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Özlem Demirel, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Germany The Left

Özlem Demirel

MEP for Germany · The Left · DIE LINKE. · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Özlem Demirel (The Left, Germany) has declared 16 lobby meetings this term - rank 523 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 36 of 45 within The Left.

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%.

16
declared meetings
current term
16
records since 2019
full dataset
25%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
523/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
36/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Özlem Demirel, this term
16
Parliament average
85
The Left average
58

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 Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 5 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Özlem Demirel 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

Think tanks & research (5), Environment & climate (1), Human rights & humanitarian (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Employment and Social Affairs (4), Foreign Affairs (2), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
26 Aug 2026Médecins Sans Frontières International MemberIrini
16 Jul 2026Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. MemberEU-Wiederherstellungsverordung; Umweltpolitik auf EU Ebene
14 Jul 2026American Friends Service CommitteeMemberAFSC-Arbeit in Palästina + aktuelle Lage in Gaza
26 Jun 2026Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungMemberBriefing on campaign against UNRWA
24 Jun 2026Österreichische Notariatskammer Shadow rapporteur for opinion28. Regime
10 Jun 2026European Trade Union InstituteShadow rapporteur for opinion28. Regime
9 Jun 2026Lawyer and support initiativeMembercase of the Ulm5
9 Jun 2026Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungMemberAustausch mit Büroleitungen Tel Aviv, Warschau, Ramallah
21 May 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Shadow rapporteur for opinion28. Regime
12 May 2026Medico InternationalMemberconscientious objection advocacy
Show 6 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 May 2026The Miaan Group Inc.Shadow rapporteurGlobal Europe programme 2028–2034
24 Mar 2026Bahá´í-Gemeinde in DeutschlandMemberLage der Bahá’í-Gemeinde im Iran und in Ägypten
23 Mar 2026CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIES (OSW)MemberMigrationspolitik, des Schutzes und der Kontrolle der EU-Außengrenzen sowie mit der Umsetzung des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems (GEAS)
18 Mar 2026Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungMemberExchange of projects 2026
25 Feb 2026DGB Referat Europäische Arbeitsmarkt- und SozialpolitikMemberAustausch zu ESF+ und NRPP
24 Feb 2026Fundamental Rights Office Frontex Brussels Liaison OfficeMemberfundamental 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 5,568 roll-call votes while Özlem Demirel 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.

90%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
471
final texts voted on
of 537
89%
voted with the The Left majority
on 442 final texts
50
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Özlem Demirel537 final votes
40%34%14%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 442 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.

Voted with the The Left majority39289%
Voted differently5011%

Final texts where Özlem Demirel differed from the The Left majority

40 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

7 counterpart entrys in Özlem Demirel'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.