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.
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.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sept 2025 | Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Jul 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Outcome of the recent COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Mar 2025 | A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Feb 2025 | EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Feb 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Feb 2025 | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the need for the European Union to contribute to resolving the humanitarian crisis of persons missing in wars and conflicts (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 20 Jan 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Powering Europe’s future - advancing the fusion industry for energy independence and innovation (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Nov 2024 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Recent devastating floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 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 |
| 7 Oct 2024 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2024 | The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Sept 2024 | Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger of criminalisation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers, and the need for their protection in the EU (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Sept 2024 | Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Sept 2024 | Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (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 |
| 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 |
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=29&speeches=all&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=29&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256927?page=29&speeches=all&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}
}