Member
Markus BUCHHEIT
ESN · Germany
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
90.9 %
5 387 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
ESN median: 91.3 % (−0.5 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
96.7 %
5 200 of 5 379 votes where their group had a line
ESN median: 94.6 % (+2.1 pts)
84 opposite (for ↔ against), 5 abstained against the line, 42 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Markus BUCHHEIT | 90.9 % |
| ESN median | 91.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 68.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.0 % |
| Members | 27 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Markus BUCHHEIT | 96.7 % |
| ESN median | 94.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 70.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 27 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of ESN; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 78 — part 2 | 289 for, 304 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 78 — part 1 | 396 for, 182 against, 32 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 77 | 346 for, 224 against, 35 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 74 — part 2 | 258 for, 325 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 74 — part 1 | 397 for, 170 against, 44 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 73 | 279 for, 289 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 3 | 254 for, 324 against, 30 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 2 | 365 for, 149 against, 73 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 1 | 396 for, 183 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 3 | 368 for, 147 against, 93 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 2 | 292 for, 260 against, 47 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 1 | 411 for, 161 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 68 | 262 for, 309 against, 33 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 67 | 251 for, 349 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 64 | 262 for, 287 against, 50 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 59 | 256 for, 305 against, 50 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 57 | 300 for, 238 against, 78 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 30 | 359 for, 200 against, 51 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 29 | 292 for, 262 against, 56 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 28 | 336 for, 218 against, 58 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 27 | 341 for, 218 against, 58 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 21 — part 2 | 301 for, 298 against, 12 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 21 — part 1 | 518 for, 24 against, 74 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 16 — part 2 | 299 for, 270 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 16 — part 1 | 439 for, 138 against, 28 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 3 | 298 for, 282 against, 34 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 2 | 295 for, 302 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 1 | 437 for, 166 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 | 208 for, 390 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 2 | 381 for, 182 against, 44 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 1 | 510 for, 41 against, 63 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 | 207 for, 391 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 4 | 159 for, 424 against, 31 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 1 | 172 for, 440 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025 Final vote — text as a whole | Passed 622 for, 10 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 605 for, 26 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 611 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 606 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Monaco agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 610 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Final vote | Passed 370 for, 160 against, 107 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 104 to recital 18 | 171 for, 431 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 87, adding text after recital 7 | 58 for, 475 against, 97 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 605 for, 29 against, 0 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 86, adding text after recital 7 | 97 for, 486 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 85 to recital 6 | 49 for, 506 against, 60 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 103, adding text after recital 3 | 185 for, 433 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 84 to recital 2 | 123 for, 476 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 83, adding text after recital 1 | 113 for, 493 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 82, adding text after recital 1 | 94 for, 503 against, 36 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 102 to Article 72 | 56 for, 486 against, 82 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on International TradeINTA Committee | Member | 12 Nov 2025 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-CL Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assembly | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working group | Member | 4 Feb 2025 | now |
| Committee on International TradeINTA Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 11 Nov 2025 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Justice, rule of law & rights 27
- Economy & single market 21
- Foreign affairs 20
- EU institutions & Parliament 14
- Digital, AI & data 12
- Trade & customs 11
- Climate & environment 9
- Migration & asylum 9
- EU budget & funds 8
- Energy 8
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 6
- Defence & security 5
- Transport & tourism 4
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 3
- Health 1
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
25 contributions recorded; 11 on behalf of their group; 33 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | Electrification Action Plan (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 20 May 2026 | Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Presentation of the Energy Package (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Jan 2026 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2025 | EU political strategy on Latin America (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right-wing attacks (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Revision of the European Climate Law (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate) | Speech | Read |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Energy-intensive industries (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Accelerating the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities in the EU (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Powering Europe’s future - advancing the fusion industry for energy independence and innovation (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2024 | The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 74
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 13
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group Europe of Sovereign Nations ESN · Far-right · ultranationalism
National delegation
- Delegation Germany National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 2 October 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Markus BUCHHEIT”. Member record. memberId 128483. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/128483?page=61&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 2 October 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/128483. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/128483?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-128483,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Markus BUCHHEIT}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/128483?page=61&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/128483?page=61&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-02},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 128483. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/128483. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}