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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2025 | Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union | Adopted 407 for, 161 against, 97 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis | Adopted 462 for, 142 against, 63 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy | Adopted 393 for, 145 against, 123 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds | Adopted 513 for, 111 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference | Adopted 490 for, 65 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles | Passed 431 for, 145 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Sept 2025 | EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil | Consent given 606 for, 5 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Sept 2025 | EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement | Consent given 473 for, 114 against, 58 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Sept 2025 | EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution) | Adopted 434 for, 49 against, 168 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Public procurement | Adopted 432 for, 95 against, 124 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Ukraine | Adopted 418 for, 135 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies | Passed 542 for, 97 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 175 for, 360 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai | Adopted 511 for, 50 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic | Adopted 617 for, 4 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus | Adopted 625 for, 7 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness | Adopted 494 for, 83 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions | Adopted 523 for, 75 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | European Climate Law | Urgent procedure refused 300 for, 379 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing | Passed 681 for, 4 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024 | Passed 534 for, 102 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods that occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods that occurred in October 2024 | Passed 643 for, 13 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2025/000 TA 2025 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission | Passed 574 for, 63 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list | Objection failed 264 for, 369 against, 55 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk | Objection passed 373 for, 289 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports | Adopted 619 for, 26 against, 46 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Albania | Adopted 502 for, 120 against, 64 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina | Adopted 495 for, 130 against, 63 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia | Adopted 461 for, 121 against, 107 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia | Adopted 490 for, 147 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum | Adopted 422 for, 219 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2025 | The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians | Adopted 507 for, 77 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026 | Passed 531 for, 69 against, 79 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season | Passed 542 for, 109 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399 | Passed 572 for, 42 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods | Passed 623 for, 26 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 | Consent given 616 for, 29 against, 36 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution) | Adopted 561 for, 109 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024 | Adopted 417 for, 188 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Security of energy supply in the EU | Adopted 459 for, 170 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability | Passed 457 for, 17 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran | Adopted 486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli | Adopted 324 for, 25 against, 87 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali | Adopted 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system | Adopted 418 for, 112 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Clean Industrial Deal | Adopted 381 for, 173 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt | Passed 386 for, 132 against, 49 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | EU/Euratom Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty: adoption by Euratom | Passed 557 for, 47 against, 46 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty | Passed 554 for, 53 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility | Adopted 421 for, 180 against, 55 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=9&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=9&rows=all&speeches=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=9&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}
}