Member · Former member
Carola RACKETE
The Left · Germany · left on 15 September 2025
- Group
- The Left
- Country
- Germany
- Roll-call participation
- 88.5 %ⓘ of 2 298 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
- With majority line
- 92.6 %ⓘ of 2 027 votes where the group had a line · The Left median 92.8 %
More facts (4)
- National party
- Independent
- In office
- 16 Jul 2024 – 15 Sept 2025 (left on 15 September 2025)
- Against clear line
- 76 of 1 866 votesⓘ
- Member id
- 256927
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 ⓘ
88.5 %
2 033 of 2 298 roll calls while in office
The Left median: 88.5 % (±0.0 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
92.6 %
1 877 of 2 027 votes where their group had a line
The Left median: 92.8 % (−0.2 pts)
20 opposite (for ↔ against), 44 abstained against the line, 12 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Carola RACKETE | 88.5 % |
| The Left median | 88.5 % |
| Lowest in the group | 44.2 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.3 % |
| Members | 47 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Carola RACKETE | 92.6 % |
| The Left median | 92.8 % |
| Lowest in the group | 81.9 % |
| Highest in the group | 96.9 % |
| Members | 47 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of The Left; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 | 116 for, 520 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 3 | 210 for, 434 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 3 | 218 for, 425 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 2 | 188 for, 443 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 1 | 181 for, 442 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 6, adding text before paragraph 1 | 68 for, 475 against, 110 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 4, adding text before paragraph 1 | 63 for, 507 against, 70 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 | 84 for, 467 against, 69 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA Final vote on the provisional agreement | Passed 593 for, 7 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Final vote | Passed 452 for, 182 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 33, adding text after recital 28 | 232 for, 389 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 42 to recital 28 | 327 for, 311 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 41 to recital 22 | 302 for, 335 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 29, adding text after recital 6 | 254 for, 377 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 38 to recital 6 | 220 for, 409 against, 45 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 40 to recital 5 | 312 for, 262 against, 100 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 39 to recital 3 | 327 for, 247 against, 102 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 49 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point c | 321 for, 309 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 37 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point b | 217 for, 409 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 36 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point a | 228 for, 413 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 35 to Article 3, after paragraph 2 | 134 for, 416 against, 120 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 32 to Article 3, paragraph 2 | 227 for, 390 against, 57 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 48 to Article 3, paragraph 2 | 301 for, 326 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 47 to Article 3, paragraph 1 | 294 for, 328 against, 52 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 46 to Article 2, paragraph 2 | 301 for, 338 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 19 to Article 2, paragraph 1 — part 3 | 575 for, 60 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 19 to Article 2, paragraph 1 — part 2 | 448 for, 203 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 19 to Article 2, paragraph 1 — part 1 | 646 for, 7 against, 21 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 45 to Article 2, paragraph 1 | 313 for, 331 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 44 to Article 1, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 2 | 359 for, 275 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 30 to Article 1, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2 | 235 for, 387 against, 51 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 43 to Article 1, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2 | 305 for, 332 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 34 to Article 1, paragraph 1 | 247 for, 288 against, 133 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 17 — part 2 | 439 for, 232 against, 3 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 8 — part 2 | 435 for, 236 against, 3 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 7 — part 4 | 423 for, 232 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 7 — part 2 | 443 for, 226 against, 0 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 5 — part 3 | 434 for, 234 against, 3 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Jordan Final vote | Passed 571 for, 59 against, 46 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals Final vote | Passed 486 for, 171 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency Final vote | Passed 482 for, 110 against, 81 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals Final vote | Passed 481 for, 170 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Request for urgent procedure | 427 for, 221 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Tuesday's agenda – Request by the The Left Group Tuesday's agenda — Request by the The Left Group | 110 for, 335 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Tuesday's agenda – Request by the PfE Group Tuesday's agenda — Request by the PfE Group | 118 for, 326 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Tuesday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group Tuesday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group | 82 for, 357 against, 11 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights Separate vote on paragraph 18 | 284 for, 273 against, 57 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights Paragraph 16 — part 4 | 322 for, 218 against, 77 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights Paragraph 16 — part 3 | 385 for, 137 against, 96 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights Paragraph 16 — part 2 | 307 for, 272 against, 38 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
| Sitting | Roll calls | Voted in |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2024 | 23 | 19 |
| 18 Jul 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 Sept 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 Sept 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 Sept 2024 | 92 | 80 |
| 7 Oct 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 Oct 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 Oct 2024 | 18 | 18 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 21 Oct 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 Oct 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | 129 | 127 |
| 24 Oct 2024 | 13 | 13 |
| 13 Nov 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | 36 | 36 |
| 25 Nov 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 Nov 2024 | 18 | 0 |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 28 Nov 2024 | 57 | 0 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 13 | 13 |
| 18 Dec 2024 | 33 | 33 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 45 | 45 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 Jan 2025 | 45 | 44 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 Feb 2025 | 32 | 32 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 30 | 30 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 228 | 220 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | 24 | 23 |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Apr 2025 | 35 | 35 |
| 2 Apr 2025 | 251 | 251 |
| 3 Apr 2025 | 62 | 60 |
| 5 May 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 May 2025 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 May 2025 | 220 | 219 |
| 8 May 2025 | 103 | 0 |
| 21 May 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 May 2025 | 53 | 49 |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 41 | 41 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 91 | 91 |
| 19 Jun 2025 | 87 | 85 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 55 | 54 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 134 | 132 |
| 10 Jul 2025 | 36 | 35 |
| 8 Sept 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 101 | 99 |
| 10 Sept 2025 | 34 | 34 |
| 11 Sept 2025 | 69 | 68 |
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.
Dossiers
No rapporteur, shadow or negotiator role recorded this term.
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 17
- Climate & environment 11
- Economy & single market 7
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 4
- Justice, rule of law & rights 4
- EU budget & funds 3
- Defence & security 3
- Digital, AI & data 2
- Trade & customs 2
- Transport & tourism 2
- Energy 1
- Health 1
- EU institutions & Parliament 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.
21 contributions recorded; 5 on behalf of their group; 27 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 36
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 9
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 The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) The Left · Left · democratic socialism, communism
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 e994c83b5003 (27 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
- 27 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Carola RACKETE”. Member record. memberId 256927. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?nb=all&page=28&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256927. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256927?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-256927,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Carola RACKETE}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?nb=all&page=28&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?nb=all&page=28&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-27},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 256927. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256927. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}