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Member

Ralf SEEKATZ

EPP · Germany

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
91.0 %ⓘ of 2 891 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.2 % · 2025, roll calls
With majority line
97.8 %ⓘ of 2 630 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.5 %
More facts (5)
National party
CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
35 of 2 496 votesⓘ
Committees
ECON, INTA (substitute)
Member id
197425
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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 ⓘ

91.0 %

2 630 of 2 891 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 91.0 % (±0.0 pts)

Chamber median: 91.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.8 %

2 571 of 2 630 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.5 % (+4.2 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.4 %

35 of 2 496 votes where their group had a clear line

25 opposite (for ↔ against), 9 abstained against the line, 1 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

0.8 %

21 of 2 630 votes cast

Participation 91.0 % — EPP median 91.0 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Ralf SEEKATZ91.0 %
EPP median91.0 %
Lowest in the group23.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members187
With majority line 97.8 % — EPP median 93.5 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Ralf SEEKATZ97.8 %
EPP median93.5 %
Lowest in the group66.7 %
Highest in the group98.9 %
Members187
  • 2025, 2 891 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, 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
21 Jan 2026EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 565 for, 83 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) Final vote on motion B10-0061/2026 225 for, 402 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Air passenger rights Amendments 1 + 243 (voted as one) 632 for, 15 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) Final vote on motion B10-0060/2026Adopted 334 for, 324 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 2, adding text after recital G 499 for, 112 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 4, adding text after recital Ea 212 for, 421 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 1, adding text after recital Ea 589 for, 51 against, 5 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 12 to paragraph 22 349 for, 287 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 14 543 for, 59 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 10a 205 for, 439 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 9a 194 for, 441 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9a 207 for, 431 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a 347 for, 277 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 5 350 for, 277 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 4 169 for, 440 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 5 to paragraph 3 202 for, 442 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 417 for, 234 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Separate vote on recital M 645 for, 8 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 1 to recital H 189 for, 461 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Separate vote on recital G 420 for, 198 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Recital F — part 2 428 for, 204 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Separate vote on recital C 645 for, 14 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Recital B — part 2 427 for, 212 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 12 198 for, 441 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 195 for, 439 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Paragraph 3 — part 3 379 for, 216 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 202 for, 445 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Paragraph 2 — part 2 419 for, 193 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Paragraph 2 — part 1 645 for, 12 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 444 for, 153 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises Paragraph 10 — part 2 325 for, 290 against, 31 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 491 for, 83 against, 84 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 420 for, 207 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 10, adding text after recital F 207 for, 425 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 3 to recital F 187 for, 436 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 2 to recital E 178 for, 454 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 1 to recital A 288 for, 294 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 10 175 for, 455 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 492 for, 144 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 32, adding text after recital E 190 for, 450 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 31, adding text after recital C 193 for, 464 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Separate vote on citation 2 491 for, 139 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 30 to citation 2 199 for, 445 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 27 to paragraph 41 162 for, 484 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 35 to paragraph 40 124 for, 500 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 26 to paragraph 40 136 for, 487 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendments 25 + 34 (voted as one) to paragraph 37 191 for, 423 against, 48 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 29 79 for, 561 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 14 81 for, 518 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 14 78 for, 528 against, 58 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 12 of 51 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
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany100 % of 3 361 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany100 % of 5 153 shared89 %
Axel VOSS EPPGermany99 % of 4 116 shared89 %
Verena MERTENS EPPGermany99 % of 4 765 shared89 %
Marion WALSMANN EPPGermany99 % of 5 102 shared89 %
Alexandra MEHNERT EPPGermany99 % of 4 672 shared89 %
Stefan KÖHLER EPPGermany99 % of 4 767 shared89 %
Lena DÜPONT EPPGermany99 % of 4 388 shared89 %
Norbert LINS EPPGermany99 % of 5 081 shared89 %
Andrea WECHSLER EPPGermany99 % of 5 062 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 4 802 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania88 % of 4 681 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland88 % of 4 095 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany88 % of 3 614 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands88 % of 3 887 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium88 % of 5 045 shared82 %
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN RenewGermany87 % of 4 295 shared82 %
Moritz KÖRNER RenewGermany87 % of 5 114 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania87 % of 3 768 shared82 %
Jeannette BALJEU RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 536 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 Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on International TradeINTA CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with JapanD-JP DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)DASE DelegationSubstitute20 May 2026now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblyMember15 Jun 2026now
Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDAFR Parliamentary assemblyMember15 Jun 2026now
Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)IG10-22 Intergroup / working groupMember12 Mar 2025now
Intergroup on the Social Economy and Services of General InterestIG10-23 Intergroup / working groupMember30 Jan 2025now
Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA DelegationMember19 Sept 202414 Jun 2026

