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Member

Niclas HERBST

EPP · Germany

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
98.4 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
97.7 %ⓘ of 610 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
10 of 567 votesⓘ
Committees
BUDG (substitute), CONT (substitute), PECH, SEDE
Member id
197412
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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 ⓘ

98.4 %

610 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (+7.8 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.7 %

596 of 610 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+2.1 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.8 %

10 of 567 votes where their group had a clear line

6 opposite (for ↔ against), 4 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.7 %

4 of 610 votes cast

Participation 98.4 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Niclas HERBST98.4 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 97.7 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Niclas HERBST97.7 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. 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, 5 928

Export

Every 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.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
26 Mar 2026Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection failed 208 for, 414 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Mar 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) Decision to open negotiations with the CouncilNegotiating mandate approved 389 for, 206 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Mar 2026Thursday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Request for withdrawal from voting time Thursday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Request for withdrawal from voting time 163 for, 344 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – Iran Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE Group — Iran 426 for, 77 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Australia Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Australia 134 for, 350 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 12 133 for, 385 against, 25 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeRejected 233 for, 250 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 27 to recital AC 172 for, 363 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 22 to recital B 168 for, 379 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 21 217 for, 332 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 2 224 for, 329 against, 7 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 1 291 for, 201 against, 73 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 17 159 for, 391 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Separate vote on paragraph 17 290 for, 258 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 26 to paragraph 17 225 for, 325 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 18 to paragraph 17 182 for, 362 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 38 to paragraph 17 155 for, 402 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 17 to paragraph 16 98 for, 453 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 37 to paragraph 16 185 for, 364 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 24 to paragraph 14 161 for, 392 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 31 to paragraph 13 148 for, 382 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 4 203 for, 352 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 3 174 for, 389 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 2 172 for, 385 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 1 313 for, 245 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 12 252 for, 300 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Final votePassed 473 for, 81 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 537 for, 2 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 5 to Annex, point b 81 for, 466 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 4 to Annex, point a 81 for, 468 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 3 to Article 1, after paragraph 1 90 for, 462 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Proposal to reject the text 81 for, 473 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 438 for, 37 against, 81 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 277 for, 244 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 273 for, 199 against, 81 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 479 for, 17 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 524 for, 2 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital A 58 for, 410 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 114 for, 363 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Flagship European defence projects of common interest Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 2 to paragraph 18 178 for, 412 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 182 for, 423 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, after point v 68 for, 502 against, 48 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, after point f 110 for, 494 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 385 for, 147 against, 98 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Separate vote on paragraph 33 268 for, 328 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Separate vote on paragraph 32 301 for, 300 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Amendment 1 66 for, 523 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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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 0 of 80 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

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 4 474 shared89 %
Alexandra MEHNERT EPPGermany99 % of 4 988 shared89 %
Verena MERTENS EPPGermany98 % of 4 971 shared89 %
Lena DÜPONT EPPGermany98 % of 4 691 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany98 % of 5 618 shared89 %
Stefan KÖHLER EPPGermany98 % of 5 223 shared89 %
Marion WALSMANN EPPGermany98 % of 5 554 shared89 %
Ralf SEEKATZ EPPGermany98 % of 5 040 shared89 %
David MCALLISTER EPPGermany98 % of 4 820 shared89 %
Norbert LINS EPPGermany98 % of 5 551 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 5 115 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania87 % of 4 996 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium87 % of 5 511 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 272 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany87 % of 3 826 shared82 %
Jan-Christoph OETJEN RenewGermany87 % of 5 510 shared82 %
Olivier CHASTEL RenewBelgium87 % of 5 135 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania87 % of 4 128 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland87 % of 4 498 shared82 %
Jeannette BALJEU RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 988 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 BudgetsBUDG CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Budgetary ControlCONT CommitteeSubstitute9 Feb 2026now
Committee on FisheriesPECH CommitteeMember11 Mar 2026now
Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE CommitteeMember23 Jan 2025now
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL DelegationMember20 May 2026now
Intergroup on Anti-CorruptionIG10-01 Intergroup / working groupMember16 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)IG10-20 Intergroup / working groupMember4 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and LanguagesIG10-25 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Committee on Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 202411 Sept 2024
Committee on Budgetary ControlCONT CommitteeChair23 Jul 20248 Feb 2026

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Dossiers

Show all 18 dossier roles

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.

17 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 34 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 16

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—
24 Jun 2026Timeline and scope of the forthcoming simplification package on fisheries legislation to support the competitiveness of the EU fleet E-10-2026-002596Written questionwith 13 co-authors20 Aug 2026
10 Apr 2026EU support for the Cormorant Management Advisory Group E-10-2026-001478Written questionwith 10 co-authors11 Jun 2026
14 Jan 2026Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production E-10-2026-000120Written questionwith 15 co-authors24 Mar 2026
15 Dec 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania B-10-2025-0571Motion for a resolutionwith 20 co-authors—
5 Dec 2025Interference by Hamas in the activities of EU-funded non-governmental organisations E-10-2025-004832Written questionwith 14 co-authors31 Mar 2026
26 Nov 2025EU funding for MIFTAH despite its dissemination of antisemitic allegations and its denial of the atrocities of 7 October 2023 E-10-2025-004690Written question13 May 2026
28 Sept 2025River passability and implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in Germany E-10-2025-003758Written question4 Nov 2025
8 Sept 2025Response to antisemitic and anti-Israeli actions E-10-2025-003469Written questionwith 6 co-authors8 Dec 2025
22 May 2025EU funding of the Palestinian Authority E-10-2025-002057Written questionwith 16 co-authors17 Jul 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 27

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

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790100 CJ711
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790159 CJ712
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790103 CJ713
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789068 CJ1915
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789067 CJ1913
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789069 CJ1935
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789070 CJ1929
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789071 CJ195
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789072 CJ199
20 Feb 2026Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Commission CONT-AM-784513 CONT1

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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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
30 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Niclas HERBST”. Member record. memberId 197412. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197412?page=36&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 30 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197412. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197412?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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-197412,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Niclas HERBST}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197412?page=36&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197412?page=36&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197412. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197412. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}