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Member

Hildegard BENTELE

EPP · Germany

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
86.0 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
97.7 %ⓘ of 5 097 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
67 of 4 849 votesⓘ
Committees
DEVE (vice-chair), ENVI (substitute), ITRE
Member id
197408
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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 ⓘ

86.0 %

5 097 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 89.9 % (−3.9 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.7 %

4 979 of 5 097 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.6 % (+4.1 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.4 %

67 of 4 849 votes where their group had a clear line

57 opposite (for ↔ against), 10 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.9 %

47 of 5 097 votes cast

Participation 86.0 % — EPP median 89.9 %, 196 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 196 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Hildegard BENTELE86.0 %
EPP median89.9 %
Lowest in the group17.0 %
Highest in the group99.6 %
Members196
With majority line 97.7 % — EPP median 93.6 %, 196 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 196 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Hildegard BENTELE97.7 %
EPP median93.6 %
Lowest in the group70.2 %
Highest in the group99.5 %
Members196
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of EPP; 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.

Votes, 620

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Passed 444 for, 179 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Resolution rejected 233 for, 360 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine Passed 518 for, 56 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023 Passed 531 for, 91 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agencies Passed 522 for, 115 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch Passed 601 for, 47 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 20242022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council Passed 431 for, 131 against, 83 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Oct 2024The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas Adopted 540 for, 23 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration Adopted 508 for, 53 against, 104 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia Adopted 495 for, 73 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023 Passed 632 for, 7 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024EU/USA Agreement on the launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. Territory Consent given 582 for, 16 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ Adopted 565 for, 8 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus Adopted 549 for, 21 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in Cuba Adopted 380 for, 182 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States Adopted 425 for, 131 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024Situation in Venezuela Adopted 309 for, 201 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Objection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Objection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Adopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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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 on 12 of 107 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242323
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202421
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 20249289
7 Oct 202422
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241818
10 Oct 202444
21 Oct 202422
22 Oct 20241010
23 Oct 2024129128
24 Oct 20241312
13 Nov 202422
14 Nov 20243635
25 Nov 202422
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 20245757
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 20243333
19 Dec 20244544
20 Jan 202522
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 2025450
10 Feb 202511
11 Feb 20253232
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 20253029
10 Mar 202522
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228191
13 Mar 2025240
31 Mar 202533
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251223
3 Apr 2025620
5 May 202550
6 May 2025100
7 May 20252200
8 May 20251030
21 May 202522
22 May 20255350
16 Jun 202522
17 Jun 20254140
18 Jun 20259189
19 Jun 20258786
7 Jul 202511
8 Jul 20255555
9 Jul 2025134132
10 Jul 20253636
8 Sept 202511
9 Sept 2025101100
10 Sept 20253434
11 Sept 20256963
6 Oct 202522
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255555
9 Oct 20256565
20 Oct 202533
21 Oct 20251313
22 Oct 2025186183
23 Oct 20255554
13 Nov 2025267264
24 Nov 202533
25 Nov 20257570
26 Nov 2025100100
27 Nov 2025125125
15 Dec 202540
16 Dec 20256665
17 Dec 20254342
18 Dec 20254240
20 Jan 20266763
21 Jan 2026112110
22 Jan 20265856
9 Feb 202622
10 Feb 20263838
11 Feb 20261313
12 Feb 2026141134
24 Feb 20264343
9 Mar 202611
10 Mar 2026197191
11 Mar 20266058
12 Mar 20263434
25 Mar 202633
26 Mar 20266968
27 Apr 202622
28 Apr 2026225219
29 Apr 2026296292
30 Apr 20266867
18 May 202640
19 May 202630
20 May 2026960
21 May 2026980
15 Jun 202622
16 Jun 20264039
17 Jun 2026127126
18 Jun 20267776
6 Jul 202622
7 Jul 20267271
8 Jul 2026144139
9 Jul 20266764
14 Sept 202611
15 Sept 2026155155
16 Sept 20268077
17 Sept 2026124123

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.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within EPP

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Axel VOSS EPPGermany99 % of 4 068 shared89 %
Verena MERTENS EPPGermany99 % of 4 584 shared89 %
Ralf SEEKATZ EPPGermany99 % of 4 498 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany99 % of 3 135 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany99 % of 5 036 shared89 %
Marion WALSMANN EPPGermany99 % of 5 072 shared89 %
Alexandra MEHNERT EPPGermany99 % of 4 445 shared89 %
Lena DÜPONT EPPGermany99 % of 4 482 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany98 % of 4 306 shared89 %
Stefan BERGER EPPGermany98 % of 4 423 shared89 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia89 % of 4 511 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania87 % of 4 420 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands87 % of 3 793 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany87 % of 3 268 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium87 % of 4 917 shared82 %
Jan-Christoph OETJEN RenewGermany87 % of 4 919 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania87 % of 3 684 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland86 % of 3 903 shared82 %
Jeannette BALJEU RenewNetherlands86 % of 4 409 shared82 %
Moritz KÖRNER RenewGermany86 % of 4 980 shared82 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on DevelopmentDEVE CommitteeVice-chair23 Jul 2024now
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food SafetyENVI CommitteeSubstitute3 Jul 2026now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committeeSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL DelegationChair4 Feb 2025now
Delegation for relations with PalestineDPAL DelegationSubstitute13 Jan 2026now
Intergroup on Cancer and Rare DiseasesIG10-05 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Mental HealthIG10-17 Intergroup / working groupMember5 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on the Social Economy and Services of General InterestIG10-23 Intergroup / working groupMember30 Jan 2025now
Committee on DevelopmentDEVE CommitteeMember19 Jul 202422 Jul 2024

