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the most extensive declaration records in the entire Parliament - 4.5× the average member, and it ranks 6 of 185 in the EPP group.

58% 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 52%.

453
declared meetings
current term
453
records since 2016
full dataset
58%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
13/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
6/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Oliver Schenk, this term
453
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 4 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 75% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 38 in Mar 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%038July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 27 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 28 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 30 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 18 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 35 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 38 declared meetingsApril 2025: 13 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 17 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 7 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 13 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 29 declared meetingsApril 2026: 17 declared meetingsMay 2026: 28 declared meetingsJune 2026: 24 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 8 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 27 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 18 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 4 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%038July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 27 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 28 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 30 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 18 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 35 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 38 declared meetingsApril 2025: 13 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 17 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 7 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 13 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 29 declared meetingsApril 2026: 17 declared meetingsMay 2026: 28 declared meetingsJune 2026: 24 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 8 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 27 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 18 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 4 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%038202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 202410%
Aug 202410%
Sep 20242769.7%
Oct 20242858.8%
Nov 20243063.4%
Dec 20241856%
Jan 20253561.1%
Feb 20251672.2%
Mar 20253867.4%
Apr 20251373.9%
May 2025940%
Jun 20251729.4%
Jul 2025875%
Aug 2025714.3%
Sep 2025650%
Oct 2025728.6%
Nov 2025616.7%
Dec 2025450%
Jan 2026887.5%
Feb 20261372%
Mar 20262931%
Apr 20261758.8%
May 20262841.4%
Jun 20262462.5%
Jul 2026675%
Aug 2026812.5%
Sep 20262757.6%
Oct 20261876.9%
Nov 2026475%

Busiest month: 38 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Oliver Schenk 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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Health & pharma (98), Technology & digital (50), Chemicals & manufacturing (43)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Industry, Research and Energy (41), Public Health (28), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (22), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (19), Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026Industrial Alliance for SemiconductorsRapporteurDebate on the European Chips Act 2.0
4 Nov 2026Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
4 Nov 2026Bitkom e.V.⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0: Start-Up Landscape
3 Nov 2026Industrie­verband Körperpflege- und Waschmittel e.V.⁠↗MemberEnvironmental Omnibus
29 Oct 2026SEMI Europe GmbH⁠↗; Infineon Technologies AG⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
28 Oct 2026The Optical Society of America, Incorporated⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
28 Oct 2026London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)RapporteurExchange of views on the EU Tech Policy incl. the European Chips Act 2.0
22 Oct 2026IMEC⁠↗; Institut Montaigne⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
21 Oct 2026VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd⁠↗; Helsinki EU Office⁠↗; Business Tampere / Brussels Office⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
20 Oct 2026DIGITALEUROPE⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
19 Oct 2026Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMSRapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
16 Oct 2026SAFRAN⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
14 Oct 2026Province of Flevoland Office ASM International N.V.RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
12 Oct 2026Helsinki EU Office⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
9 Oct 2026GLOBALFOUNDRIES Management Services Limited Liability Company & CO. KG⁠↗RapporteurGeneral Exchange & Visit
9 Oct 2026CEA-Leti; ASML Netherlands B.V.RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
8 Oct 2026ZVEI e.V. - Verband der Elektro- und Digital­industrie⁠↗; Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.⁠↗; Verband der Automobil­industrie⁠↗; VDMA e.V.⁠↗; TRUMPF SE + Co. KG⁠↗; Robert Bosch GmbH⁠↗; NXP Semiconductors⁠↗; Merck⁠↗; Infineon Technologies AG⁠↗; Ferroelectric Memory GmbH⁠↗; Cisco Systems Inc.⁠↗; Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.⁠↗; BASF SE⁠↗; ASML Netherlands B.V.⁠↗RapporteurRoundtable: Exchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
6 Oct 2026GLOBALFOUNDRIES Management Services Limited Liability Company & CO. KG⁠↗; IPC International, Inc.(operating as Global Electronics Association)⁠↗; AK Public Affairs⁠↗; NXP Semiconductors⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
2 Oct 2026Unternehmens­verband Digital­wirtschaft SachsenMemberSachsen-Stack: Digitale Souveränität aus Sachsen für Europa
2 Oct 2026Lithuanian Chips Competence Centre (ChipsC2-LT)RapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
1 Oct 2026AIR LIQUIDE ASML Netherlands B.V. Amazon Europe Core SARL Applied Materials Carl Zeiss AG Corning Incorporated ECOLAB Entegris GmbH IMEC Intel Corporation Merck NVIDIA Corporation Nexperia SEMI Europe GmbH SPEA Spa Samsung Electronics Europe Tekscend Photomask Germany GmbH Tokyo Electron Limited ​ASM International Naamloze Vennootschap Screen SPE JSR Micro NV Levitech BV Global WafersRapporteurRoundtable: Exchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
1 Oct 2026Swissbit Ferroelectric Memory CompanyRapporteurExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
30 Sep 2026Zentral­verband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.⁠↗RapporteurMDR Revision
30 Sep 2026Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung⁠↗; Center for Defense Reforms⁠↗MemberDiscussion on separatist movements and foreign influence in Europe
29 Sep 2026Landratsamt Zwickau IHK Chemnitz Sparkasse ZwickauMemberEU-Regional­politik / EU-Haushalt 2028-2034 / Automotive
28 Sep 2026ABDA - Bundes­vereinigung Deutscher Apotheker­verbände e.V.⁠↗MemberVersandhandel/Zukunft der Apotheken
28 Sep 2026Lithuanian Ministry of HealthRapporteurMDR Revision
28 Sep 2026Kommunaler Schadenausgleich der Länder Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und ThüringenMemberEU-Regional­politik
24 Sep 2026COCIRRapporteurMDR Revision
23 Sep 2026Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.⁠↗RapporteurMedical Device Regulation

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Oliver Schenk held the seat, 606 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.

98%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
594
final texts voted on
of 606
98%
voted with the EPP majority
on 589 final texts
11
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Oliver Schenk606 final votes
86%12%
For 519Against 73Abstained 2No vote recorded 12

With and against the group

On the 589 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Oliver Schenk 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 majority57898%
Voted differently112%

Final texts where Oliver Schenk differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot B10-0432/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0357/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
25 November 2025The 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget A10-0212/2025 · Marit Maij · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025Motion for a resolution on the Second World Summit for Social Development B10-0408/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025Amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain A10-0161/2025 · Céline Imart · Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0372/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
10 September 2025The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis A10-0139/2025 · Marcos Ros Sempere · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
18 June 2025The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report A10-0100/2025 · Ana Catarina Mendes · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AgainstFor
12 March 2025The European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 A10-0023/2025 · Maravillas Abadía Jover · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

58 counterpart entries in Oliver Schenk's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 6 of the 58 entries; the other 52 are not listed.

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.

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