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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Ralf Seekatz

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

As of 14 September 2026, Ralf Seekatz (EPP, Germany) has declared 30 lobby meetings this term - rank 449 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 120 of 185 within European People's Party.

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 51%.

30
declared meetings
current term
45
records since 2019
full dataset
100%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
449/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
120/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Ralf Seekatz, this term
30
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 7 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 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 meetingsnew termMonthly 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 link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 7 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

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

Most-met sectors

Finance (29)

Meetings by committee topic

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
Show 20 more meetings
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 5,568 roll-call votes while Ralf Seekatz 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
486
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the EPP majority
on 482 final texts
5
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Ralf Seekatz537 final votes
79%11%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 482 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 majority47799%
Voted differently51%

Final texts where Ralf Seekatz differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
25 November 2025A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025B10-0408/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAgainstFor
10 September 2025A10-0139/2025 - Marcos Ros Sempere - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
12 March 2025A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor