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Michael GAHLER

EPP · Germany

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
94.5 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
98.0 %ⓘ of 5 601 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
63 of 5 329 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET, ECON (substitute), SEDE (substitute)
Member id
2341
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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.

Period Whole term2024 (from July)20252026
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928

Roll-call participation ⓘ

94.5 %

5 601 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 89.9 % (+4.6 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

98.0 %

5 491 of 5 601 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.6 % (+4.4 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.2 %

63 of 5 329 votes where their group had a clear line

52 opposite (for ↔ against), 8 abstained against the line, 3 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

0.7 %

41 of 5 601 votes cast

Participation 94.5 % — EPP median 89.9 %, 196 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 196 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Michael GAHLER94.5 %
EPP median89.9 %
Lowest in the group17.0 %
Highest in the group99.6 %
Members196
With majority line 98.0 % — 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
Michael GAHLER98.0 %
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, 5 928

Export

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

Show Final votesAll roll calls
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
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Sept 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group 437 for, 13 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Sept 2024Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 102 for, 279 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Jul 2024Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote 101 for, 531 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Separate vote on recital E 482 for, 165 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 96 for, 537 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 113 for, 497 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 57 for, 427 against, 177 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 63 for, 564 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 7 414 for, 193 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 6 418 for, 168 against, 71 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 5 468 for, 119 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 4 393 for, 178 against, 75 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 3 457 for, 133 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 2 450 for, 165 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 1 483 for, 153 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 35 for, 583 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 3 498 for, 111 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 2 518 for, 47 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 1 456 for, 166 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 180 for, 436 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 194 for, 400 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 3 — part 1 476 for, 107 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 91 for, 468 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 119 for, 337 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group 149 for, 251 against, 16 abstainedPosition: 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 on 9 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 202422
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 20249288
7 Oct 202420
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241817
10 Oct 202444
21 Oct 202420
22 Oct 20241010
23 Oct 2024129126
24 Oct 20241313
13 Nov 202422
14 Nov 20243635
25 Nov 202422
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 2024570
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 20243333
19 Dec 20244544
20 Jan 202520
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 20254541
10 Feb 202511
11 Feb 20253231
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 2025300
10 Mar 202520
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228226
13 Mar 20252424
31 Mar 202533
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251230
3 Apr 20256254
5 May 202555
6 May 20251010
7 May 2025220212
8 May 2025103103
21 May 202522
22 May 20255352
16 Jun 202522
17 Jun 20254140
18 Jun 20259191
19 Jun 20258786
7 Jul 202511
8 Jul 20255555
9 Jul 2025134128
10 Jul 20253636
8 Sept 202510
9 Sept 202510187
10 Sept 20253433
11 Sept 2025690
6 Oct 202522
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255554
9 Oct 20256565
20 Oct 202533
21 Oct 20251313
22 Oct 2025186183
23 Oct 20255553
13 Nov 2025267266
24 Nov 202533
25 Nov 20257571
26 Nov 202510099
27 Nov 2025125123
15 Dec 202543
16 Dec 20256666
17 Dec 20254342
18 Dec 20254242
20 Jan 20266766
21 Jan 2026112110
22 Jan 20265856
9 Feb 202621
10 Feb 20263838
11 Feb 20261313
12 Feb 2026141141
24 Feb 20264343
9 Mar 202611
10 Mar 2026197195
11 Mar 20266060
12 Mar 2026340
25 Mar 202633
26 Mar 20266968
27 Apr 202622
28 Apr 2026225222
29 Apr 2026296292
30 Apr 20266868
18 May 202644
19 May 202633
20 May 20269694
21 May 20269898
15 Jun 202622
16 Jun 20264040
17 Jun 2026127126
18 Jun 20267776
6 Jul 202622
7 Jul 20267270
8 Jul 2026144143
9 Jul 20266767
14 Sept 202611
15 Sept 2026155146
16 Sept 20268079
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
Alexandra MEHNERT EPPGermany99 % of 4 988 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany99 % of 4 363 shared89 %
Verena MERTENS EPPGermany99 % of 4 946 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany99 % of 5 531 shared89 %
Axel VOSS EPPGermany98 % of 4 374 shared89 %
Ralf SEEKATZ EPPGermany98 % of 5 001 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany98 % of 3 544 shared89 %
Marion WALSMANN EPPGermany98 % of 5 466 shared89 %
Lena DÜPONT EPPGermany98 % of 4 630 shared89 %
Stefan KÖHLER EPPGermany98 % of 5 127 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 5 006 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania88 % of 4 942 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium88 % of 5 418 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 201 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany87 % of 3 811 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland87 % of 4 392 shared82 %
Elsi KATAINEN RenewFinland87 % of 5 481 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania87 % of 4 091 shared82 %
Jeannette BALJEU RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 897 shared82 %
Jan-Christoph OETJEN RenewGermany87 % of 5 423 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 Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE CommitteeSubstitute23 Jan 2025now
Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with the Pan-African ParliamentDPAP DelegationSubstitute8 Oct 2024now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDAFR Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and LanguagesIG10-25 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now

