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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 4 to paragraph 40 | 356 for, 278 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 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: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 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: Against | 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: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 70 to paragraph 26 | 223 for, 405 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | 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: No vote recorded | 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: No vote recorded | 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: For ≠ group | 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: Against ≠ group | 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: Against ≠ group | 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 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.
36 contributions recorded; 6 on behalf of their group; 49 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 |
| 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 7669c786bb14 (1 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
- 1 October 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=32&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 7669c786bb14 (1 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-237465,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Matthias ECKE}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-01},
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 7669c786bb14 (1 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}
}