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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 281 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point a | 158 for, 390 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 264 | 392 for, 169 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 251 | 263 for, 275 against, 39 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 55 — part 2 | 385 for, 146 against, 44 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 24 — part 2 | 419 for, 97 against, 54 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 3 to recital G | 305 for, 223 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 2 | 93 for, 439 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 | 100 for, 440 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 | 275 for, 262 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Separate vote on paragraph 6 | 501 for, 8 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 | 146 for, 381 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran paragraphs, recitals — Ams 2-9 11-13 | 146 for, 352 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 5 | 168 for, 312 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Paragraph 6 — part 2 | 411 for, 51 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 | 248 for, 195 against, 37 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 324 for, 25 against, 87 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 456 for, 118 against, 51 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 37 | 114 for, 522 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Separate vote on paragraph 34 | 603 for, 3 against, 39 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Separate vote on paragraph 32 | 586 for, 39 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Paragraph 25 — part 2 | 491 for, 122 against, 41 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Separate vote on paragraph 16 | 457 for, 174 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 10 to paragraph 16 | 124 for, 499 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 2 to paragraph 16 | 68 for, 506 against, 73 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Paragraph 15 — part 2 | 469 for, 97 against, 83 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 10 | 105 for, 531 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 8 to paragraph 9 | 120 for, 511 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Separate vote on paragraph 8 | 493 for, 130 against, 27 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 7 to paragraph 7 | 107 for, 508 against, 32 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 6 | 149 for, 283 against, 219 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 | 265 for, 303 against, 84 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 2 | 105 for, 520 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 | 99 for, 517 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 4 to paragraph 1 | 110 for, 525 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 470 for, 102 against, 77 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Abstained |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 4 to recital B | 102 for, 524 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 3 to recital A | 108 for, 514 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 60 | 276 for, 307 against, 64 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 60 | 278 for, 349 against, 23 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 50 | 106 for, 518 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 7 to paragraph 44 | 118 for, 516 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 405 for, 210 against, 36 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Amendment 5, adding text after recital A | 165 for, 464 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 2 | 96 for, 528 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 | 92 for, 530 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Amendment 4, adding text after recital A | 217 for, 428 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Paragraph 99 — part 2 | 297 for, 334 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 89 | 224 for, 412 against, 11 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
| 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 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). “Carola RACKETE”. Member record. memberId 256927. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?page=11&scope=all&vscope=all (retrieved 26 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 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-256927,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Carola RACKETE}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?page=11&scope=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?page=11&scope=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-26},
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 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}
}