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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
Mission with the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association CommitteeOfficial delegation24 Jun 2026
Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries Shadow rapporteur for an opinionAFET11 May 2026
Meeting of the Africa-EU-Parliamentary Assembly in Eswatini, May 2026Official delegationDAFR29 Apr 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationAFET21 Apr 2026
Establishing Global EuropeRapporteurAFET15 Apr 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationAFET15 Apr 2026
Establishing Global EuropeRapporteurAFET11 Mar 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationAFET12 Feb 2026
Laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034Shadow rapporteur for an opinionAFET20 Jan 2026
Guidelines for the 2027 Budget - Section IIIShadow rapporteur for an opinionAFET14 Jan 2026

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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.

60 contributions recorded; 21 on behalf of their group; 99 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
16 Sept 2026Urgent need for EU support to Ukraine against Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
7 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
7 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate) Speech · 4 minRead
16 Jun 2026Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 May 2026Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran (RC-B10-0260/2026, B10-0259/2026, B10-0260/2026, B10-0261/2026, B10-0262/2026, B10-0263/2026, B10-0265/2026, B10-0266/2026) (vote) Speech · 1 minRead
28 Apr 2026Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
25 Mar 2026Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 March 2026 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
24 Feb 2026Four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
11 Feb 2026Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027 (vote) Speech · 1 minRead
10 Feb 2026European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 71

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
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso B-10-2026-0321Motion for a resolutionwith 26 co-authors—
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich B-10-2026-0328Motion for a resolutionwith 28 co-authors—
15 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera B-10-2026-0292Motion for a resolutionwith 26 co-authors—
15 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland B-10-2026-0304Motion for a resolutionwith 32 co-authors—
6 May 2026Practical feasibility of labelling requirements for secondary and tertiary reusable packaging under Articles 12 and 15(8) PPWR E-10-2026-001856Written questionwith 12 co-authors10 Jul 2026
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine B-10-2026-0215Motion for a resolutionwith 30 co-authors—
24 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on supporting democratic resilience in Armenia B-10-2026-0199Motion for a resolutionwith 17 co-authors—
9 Mar 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular Africans, for Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine B-10-2026-0167Motion for a resolutionwith 23 co-authors—
9 Mar 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger B-10-2026-0169Motion for a resolutionwith 21 co-authors—
9 Mar 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on case of Elene Khoshtaria and other Political Prisoners under the Georgian Dream Regime B-10-2026-0164Motion for a resolutionwith 23 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 39

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
16 Jul 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections AFET-AM-791057 AFET13
15 Jun 2026EU-Syria political relations AFET-AM-789951 AFET46
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789067 CJ1915
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789072 CJ199
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789071 CJ199
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789070 CJ1937
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789069 CJ1922
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789068 CJ1916
22 Apr 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine AFET-AM-786697 AFET31
10 Apr 2026Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union CJ57-AM-786977 CJ5717

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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.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/2341?page=119&rows=all&vscope=all
Official source
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). “Michael GAHLER”. Member record. memberId 2341. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/2341?page=119&rows=all&vscope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/2341. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/2341?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-2341,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Michael GAHLER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/2341?page=119&rows=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/2341?page=119&rows=all&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 2341. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/2341. 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}
}