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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
No dossier namedOfficial delegationECON20 May 2026
European Central Bank – annual report 2025Shadow rapporteurECON6 Oct 2025
Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securitisation exposuresRapporteurECON30 Jun 2025
Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisationRapporteurECON30 Jun 2025
Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratioShadow rapporteurECON7 May 2025
IPM Kapstadt, South AfricaOfficial delegation5 Feb 2025
Banking Union – annual report 2024RapporteurECON15 Oct 2024
No dossier namedShadow rapporteurECON26 Sept 2024

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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.

9 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 13 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
21 May 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation (A10-0138/2026 - Ralf Seekatz) (vote) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 1 minRead
11 Mar 2026Savings and Investments Union: time to accelerate the process to deepen market integration (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
9 Feb 2026European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
7 May 2025Banking Union – annual report 2024 (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
7 May 2025Banking Union – annual report 2024 (debate) Speech · 3 minRead
7 May 2025Competition policy – annual report 2024 (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
31 Mar 2025Savings and Investments Union (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
13 Nov 2024Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing: listing Russia as a high-risk third country in the EU (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Sept 2024Organised crime, a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and European citizens (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead

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Questions and motions, 11

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
23 Jul 2026Energy Performance of Buildings Directive E-10-2026-003113Written questionwith 17 co-authorsNot yet answered
22 Jul 2026Payment authorisations facilitating unlicensed online gambling in the EU E-10-2026-003078Written questionwith 1 co-author18 Sept 2026
14 Jan 2026Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production E-10-2026-000120Written questionwith 15 co-authors24 Mar 2026
13 Jan 2026Drawdown and settlement status of EU structural funds in the 2014-2020 funding period – Rhineland-Palatinate programmes P-10-2026-000096Priority written question26 Feb 2026
18 Nov 2025Distortions of competition and possible circumvention of EU sanctions regimes against Belarus and Russia E-10-2025-004585Written question2 Feb 2026
25 Jun 2025Account information services in the anti-money laundering (AML) framework E-10-2025-002564Written questionwith 1 co-author12 Sept 2025
4 Jun 2025Impact assessment of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 E-10-2025-002227Written questionwith 10 co-authors30 Jul 2025
23 May 2025Consequences of the anti-dumping case brought by Imerys S.A. (C/2024/7049) E-10-2025-002084Written question9 Jul 2025
21 Feb 2025Flood protection measures versus nature conservation E-10-2025-000813Written questionwith 15 co-authors29 Apr 2025
21 Jan 2025Approval of State aid for Solar Package I E-10-2025-000235Written question18 Feb 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 15

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 28f1e27dd5a5 (3 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
3 October 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Ralf SEEKATZ”. Member record. memberId 197425. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197425?page=50&period=2025&vscope=all (retrieved 3 October 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197425. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197425?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 28f1e27dd5a5 (3 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-197425,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Ralf SEEKATZ}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197425?page=50&period=2025&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197425?page=50&period=2025&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-03},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197425. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197425. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 28f1e27dd5a5 (3 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}
}