Attendance by month
EP · roll-call · last 180 daysCredited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated
Missed votes by sitting
EP · attendance register · last 180 daysEvery plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works
- Thu, 22 Oct 2026Missed 1 of 76 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 8 Oct 2026Missed 57 of 145 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 7 Oct 2026Missed 1 of 54 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Tue, 6 Oct 2026Missed all 27 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Mon, 5 Oct 2026Missed the 1 voteNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 17 Sept 2026Missed 13 of 124 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Tue, 15 Sept 2026Missed 5 of 155 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 9 Jul 2026Missed 5 of 67 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 8 Jul 2026Missed 9 of 144 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Tue, 7 Jul 2026Missed 1 of 72 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
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- Thu, 18 Jun 2026Missed 22 of 77 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 17 Jun 2026Missed 5 of 127 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 21 May 2026Missed 4 of 98 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 30 Apr 2026Missed 2 of 68 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 29 Apr 2026Missed 85 of 296 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Tue, 28 Apr 2026Missed 45 of 225 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
Voting Record
Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026
Voting against the party line
Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Martin SONNEBORN voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.
Different from NI majority
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Non-attached members have no political-group majority.
Different from national-party majority
0.0% (0 of 131)
Die PARTEI · 2 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.
Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often
Vote predictions
Vote modelComputed from Martin SONNEBORN’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.
90% accurate on 5,752 held-out votes
Coming up in plenary, early prediction
EU agri-food promotion policy
2026-11-12 · Non-attached Members (Non-attached) voted For in 56% of 123 agriculture votes
From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up
2026-11-12 · Non-attached Members (Non-attached) voted Against in 52% of 211 defence votes
Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration
2026-11-12 · Non-attached Members (Non-attached) voted Against in 43% of 284 digital votes
Predicted stance by topic
- budgetFor 47% of 15
- climateFor 58% of 12
- tradeFor 55% of 11
- digitalAgainst 60% of 10
- transportFor 50% of 10
- employmentFor 90% of 10
- foreignAbstain 67% of 9
- economyFor 44% of 9
- fisheriesFor 43% of 7
- defenceAgainst 67% of 6
- rule of lawFor 33% of 6
- agricultureFor 60% of 5
- healthAbstain 75% of 4
- migrationFor 50% of 4
- justiceFor 50% of 4
- energyFor 33% of 3
- institutionalFor 100% of 3
Votes Martin missed, how they would likely have voted
The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma and its implications on civil society
2026-10-08
73% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Against · voted Abstain in 67% of 9 foreign votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes
Pilot project on European Schools Alliances and its contribution to citizenship education, democratic competences and European values
2026-10-08
55% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Abstain · voted For in 33% of 6 rule of law votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes
The cases of Ali Karimli, Anar Mammadli and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan
2026-10-08
64% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Abstain · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes
Attempts by the ruling party Georgian Dream to ban opposition parties in Georgia
2026-10-08
55% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Against · voted Abstain in 67% of 9 foreign votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes
Human rights situation in Iran, notably the cases of Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani
2026-10-08
50% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Abstain · voted For in 33% of 6 rule of law votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes
Financial Declarations
Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP
Estimated outside income
€65,000–71,500/year
Based on declared income bands
1 declared activity
2 board memberships
Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026
View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →Events and gifts declared to the Parliament
Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)
These lists link to declarations Martin SONNEBORN made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.
Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)
No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Martin SONNEBORN's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.
Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)
No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.
Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed
Recent Lobby Meetings
Meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.
No lobby meetings recorded for Martin SONNEBORN on the EU Transparency Register.
Parliamentary questions
Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)
Written 9 · Priority 3 · 3 co-authored
Not in this count: 1 oral question
Latest 10
- 14 Oct 2026Plastic in beer, glitter at carnivalsWritten question E-004170/2026To the CommissionAwaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
- 28 Sept 2026Autistici/Inventati: EU financial, digital and political autonomyWritten question E-003902/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 19Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
- 14 Jul 2026Venice Biennale: selective application of democratic criteria for allocation of EU cultural subsidiesPriority question P-002920/2026To the CommissionAnswered 9 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 14 Jul 2026Objectives and evaluation of the EU campaign ‘Protect what matters: our democracy’ (follow-up question to E-002586/2026)Written question E-002924/2026To the CommissionAnswered 7 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 14 Jul 2026Decline in beer consumption in the EU and the situation of the European brewing industryWritten question E-002921/2026To the CommissionAnswered 4 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 23 Jun 2026Advice and consultations in the drafting of the proposal for a 28th regime corporate legal framework (COM(2026) 321)Priority question P-002587/2026To the CommissionAnswered 27 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 23 Jun 2026Costs, objectives and evaluation of the EU campaign ‘Protect what matters: our democracy’Written question E-002586/2026To the CommissionAnswered 16 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 18 Jun 2026Procedural irregularities surrounding the case of the ‘Ulm 5’ activists in GermanyWritten question E-002533/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 20Answered 2 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 20 Jan 2026Security deficiencies in German eID cards and their compatibility with the requirements of the European Digital Identity Wallet and the European Business WalletPriority question P-000207/2026To the CommissionAnswered 18 Feb 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 20 Jan 2026EEAS plans to downsize EU Delegations and the strategic justifications for these plansWritten question E-000211/2026To the Vice-President / High RepresentativeAnswered 26 Feb 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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- 10 Apr 2025Possible double counting of CO<sub>2</sub> and distortions caused by unclear rules on the use of subsidised options such as biomethane to meet requirementsWritten question E-001494/2025To the CommissionAnswered 10 Jul 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 2 Dec 2024Potential downgrade of the protection status of the wolfWritten question E-002717/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 27Answered 18 Feb 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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- 3 Mar 2026Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, GreeceOral question O-000010/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 24 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 20 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted
About Martin SONNEBORN
Martin Sonneborn is a Member of the European Parliament for Germany, sitting with the Non-attached Members (Non-attached) and representing Die PARTEI. The current term is the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), which began on 16 July 2024, and Sonneborn also served in the 8th and 9th terms. Before joining the Parliament, Sonneborn was Editor-in-Chief of Titanic Magazine from 2000 to 2005 and an investigative reporter for ZDF from 2006 to 2014. Since 2004, Sonneborn has held the office of Federal Chairman of DIE PARTEI.
Summary grounded in cited sources
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Methodology
Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.
Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →