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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 78 — part 2 | 289 for, 304 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 78 — part 1 | 396 for, 182 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 77 | 346 for, 224 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 74 — part 2 | 258 for, 325 against, 21 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 74 — part 1 | 397 for, 170 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 73 | 279 for, 289 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 3 | 254 for, 324 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 2 | 365 for, 149 against, 73 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 1 | 396 for, 183 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 3 | 368 for, 147 against, 93 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 2 | 292 for, 260 against, 47 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 1 | 411 for, 161 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 68 | 262 for, 309 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 67 | 251 for, 349 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 64 | 262 for, 287 against, 50 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 59 | 256 for, 305 against, 50 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 57 | 300 for, 238 against, 78 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 30 | 359 for, 200 against, 51 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 29 | 292 for, 262 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 28 | 336 for, 218 against, 58 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 27 | 341 for, 218 against, 58 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 21 — part 2 | 301 for, 298 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 21 — part 1 | 518 for, 24 against, 74 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 16 — part 2 | 299 for, 270 against, 38 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 16 — part 1 | 439 for, 138 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 3 | 298 for, 282 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 2 | 295 for, 302 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 1 | 437 for, 166 against, 6 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 | 208 for, 390 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 2 | 381 for, 182 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 1 | 510 for, 41 against, 63 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 | 207 for, 391 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 4 | 159 for, 424 against, 31 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 1 | 172 for, 440 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025 Final vote — text as a whole | Passed 622 for, 10 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 605 for, 26 against, 2 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 611 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 606 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Monaco agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 610 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Final vote | Passed 370 for, 160 against, 107 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 104 to recital 18 | 171 for, 431 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 87, adding text after recital 7 | 58 for, 475 against, 97 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 605 for, 29 against, 0 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 86, adding text after recital 7 | 97 for, 486 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 85 to recital 6 | 49 for, 506 against, 60 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 103, adding text after recital 3 | 185 for, 433 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 84 to recital 2 | 123 for, 476 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 83, adding text after recital 1 | 113 for, 493 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 82, adding text after recital 1 | 94 for, 503 against, 36 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 102 to Article 72 | 56 for, 486 against, 82 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 343d33dd3e67 (2 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
- 2 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=61&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 2 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 343d33dd3e67 (2 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=61&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=61&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-02},
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 343d33dd3e67 (2 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}
}