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 final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals | Passed 469 for, 126 against, 50 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals | Passed 471 for, 123 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency | Passed 477 for, 93 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation | Passed 533 for, 43 against, 68 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations | Passed 446 for, 162 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Monitoring framework for resilient European forests | Rejected outright 370 for, 264 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group | Passed 327 for, 256 against, 58 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 Oct 2025 | A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition | Adopted 505 for, 62 against, 47 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement | Passed 414 for, 139 against, 61 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 179 for, 378 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 133 for, 383 against, 78 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 9 Oct 2025 | 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China | Adopted 546 for, 3 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret | Adopted 550 for, 3 against, 54 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024 | Adopted 535 for, 24 against, 55 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness | Adopted 499 for, 66 against, 53 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes | Adopted 504 for, 74 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure | Adopted 469 for, 97 against, 38 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Second World Summit for Social Development | Adopted 360 for, 210 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties | Passed 492 for, 111 against, 39 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain | Passed 532 for, 78 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States | Passed 412 for, 129 against, 98 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029 | Consent given 520 for, 97 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) | Consent given 594 for, 38 against, 2 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Passed 479 for, 82 against, 77 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – Germany | Passed 577 for, 47 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – Belgium | Passed 578 for, 47 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Genetically modified maize DP51291 | Objection passed 433 for, 166 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | EU political strategy on Latin America | Adopted 354 for, 195 against, 77 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism | Passed 518 for, 96 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Inland waterway transport: River Information Systems (RIS) | Passed 636 for, 10 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissions | Passed 458 for, 182 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model | Adopted 552 for, 52 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects | Passed 535 for, 36 against, 47 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Detention of EU citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus | Adopted 597 for, 0 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda | Adopted 549 for, 2 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | A new vision for the European Universities alliances | Adopted 461 for, 100 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market | Adopted 459 for, 65 against, 90 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Stock-taking of the European elections 2024 | Adopted 388 for, 186 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution | Adopted 305 for, 151 against, 122 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Situation in Colombia after the wave of recent terrorist attacks | Adopted 355 for, 173 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 10 Sept 2025 | European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges | Passed 453 for, 149 against, 59 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review | Passed 440 for, 168 against, 52 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening | Passed 617 for, 18 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Insolvency proceedings: replacing Annexes A and B | Passed 662 for, 3 against, 2 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Securities settlement in the EU and central securities depositories (CSDs): shorter settlement cycle in the Union | Passed 612 for, 7 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Extension of the timeframe for the establishment of the Eurojust case management system | Passed 634 for, 4 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Vanuatu | Consent given 528 for, 89 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement | Consent given 624 for, 9 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation Programmes | Consent given 627 for, 4 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition | Adopted 519 for, 99 against, 48 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 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; 50 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 |
| 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 579b2832c723 (26 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
- 26 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=8&rows=all&speeches=all (retrieved 26 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 579b2832c723 (26 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=8&rows=all&speeches=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=8&rows=all&speeches=all},
urldate = {2026-09-26},
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 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}