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252Shadow rapporteur for an opinionENVI12 Mar 2026
Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252Shadow rapporteur for an opinionDEVE27 Feb 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationITRE19 Jan 2026
Establishing Global EuropeShadow rapporteurDEVE16 Jan 2026
47th EP-Israel Interparliamentary Meeting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv\nOfficial delegationD-IL16 Oct 2025
Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientationRapporteurDEVE9 Sept 2025
No dossier namedOfficial delegationDEVE1 Jul 2025
No dossier namedOfficial delegationDEVE1 Apr 2025
Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness/ 2025/2008(INI)RapporteurITRE28 Jan 2025
No dossier namedDelegation chairD-IL28 Jan 2025

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Topics they work on (model-assigned)

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.

51 contributions recorded; 8 on behalf of their group; 76 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
15 Sept 2026Escalation in the Middle East (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
9 Jul 2026Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025) (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
8 Jul 2026Harnessing the potential of a competitive and sustainable EU Bioeconomy Strategy for EU strategic autonomy (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
8 Jul 2026The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead
16 Jun 2026Question Time (Commission) - State of play on the European Commission’s pledge to reduce the reporting burden, in particular for SMEs Speech · 1 minRead
29 Apr 2026Situation in Lebanon: implementation of the ceasefire, support peace efforts and humanitarian access (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
29 Apr 2026The need to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish life in Europe, following the recent attacks against the Jewish community in the Netherlands and Belgium (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
29 Apr 2026EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
29 Apr 2026EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
26 Mar 2026Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate) Speech · 1 minRead

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 18

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
1 Jul 2026PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 B-10-2026-0338Motion for a resolutionwith 246 co-authors—
2 Jun 2026Reports of the Palestinian Authority’s continuing ‘pay-for-slay’ scheme E-10-2026-002235Written questionwith 8 co-authors3 Sept 2026
22 Apr 2026Environmentally sustainable deep sea mining in the context of economic resilience and competitiveness P-10-2026-001660Priority written questionwith 1 co-author4 Jun 2026
6 Mar 2026Classification of local electricity supply facilities (‘customer facilities’) under internal market law pursuant to Directive (EU) 2019/944 E-10-2026-000942Written questionwith 4 co-authors12 Jun 2026
4 Mar 2026Implementation timeline for the digital battery passport under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 E-10-2026-000888Written question4 May 2026
4 Mar 2026‘Pay for slay’, Palestinian Authority constitutional reforms and risks for EU financial assistance E-10-2026-000887Written question5 May 2026
17 Feb 2026Security of EU citizens E-10-2026-000667Written questionwith 1 co-author22 May 2026
11 Feb 2026EU funding for and certification of international non-governmental organisations operating in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, and their concrete humanitarian contributions – follow-up to P-000150/2026 P-10-2026-000575Priority written question12 Mar 2026
30 Jan 2026Alarming UNESCO report on antisemitism in EU classrooms E-10-2026-000396Written questionwith 17 co-authors13 Apr 2026
14 Jan 2026EU cooperation and funding of non-governmental organisations affected by Israel’s 2025 registration and transparency requirements P-10-2026-000150Priority written question3 Feb 2026
14 Jan 2026Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production E-10-2026-000120Written questionwith 15 co-authors24 Mar 2026
5 Jan 2026EU financial assistance for the Palestinian Authority E-10-2026-000003Written questionwith 10 co-authors8 Apr 2026
8 Sept 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution B-10-2025-0387Motion for a resolutionwith 4 co-authors—
8 Sept 2025Response to antisemitic and anti-Israeli actions E-10-2025-003469Written questionwith 6 co-authors8 Dec 2025
7 Jul 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions B-10-2025-0324Motion for a resolution—
16 May 2025Reported military use of the EU-funded Gaza European Hospital by Hamas E-10-2025-001978Written questionwith 6 co-authors16 Jul 2025
25 Feb 2025Future actions related to the Global Gateway strategy E-10-2025-000832Written questionwith 5 co-authors29 Apr 2025
21 Feb 2025Flood protection measures versus nature conservation E-10-2025-000813Written questionwith 15 co-authors29 Apr 2025

Amendments tabled in committee, 56

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Germany National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 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
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Hildegard BENTELE”. Member record. memberId 197408. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197408?docs=all&page=13&vscope=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197408. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197408?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 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-197408,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Hildegard BENTELE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197408?docs=all&page=13&vscope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197408?docs=all&page=13&vscope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197408. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197408. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 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}
}