Member
Matthias ECKE
S&D · Germany
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 ⓘ
90.2 %
5 350 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
S&D median: 89.9 % (+0.4 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
97.1 %
5 191 of 5 348 votes where their group had a line
S&D median: 96.3 % (+0.8 pts)
83 opposite (for ↔ against), 27 abstained against the line, 5 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Matthias ECKE | 90.2 % |
| S&D median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 30.4 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 138 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Matthias ECKE | 97.1 % |
| S&D median | 96.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 81.9 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 138 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of S&D; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 | 157 for, 329 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 8 to paragraph 4 | 83 for, 465 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 6 to paragraph 2 | 49 for, 504 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 | 104 for, 377 against, 86 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 511 for, 21 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 4, adding text after recital B | 86 for, 415 against, 66 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Paragraph 6 — part 2 | 370 for, 180 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 3 to paragraph 6 | 99 for, 427 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 5 | 84 for, 464 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Genetically modified soybean MON 94637 Final vote on the motion for a resolution | Objection passed 412 for, 145 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 416 for, 190 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after recital D | 187 for, 419 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 48 | 195 for, 419 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 29, adding text after paragraph 36 | 202 for, 423 against, 1 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 36 | 205 for, 403 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 14 to paragraph 36 | 202 for, 424 against, 1 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 31 | 193 for, 421 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 22 | 195 for, 420 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 24 to paragraph 19 | 189 for, 425 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 17 | 197 for, 421 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 22 to paragraph 17 | 198 for, 417 against, 1 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 12 | 193 for, 428 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 | 212 for, 406 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Paragraph 2 — part 2 | 407 for, 190 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 387 for, 191 against, 46 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 14 to recital R | 220 for, 399 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 12 to paragraph 185 | 185 for, 426 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 11 to paragraph 168 | 201 for, 419 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 155 | 282 for, 334 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 10 to paragraph 126 | 192 for, 418 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 118 | 197 for, 416 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 117 | 336 for, 261 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 9 to paragraph 116 | 188 for, 422 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 113 | 218 for, 401 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 3 | 284 for, 335 against, 6 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 2 | 408 for, 192 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 1 | 498 for, 80 against, 57 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 7 to paragraph 112 | 207 for, 410 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 6 to paragraph 103 | 205 for, 419 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 102 | 291 for, 240 against, 74 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 101 | 365 for, 168 against, 78 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 100 | 357 for, 203 against, 45 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 5 to paragraph 91 | 207 for, 406 against, 3 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 86 | 200 for, 411 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 3 to paragraph 77 | 196 for, 422 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 65 | 194 for, 417 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 17 to paragraph 55 | 200 for, 419 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 16 to paragraph 44 | 181 for, 419 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 15 to paragraph 38 | 206 for, 408 against, 10 abstained | Position: 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" 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 BudgetsBUDG Committee | Member | 15 Dec 2025 | now |
| Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Subcommittee on Tax MattersFISC Subcommittee | Vice-chair | 23 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the Korean PeninsulaDKOR Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on DemographyIG10-09 Intergroup / working group | Member | 21 Mar 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on the Social Economy and Services of General InterestIG10-23 Intergroup / working group | Member | 30 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Trade UnionsIG10-24 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
| Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Subcommittee on Tax MattersFISC Subcommittee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Jul 2024 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Economy & single market 24
- EU budget & funds 14
- Digital, AI & data 9
- Foreign affairs 4
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 4
- Climate & environment 2
- Energy 2
- Health 2
- Trade & customs 2
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 1
- Defence & security 1
- EU institutions & Parliament 1
- Migration & asylum 1
- Transport & tourism 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.
37 contributions recorded; 6 on behalf of their group; 51 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sept 2026 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18-19 June 2026 (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Jul 2026 | A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector (A10-0169/2026 - Matthias Ecke) (vote) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 6 Jul 2026 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - Belgium (A10-0084/2026 - Matthias Ecke) (vote) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Apr 2026 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Rise of political violence, notably by far-left organisations (debate) on behalf of S&D | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Time to address economic inequalities in the EU and worldwide (debate) on behalf of S&D | Speech · 3 min | Read |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Presentation of the automotive package (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 15 Dec 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 24 Nov 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Taxation of large digital platforms in the light of international developments (debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Cohesion policy (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Governance of the internet – renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Need for the EU to scale up clean technologies (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Jul 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 May 2025 | Winning the global tech race: boosting innovation and closing funding gaps (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 12 Mar 2025 | European Semester (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (debate) on behalf of S&D | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Feb 2025 | US AI chip export restrictions: a challenge to European AI development and economic resilience (debate) on behalf of S&D | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 10 Feb 2025 | European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2024 | A European Innovation Act: lowering the cost of innovating in Europe (debate) on behalf of S&D | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Promoting a favourable framework for venture capital financing and safe foreign direct investments in the EU (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Taxing the super-rich to end poverty and reduce inequalities: EU support to the G20 Presidency’s proposal (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2024 | The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Sept 2024 | The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Sept 2024 | The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Sept 2024 | Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return (debate) on behalf of S&D | Speech · 2 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 12
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 82
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 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D · Centre-left · social democracy
National delegation
- Delegation Germany 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 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). “Matthias ECKE”. Member record. memberId 237465. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=24&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 30 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/237465. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/237465?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-237465,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Matthias ECKE}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=24&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=24&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-30},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 237465. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/237465. 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}
}