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Member of the European Parliament · Germany ESN

Petr Bystron

MEP for Germany · Europe of Sovereign Nations · Alternative für Deutschland · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Petr Bystron (ESN, Germany) has declared 1 lobby meeting this term - rank 651 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 17 of 27 within Europe of Sovereign Nations.

0% 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%.

1
declared meeting
current term
1
records since 2019
full dataset
0%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
651/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
17/27
rank in ESN

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Compared with the averages

Petr Bystron, this term
1
Parliament average
85
ESN average
11

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: 1 in May 2025.

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: 1 declared meetingJune 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: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 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 linkMay 2025: 0% 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: 1 declared in May 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Petr Bystron meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Solidariteit Beweging vir Christelik-Volkseie Onderwys (BCVO)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

Meetings by committee topic

Foreign Affairs (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
6 May 2025Solidariteit Beweging vir Christelik-Volkseie Onderwys (BCVO)MemberThe human rights situation in South Africa

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Petr Bystron 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.

86%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
456
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the ESN majority
on 454 final texts
11
differed from ESN
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Petr Bystron537 final votes
26%47%12%15%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 454 final texts where more than half of ESN members casting a vote went one way, and Petr Bystron 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 ESN majority44398%
Voted differently112%

Final texts where Petr Bystron differed from the ESN majority

DateTextTheir voteESN majority
20 May 2026A10-0122/2026 – Brando Benifei – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
30 April 2026A10-0124/2026 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
28 April 2026A10-0044/2026 – Nils Ušakovs – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
28 April 2026A10-0078/2026 – Daniel Attard – Motion for a resolutionAgainstAbstained
12 March 2026C10-0351/2025 – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalForAgainst
16 December 2025A10-0233/2025 – Pascal Arimont – Commission proposalForAbstained
23 October 2025B10-0456/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
9 July 2025B10-0318/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
19 June 2025RC-B10-0284/2025/REV1 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

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