Member of the European Parliament · Germany The Left
Özlem Demirel
MEP for Germany · The Left · DIE LINKE. · official EP profile
The sloppy: 7 of the 13 entries in which Özlem Demirel names an organisation listed in the EU Transparency Register leave out its Register ID - 54%, against 15% across the Parliament. How the label is counted.
As of 8 November 2026, Özlem Demirel (The Left, Germany) has declared 21 lobby meetings this term - rank 518 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 7 other MEPs.
That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 37 of 45 in the Left group.
29% 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 52%.
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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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 2 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 5 in Jun 2026.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2024 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2024 | 0 | - |
| Dec 2024 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | - |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | - |
| Apr 2025 | 0 | - |
| May 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jun 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2025 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | - |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 0% |
| Mar 2026 | 3 | 0% |
| Apr 2026 | 0 | - |
| May 2026 | 4 | 25% |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | 20% |
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Aug 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Oct 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Nov 2026 | 2 | 50% |
Busiest month: 5 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Özlem Demirel meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | 3 |
| Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. | 1 |
| EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION | 1 |
| Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund | 1 |
| American Friends Service Committee | 1 |
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
Think tanks & research (5), Environment & climate (2), Human rights & humanitarian (2)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Employment and Social Affairs (4), Foreign Affairs (2), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Quaker Council for European Affairs↗ | Member | conscientious objection |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Control AI | Member | Dangers of AI / control initiatives |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund↗ | Member | EU Inc. follow-up |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Ecuadorianischer Botschafter in Berlin | Member | Visafreiheit |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Médecins Sans Frontières International↗ | Member | Irini |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V.↗ | Member | EU-Wiederherstellungsverordung; Umweltpolitik auf EU Ebene |
| 14 Jul 2026 | American Friends Service Committee | Member | AFSC-Arbeit in Palästina + aktuelle Lage in Gaza |
| 26 Jun 2026 | Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | Member | Briefing on campaign against UNRWA |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Österreichische Notariatskammer↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | 28. Regime |
| 10 Jun 2026 | European Trade Union Institute | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | 28. Regime |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | Lawyer and support initiative | Member | case of the Ulm5 |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | Member | Austausch mit Büroleitungen Tel Aviv, Warschau, Ramallah |
| 21 May 2026 | EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | 28. Regime |
| 12 May 2026 | Medico International | Member | conscientious objection advocacy |
| 7 May 2026 | The Miaan Group Inc. | Shadow rapporteur | Global Europe programme 2028–2034 |
| 6 May 2026 | Centar za politike emancipacije | Member | Decent work on the Balkans |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Bahá´í-Gemeinde in Deutschland | Member | Lage der Bahá’í-Gemeinde im Iran und in Ägypten |
| 23 Mar 2026 | CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIES (OSW) | Member | Migrationspolitik, des Schutzes und der Kontrolle der EU-Außengrenzen sowie mit der Umsetzung des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems (GEAS) |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | Member | Exchange of projects 2026 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | DGB Referat Europäische Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik | Member | Austausch zu ESF+ und NRPP |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Fundamental Rights Office Frontex Brussels Liaison Office | Member | fundamental rights in the context of the European Integrated Border Management |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Özlem Demirel 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 478 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Özlem Demirel 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 Özlem Demirel differed from The Left majority
44 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
7 counterpart entries in Özlem Demirel's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung” - likely Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (3 counterpart entries)
- “American Friends Service Committee” - likely American Friends Service Committee (1 counterpart entry)
- “CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIES (OSW)” - likely Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 5 of the 7 entries; the other 2 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.