Member
Vangelis MEIMARAKIS
EPP · Greece
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 ⓘ
77.4 %
4 589 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
EPP median: 89.9 % (−12.5 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
93.2 %
4 275 of 4 589 votes where their group had a line
EPP median: 93.6 % (−0.5 pts)
142 opposite (for ↔ against), 60 abstained against the line, 4 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Vangelis MEIMARAKIS | 77.4 % |
| EPP median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 17.0 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 196 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Vangelis MEIMARAKIS | 93.2 % |
| EPP median | 93.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 70.2 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.5 % |
| Members | 196 |
- 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.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 77 to paragraph 58 | 187 for, 447 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 57 | 203 for, 445 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 56 | 184 for, 448 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 56 | 203 for, 439 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 64 to paragraph 56 | 185 for, 442 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 76 to paragraph 56 | 224 for, 410 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 50 | 73 for, 475 against, 103 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 50 | 142 for, 471 against, 30 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 48 | 149 for, 465 against, 33 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 63 to paragraph 46 | 122 for, 504 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 43 | 118 for, 531 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 5 to paragraph 40 | 370 for, 266 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 4 to paragraph 40 | 356 for, 278 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 37 | 208 for, 443 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 34 | 182 for, 432 against, 31 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 3 to paragraph 34 | 406 for, 223 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 30 | 183 for, 419 against, 44 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 30 | 186 for, 443 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 74 to paragraph 30 | 194 for, 429 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 29 | 188 for, 456 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 27 | 187 for, 451 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 71 to paragraph 27 | 214 for, 411 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 26 | 228 for, 404 against, 17 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 26 | 214 for, 434 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 1 to paragraph 26 | 375 for, 263 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 70 to paragraph 26 | 223 for, 405 against, 17 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 61 to paragraph 26 | 167 for, 455 against, 29 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 24 | 208 for, 433 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 24 | 142 for, 441 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 57 to paragraph 16 | 119 for, 473 against, 66 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 10 | 218 for, 432 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 10 | 105 for, 525 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 10 | 226 for, 412 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 | 147 for, 460 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 55 to paragraph 7 | 71 for, 540 against, 48 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 | 178 for, 430 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 4 | 185 for, 439 against, 32 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 1 | 116 for, 527 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 | 99 for, 547 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 58 to paragraph 1 | 206 for, 438 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Final vote — text as a whole | Interim report adopted 370 for, 201 against, 84 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 2, adding text after Recital P | 115 for, 427 against, 116 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 1, adding text after Recital O | 89 for, 421 against, 151 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 49 to recital C | 144 for, 442 against, 67 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 48 to recital A | 210 for, 437 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 126 | 366 for, 233 against, 57 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 125 | 387 for, 218 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 124 | 359 for, 256 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 123 | 373 for, 248 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 122 | 369 for, 262 against, 23 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
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 Foreign AffairsAFET Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE Committee | Member | 23 Jan 2025 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Freedom of Religion, Belief and ConscienceIG10-13 Intergroup / working group | Member | 27 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on the Future of Education and Skills for a Competitive EuropeIG10-14 Intergroup / working group | Member | 29 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)IG10-20 Intergroup / working group | Vice-chair | 4 Feb 2025 | now |
| Subcommittee on Security and DefenceSEDE Subcommittee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | 19 Jan 2025 |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty | Shadow rapporteur | AFET | 29 Oct 2025 |
| No dossier named | Shadow rapporteur | AFET | 18 Nov 2024 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 81
- Defence & security 8
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 8
- Climate & environment 4
- Justice, rule of law & rights 4
- Migration & asylum 4
- Transport & tourism 2
- EU budget & funds 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.
8 contributions recorded; 11 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2026 | EU enlargement strategy (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 20 Jan 2026 | CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2025 | EU Defence Readiness (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 26 Nov 2025 | The situation of Christian communities and religious minorities in Nigeria and the Middle East, and Europe’s responsibility to protect them and guarantee freedom of conscience (topical debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 1 Apr 2025 | CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 1 Apr 2025 | CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Oct 2024 | The rise of religious intolerance in Europe (continuation of debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 66
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 33
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 European People’s Party EPP · Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism
National delegation
- Delegation Greece 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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
- 29 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Vangelis MEIMARAKIS”. Member record. memberId 197662. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197662?amendments=all&page=32&vscope=all (retrieved 29 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197662. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197662?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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-197662,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Vangelis MEIMARAKIS}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197662?amendments=all&page=32&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197662?amendments=all&page=32&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-29},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 197662. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197662. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}