Member · Former member
Carola RACKETE
The Left · Germany · left on 15 September 2025
- Group
- The Left
- Country
- Germany
- Roll-call participation
- 80.3 %ⓘ of 238 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
- With majority line
- 85.7 %ⓘ of 189 votes where the group had a line · The Left median 86.6 %
More facts (4)
- National party
- Independent
- In office
- 16 Jul 2024 – 15 Sept 2025 (left on 15 September 2025)
- Against clear line
- 12 of 160 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 ⓘ
80.3 %
191 of 238 final votes while in office
The Left median: 86.9 % (−6.7 pts)
Chamber median: 90.6 %
With majority line ⓘ
85.7 %
162 of 189 votes where their group had a line
The Left median: 86.6 % (−0.9 pts)
1 opposite (for ↔ against), 6 abstained against the line, 5 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Carola RACKETE | 80.3 % |
| The Left median | 86.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 37.7 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 47 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Carola RACKETE | 85.7 % |
| The Left median | 86.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 64.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 91.8 % |
| Members | 47 |
- Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. 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 92, adding text after paragraph 25 | 118 for, 522 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 91, adding text after paragraph 25 | 137 for, 478 against, 62 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 90, adding text after paragraph 25 | 143 for, 478 against, 60 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 25 | 309 for, 304 against, 65 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 24 | 182 for, 466 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 24 | 184 for, 412 against, 81 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 86, adding text after paragraph 22 | 118 for, 549 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 83, adding text after paragraph 22 | 125 for, 524 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 82, adding text after paragraph 22 | 145 for, 529 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 22 | 326 for, 315 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 64 to paragraph 22 | 337 for, 311 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 80, adding text after paragraph 21 | 252 for, 381 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 63, adding text after paragraph 21 | 127 for, 497 against, 54 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 21 | 160 for, 481 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 21 | 75 for, 519 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 20 | 106 for, 523 against, 53 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 62, adding text after paragraph 19 | 191 for, 463 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 19 | 372 for, 279 against, 29 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 18 | 189 for, 471 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 79 to paragraph 18 | 308 for, 309 against, 55 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 17 | 129 for, 499 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 27 to paragraph 17 | 151 for, 442 against, 83 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 16 | 194 for, 387 against, 90 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 15 | 131 for, 513 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 15 | 225 for, 439 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 14 | 318 for, 246 against, 114 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 14 | 155 for, 437 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 13 to paragraph 14 | 139 for, 443 against, 96 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 13 | 206 for, 457 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 12 | 195 for, 466 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 12 | 206 for, 453 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 12 | 231 for, 411 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 30 to paragraph 12 | 328 for, 297 against, 55 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 24 to paragraph 12 | 221 for, 420 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 | 321 for, 318 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 11 | 213 for, 450 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 11 | 178 for, 473 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 11 | 210 for, 453 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 11 | 212 for, 448 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 11 | 172 for, 465 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 11 | 172 for, 428 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 | 342 for, 310 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 37 to paragraph 11 | 151 for, 468 against, 47 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 10 | 158 for, 475 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 7 | 77 for, 586 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 6 | 93 for, 517 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 6 | 66 for, 568 against, 40 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 6 | 100 for, 505 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 4 | 193 for, 464 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 4 | 192 for, 456 against, 19 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 Sept 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 Sept 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 Oct 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 Oct 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 Oct 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 Oct 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 26 Nov 2024 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 Nov 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 18 Dec 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 Jan 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 Feb 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Apr 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 Apr 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 Apr 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 May 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 May 2025 | 20 | 19 |
| 8 May 2025 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 May 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 Jun 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 14 | 13 |
| 10 Jul 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 10 Sept 2025 | 15 | 15 |
| 11 Sept 2025 | 8 | 8 |
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?page=27&scope=final&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?page=27&scope=final&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?page=27&scope=final&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}
}