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Martin SCHIRDEWAN is a Germany MEP in The Left in the European Parliament (The Left); WheresMyMEP records 87.7% roll-call attendance, 194 notable vote records, 4 recent disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year. Source: European Parliament profile, European Parliament Open Data, MEP meeting declarations and financial-interest declarations.

Martin SCHIRDEWAN

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Left · Germany

DIE LINKE.

87.7% attendanceView official EP profile →
87.7%
Attendance · last 180 days
#483 of 718 on the leaderboard
1501
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every 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

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Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 6 Oct 2026

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6 Oct 2026The EU’s approach to corporate tax policy in a changing inte…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Against
6 Oct 2026Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at workEP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗For
6 Oct 2026Amending Directive 2007/2/EC as regards simplification of ce…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗For
6 Oct 2026Amending Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 as regards fund…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Abstain
6 Oct 2026Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the …EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Against
6 Oct 2026Amending Regulations (EU) No 1173/2011 and (EU) No 473/2013 …EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Against
6 Oct 2026Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of sub…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗For
6 Oct 2026Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Against
6 Oct 2026Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗For
17 Sept 2026Strengthening global health resilience in partner countriesEP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Martin SCHIRDEWAN’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

87% accurate on 5,728 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

The EU’s approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment

2026-10-06 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 62% of 348 climate votes

For likely

Simplification of certain requirements for spatial information infrastructure in the Union (INSPIRE) (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

2026-10-06 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 62% of 348 climate votes

For likely

Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work

2026-10-06 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 65% of 233 health votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • budgetFor 69% of 13
  • digitalAgainst 70% of 10
  • tradeAgainst 60% of 10
  • economyAgainst 50% of 10
  • foreignAbstain 56% of 9
  • transportFor 75% of 8
  • defenceFor 50% of 8
  • climateFor 71% of 7
  • fisheriesAgainst 57% of 7
  • rule of lawAbstain 57% of 7
  • agricultureFor 75% of 4
  • healthFor 50% of 4
  • justiceFor 100% of 4
  • employmentFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3
  • institutionalFor 67% of 3

Votes Martin missed, how they would likely have voted

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

For · 95%

100% of 34 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted For · voted For in 50% of 4 health votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

2026-09-17

Against · 77%

100% of 35 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

2026-09-17

For · 95%

92% of 37 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

2026-09-17

Against · 80%

89% of 36 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted Against in 57% of 7 fisheries votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security

2026-09-17

For · 57%

56% of 34 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 71% of 7 climate votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Martin SCHIRDEWAN was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Shadow rapporteur · 14

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • European Central Bank – annual report 2026

    2026/2121(INI) ↗ · appointed 23 Sep 2026

  • Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Korea

    2025/0273(NLE) ↗ · appointed 17 Sep 2026

  • Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

    2025/0726(COD) ↗ · appointed 18 Mar 2026

  • Amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision

    2025/0362(COD) ↗ · appointed 10 Mar 2026

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)

    2025/0363(COD) ↗ · appointed 23 Feb 2026

  • Adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America

    2025/0261(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Oct 2025

  • Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods

    2025/0260(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Oct 2025

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation

    2025/0826(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2025

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  • Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securitisation exposures

    2025/0825(COD) ↗ · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union

    2023/0183(NLE) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2024

  • Competition policy – annual report 2024

    2024/2079(INI) ↗ · appointed 19 Sep 2024

  • Amending Directive 2014/49/EU as regards the scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency

    2023/0115(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024

  • Amending Directive 2014/59/EU as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action

    2023/0112(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024

  • Amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action

    2023/0111(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024

Show more: shadow rapporteur for opinions (4)

Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034

    2025/0240(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Apr 2026

  • Recommendation for the Council, for the Commission and for the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region

    2025/2169(INI) ↗ · appointed 17 Oct 2025

  • EU-US political relations

    2025/2084(INI) ↗ · appointed 14 May 2025

  • The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council

    2024/0017(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 7 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

1 board membership

Co-president of DIE LINKE since 06/2022UnpaidBoard

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)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Martin SCHIRDEWAN 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 SCHIRDEWAN's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

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, last 6 months

EU Transparency Register · Updated weekly
23 Jun 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATIONOccupational retirement provision framework · Shadow rapporteur ·2025/0362(COD)
10 Jun 2026Umweltbundesamt DeutschlandWohnen & EU · Member
10 Jun 2026Stichting Sustainable Finance LabBanking regulation and supervision · Member
9 Jun 2026Deutscher GewerkschaftsbundMultiannual Financial Framework · Member

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Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

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30written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 21 · Priority 9 · 16 co-authored

Not in this count: 5 oral questions

Latest 10

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  • 7 Sept 2026Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperaturesOral question O-000035/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 20 Mar 2026Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administrationOral question O-000015/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 48Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 28 Jan 2026Addressing the gender health gap in the new research and innovation programme (FP10)Oral question O-000004/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 22 Sept 2025US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorismOral question O-000033/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 15Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 22 Sept 2025US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorismOral question O-000032/2025To the Councilco-authored with 15Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 6 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 1 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 SCHIRDEWAN

Martin Schirdewan is a Member of the European Parliament for Germany, belonging to The Left in the European Parliament (The Left), the left-wing group, and to DIE LINKE. In the 10th parliamentary term, Schirdewan is Co-Chair of The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL, a post also held in the 9th term, which began with a period as Chair of the Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left in 2019. Earlier European Parliament terms were the 8th and 9th. Before joining the Parliament, Schirdewan was researcher for a Member of the Bundestag belonging to DIE LINKE parliamentary group from 2006 to 2015, and then head of the office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Brussels and the Liaison Office in Athens from 2015 to 2017. Schirdewan was also a member of DIE LINKE party executive in 2012–2015 and in 2018.

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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 →

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