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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 37, adding text after recital K | 160 for, 436 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Separate vote on paragraph 57 | 441 for, 131 against, 43 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 13 to paragraph 54 | 493 for, 84 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 2 | 557 for, 15 against, 51 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 1 | 409 for, 157 against, 62 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 2 | 426 for, 192 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 1 | 476 for, 88 against, 50 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 11 to paragraph 50 | 348 for, 204 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 10 to paragraph 49 | 461 for, 55 against, 112 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 27 to paragraph 43 | 146 for, 443 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 28 | 105 for, 467 against, 63 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 25 | 195 for, 386 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 | 153 for, 394 against, 77 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 8 to paragraph 23 | 554 for, 7 against, 73 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 2 | 216 for, 330 against, 76 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 1 | 393 for, 182 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 3 to paragraph 19 | 480 for, 105 against, 43 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 18 | 424 for, 183 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 15 | 569 for, 4 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 1 to paragraph 15 | 575 for, 33 against, 20 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 6 | 224 for, 374 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 | 118 for, 446 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 3 | 116 for, 495 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 2 | 135 for, 468 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 1 | 138 for, 485 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 1 | 138 for, 474 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 | 395 for, 126 against, 97 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 39 to paragraph 1 | 121 for, 459 against, 32 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 470 for, 81 against, 92 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 6, adding text after recital AL | 229 for, 399 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 5, adding text after recital R | 232 for, 393 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 2 | 433 for, 190 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 1 | 589 for, 39 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Separate vote on paragraph 88 | 460 for, 165 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 62 | 222 for, 405 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 55 | 173 for, 416 against, 43 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 55 | 211 for, 410 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 2 | 451 for, 172 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 1 | 532 for, 75 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 27 | 221 for, 401 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 | 225 for, 393 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 8 to paragraph 21 | 205 for, 427 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 7 to paragraph 14 | 223 for, 410 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 | 342 for, 230 against, 67 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 2 | 447 for, 171 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 1 | 533 for, 70 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 125 | 206 for, 437 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 76 | 179 for, 439 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 76 | 187 for, 437 against, 7 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.
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=90&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=90&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/237465?page=90&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}
}