Member
Martin GÜNTHER
The Left · Germany
- Group
- The Left
- Country
- Germany
- Roll-call participation
- 81.6 %ⓘ of 3 630 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
- With majority line
- 96.9 %ⓘ of 2 958 votes where the group had a line · The Left median 92.8 %
More facts (5)
- National party
- DIE LINKE.
- In office
- Since 16 Sept 2025
- Against clear line
- 32 of 2 759 votesⓘ
- Committees
- ECON (substitute), ENVI
- Member id
- 270719
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 ⓘ
81.6 %
2 962 of 3 630 roll calls while in office
The Left median: 88.5 % (−6.9 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
96.9 %
2 865 of 2 958 votes where their group had a line
The Left median: 92.8 % (+4.1 pts)
9 opposite (for ↔ against), 19 abstained against the line, 4 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Martin GÜNTHER | 81.6 % |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Martin GÜNTHER | 96.9 % |
| 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 final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals | Passed 469 for, 126 against, 50 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals | Passed 471 for, 123 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency | Passed 477 for, 93 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation | Passed 533 for, 43 against, 68 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations | Passed 446 for, 162 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Monitoring framework for resilient European forests | Rejected outright 370 for, 264 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group | Passed 327 for, 256 against, 58 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 Oct 2025 | A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition | Adopted 505 for, 62 against, 47 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement | Passed 414 for, 139 against, 61 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 179 for, 378 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 133 for, 383 against, 78 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China | Adopted 546 for, 3 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret | Adopted 550 for, 3 against, 54 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024 | Adopted 535 for, 24 against, 55 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness | Adopted 499 for, 66 against, 53 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes | Adopted 504 for, 74 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 9 Oct 2025 | United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure | Adopted 469 for, 97 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Second World Summit for Social Development | Adopted 360 for, 210 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties | Passed 492 for, 111 against, 39 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain | Passed 532 for, 78 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States | Passed 412 for, 129 against, 98 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Oct 2025 | EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029 | Consent given 520 for, 97 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) | Consent given 594 for, 38 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Passed 479 for, 82 against, 77 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – Germany | Passed 577 for, 47 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – Belgium | Passed 578 for, 47 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Genetically modified maize DP51291 | Objection passed 433 for, 166 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 8 Oct 2025 | EU political strategy on Latin America | Adopted 354 for, 195 against, 77 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism | Passed 518 for, 96 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Inland waterway transport: River Information Systems (RIS) | Passed 636 for, 10 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissions | Passed 458 for, 182 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model | Adopted 552 for, 52 against, 35 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 Oct 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | 55 | 53 |
| 9 Oct 2025 | 65 | 60 |
| 20 Oct 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 Oct 2025 | 13 | 13 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | 186 | 180 |
| 23 Oct 2025 | 55 | 55 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | 267 | 263 |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 Nov 2025 | 75 | 68 |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 100 | 98 |
| 27 Nov 2025 | 125 | 120 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | 66 | 66 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 43 | 42 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 42 | 42 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | 67 | 66 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 112 | 109 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 58 | 55 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 38 | 38 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | 13 | 12 |
| 12 Feb 2026 | 141 | 141 |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 43 | 43 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 197 | 197 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | 60 | 59 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | 34 | 33 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | 69 | 67 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 Apr 2026 | 225 | 0 |
| 29 Apr 2026 | 296 | 0 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | 68 | 0 |
| 18 May 2026 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 May 2026 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 May 2026 | 96 | 96 |
| 21 May 2026 | 98 | 93 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | 40 | 40 |
| 17 Jun 2026 | 127 | 122 |
| 18 Jun 2026 | 77 | 77 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 72 | 72 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 144 | 139 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 67 | 59 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 Sept 2026 | 155 | 150 |
| 16 Sept 2026 | 80 | 80 |
| 17 Sept 2026 | 124 | 122 |
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 Economic and Monetary AffairsECON Committee | Substitute | 16 Sept 2025 | now |
| Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food SafetyENVI Committee | Member | 6 Oct 2025 | now |
| Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA Delegation | Substitute | 16 Sept 2025 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the Pan-African ParliamentDPAP Delegation | Substitute | 11 Nov 2025 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the countries of South AsiaDSAS Delegation | Member | 6 Oct 2025 | 14 Dec 2025 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 29
- Climate & environment 18
- Economy & single market 18
- Defence & security 8
- Justice, rule of law & rights 8
- Trade & customs 7
- EU budget & funds 6
- Migration & asylum 5
- Energy 4
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 3
- Digital, AI & data 3
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 2
- Transport & tourism 2
- 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.
10 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 10 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 57
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 18
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 f37e5638cded (25 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
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Martin GÜNTHER”. Member record. memberId 270719. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/270719?page=8&roles=all&scope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/270719. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/270719?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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-270719,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Martin GÜNTHER}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/270719?page=8&roles=all&scope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/270719?page=8&roles=all&scope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 270719. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/270719. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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}
}