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Ralf Seekatz

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

As of 8 November 2026, Ralf Seekatz (EPP, Germany) has declared 30 lobby meetings this term - rank 473 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 124 of 185 in the EPP group, a place shared with 2 other members.

100% 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%.

30
declared meetings
current term
45
records since 2016
full dataset
100%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
473/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 3 others
124/185
rank in EPP
tied with 2 others

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Compared with the averages

Ralf Seekatz, this term
30
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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 7 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 3 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkMarch 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkFebruary 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 3 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkMarch 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkFebruary 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%07202420252026
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 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20243100%
Oct 20241100%
Nov 20241100%
Dec 20240-
Jan 20250-
Feb 20250-
Mar 20253100%
Apr 20250-
May 20250-
Jun 20252100%
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 20254100%
Oct 20257100%
Nov 20253100%
Dec 20254100%
Jan 20260-
Feb 20261100%
Mar 20260-
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 20261100%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 7 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Ralf Seekatz 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

Finance (29), Consumer & retail (1)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Economic and Monetary Affairs (27)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jun 2026Deutsche Bank AG⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung, Wett­be­werbs­fä­hig­keit
24 Feb 2026Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband⁠↗; Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands eV⁠↗; Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.⁠↗; Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken⁠↗MemberDigitaler Euro
9 Dec 2025BlackRock⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
2 Dec 2025Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken e.V.⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
2 Dec 2025Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken⁠↗MemberSpar- und Investitions­union
1 Dec 2025Associazione Bancaria Italiana⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
12 Nov 2025European Savings and Retail Banking Group⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
4 Nov 2025Bundesverband Deutscher Versicherungskauf­leute e.V. (BVK)⁠↗MemberAllgemeiner Austausch
4 Nov 2025Österreichischer Sparkassen­verband⁠↗MemberSpar- und Investitions­union
21 Oct 2025Fédération bancaire française⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Oct 2025UniCredit⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
9 Oct 2025Loan Market Association⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
8 Oct 2025European Banking Federation⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
7 Oct 2025Société Générale⁠↗; BNP PARIBAS⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
6 Oct 2025European Fund and Asset Management Association⁠↗; AMUNDI AM⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
1 Oct 2025Schroders Investment Management (Europe) SA⁠↗; Asociación Española de Banca⁠↗; Association for Financial Markets in Europe⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
23 Sep 2025True Sale International GmbH⁠↗; KfW Bankengruppe⁠↗; Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
9 Sep 2025Deutsche Bank AG⁠↗; Allianz SE⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
8 Sep 2025Banco Santander, S.A.⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
2 Sep 2025Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands eV⁠↗RapporteurVerbriefung
10 Jun 2025Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPRIIPs VO
3 Jun 2025Commerzbank AG⁠↗MemberAllgemeiner Austausch
18 Mar 2025Deutsche Feuerfest-Industrie e. V.⁠↗MemberIED 2.0
18 Mar 2025Deutsche Kreditbank Aktien­gesellschaft⁠↗Shadow rapporteurKlei­nan­le­gers­tra­te­gie
12 Mar 2025Deutsche Börse AG⁠↗MemberSpar- und Investitions­union
19 Nov 2024Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.⁠↗MemberAllgemeiner Austausch
17 Oct 2024Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.⁠↗MemberAllgemeiner Austausch
24 Sep 2024European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users⁠↗; Deutsche Schutz­vereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurKlei­nan­le­gers­tra­te­gie
12 Sep 2024Revolut Ltd⁠↗MemberAllgemeiner Austausch
3 Sep 2024Bundesverband der Zigarren­industrie e.V.⁠↗; American Express Corporation⁠↗MemberAllgemeiner Austausch

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Ralf Seekatz 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.

89%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
542
final texts voted on
of 606
99%
voted with the EPP majority
on 537 final texts
6
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Ralf Seekatz606 final votes
78%11%11%
For 474Against 67Abstained 1No vote recorded 64

With and against the group

On the 537 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Ralf Seekatz 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 majority53199%
Voted differently61%

Final texts where Ralf Seekatz differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
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
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
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
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