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As of 22 Oct 2026, Katarina BARLEY is a Germany MEP in Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D); WheresMyMEP records 69.3% roll-call attendance, 239 notable vote records, 20 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €5,000–€5,500/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Katarina BARLEY

🇩🇪Vice-President

S&D · Germany

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany)

69.3% attendance
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69.3%
Attendance · last 180 days
#668 of 717 on the leaderboard
1501
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited 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

Katarina BARLEY monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510098.6%44.8%67.5%26.0%98.9%47.9%Apr ’26May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

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 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Katarina BARLEY voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from S&D majority

4.7% (8 of 169)

The S&D average on the same method is 4.5%. Counted only when Katarina BARLEY cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

1.8% (3 of 169)

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) · 14 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
29 Apr 2026

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors

Katarina BARLEY voted Abstain; 92% of voting S&D members (114 of 124) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
16 Jun 2026

Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

Katarina BARLEY voted Abstain; 91% of voting S&D members (119 of 131) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
20 May 2026

The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins

Katarina BARLEY voted Against; 81% of voting S&D members (98 of 121) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Jun 2026

Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed

Katarina BARLEY voted For; 73% of voting S&D members (90 of 124) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
30 Apr 2026

How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?

Katarina BARLEY voted Against; 66% of voting S&D members (71 of 107) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Sept 2026

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

Katarina BARLEY voted Against; 66% of voting S&D members (73 of 111) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
7 Jul 2026

Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse

Katarina BARLEY voted Abstain; 65% of voting S&D members (80 of 124) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
7 Oct 2026

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

Katarina BARLEY voted For; 51% of voting S&D members (63 of 124) voted Abstain.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For

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 model

Computed from Katarina BARLEY’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 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 75% of 582 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 93% of 1304 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 61% of 997 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • budgetFor 93% of 15
  • tradeFor 91% of 11
  • climateFor 100% of 9
  • digitalFor 89% of 9
  • employmentFor 100% of 9
  • economyFor 75% of 8
  • fisheriesFor 71% of 7
  • transportFor 100% of 7
  • foreignFor 100% of 6
  • defenceFor 67% of 6
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 6
  • healthFor 60% of 5
  • agricultureFor 50% of 4
  • institutionalFor 100% of 4
  • migrationAgainst 67% of 3
  • justiceFor 100% of 3

Votes Katarina missed, how they would likely have voted

Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security

2026-10-22

For · 95%

95% of 111 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 50% of 4 agriculture votes · voted For in 95% of the last 20 cast votes

Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation

2026-10-22

For · 77%

94% of 112 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted Against in 67% of 3 migration votes · voted For in 95% of the last 20 cast votes

Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030

2026-10-22

For · 95%

98% of 111 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 95% of the last 20 cast votes

Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030

2026-10-22

Against · 72%

97% of 110 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 95% of the last 20 cast votes

Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products

2026-10-22

For · 95%

95% of 111 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 95% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

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

Opinion rapporteur · 1

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

  • Impact of social media and the online environment on young people

    2025/2081(INI) ↗ · LIBE · appointed 23 Apr 2025

    Voted for on this file · 17 Sep 2026

Shadow rapporteur · 1

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

  • Establishing the Justice programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/693

    2025/0255(COD) ↗ · appointed 19 Jan 2026

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Strengthening social conditionality in view of creating quality jobs

    2025/2059(INI) ↗ · appointed 15 Apr 2025

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 24 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

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

Estimated outside income

€5,000–5,500/year

Based on declared income bands

1 declared activity

8 board memberships

Executive coaching / Mediation - godipa (civil law partnership)€5,000/yearOther
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institut für Europäische Politik e. V.UnpaidBoard
Member of the Board of Trustees Europäisches Jugendparlament in Deutschland e. V…UnpaidBoard
Member of the Board of Trustees Cologne Aliance Gesellschaft e.V.UnpaidBoard
Member of the Board of Trustees Max-Planck-InstitutUnpaidBoard
Member of the Board of Trustees Carlo Schmid StiftungUnpaidBoard
Member of the Board of Trustees Stiftung LesenUnpaidBoard
Advisory Board member of the Jacques Delors Instituts – BerlinUnpaidBoard
Member of the Support Circle of the Hochschule Trier e. V.UnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

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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 Katarina BARLEY 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)

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.

All filings: Katarina BARLEY's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗

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

Most recent 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.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
21 Oct 2026European Carton Makers AssociationVerpackungsgesetzgebung · Member
14 Oct 2026British Chamber of Commerce \| EU & Belgium• Supply Chain Resilience • Energy Security • Cybe…
9 Oct 2026DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.Standardisation regulation · Member ·2026/0307(COD)
1 Oct 2026Diözesan-Caritasverbands TrierSozialwirtschaft als Teil der europäischen Wirtschaft, EU-Vergaberecht · Member
30 Sept 2026TikTok Technology LtdDesign of Algorithms, Addictive design, protecting minors · Member
25 Sept 2026Sonrisa Ventures GmbH "Kindchat"Interoperability and Safety measures in messengers for children · Member
24 Sept 2026Triple P Europe B.V.parental support for minors online · Member ·2026/0286(COD)
23 Sept 2026European Digital RightsDigital Policy · Member
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Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

2 meetings on 2 files

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.

parental support for minors online

2026/0286(COD)
  1. Triple P Europe B.V.Member

Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files

Parliamentary questions

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

EP · open data · updated daily
12written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 9 · Priority 3 · 12 co-authored

Latest 10

  • 8 Sept 2026Chatbots directing women with unwanted pregnancies to anti-abortion websitesWritten question E-003539/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 67Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 17 Jul 2026Bot networks on X and Instagram – Russian-linked campaign for the election of far-right parties in EuropeWritten question E-003050/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 5Answered 14 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 17 Jun 2026Dynamic pricing for major sporting and cultural eventsWritten question E-002518/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Answered 15 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 11 Jun 2026EU-funded deinstitutionalisation reforms in Romania and implementation of person-centred financingWritten question E-002419/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 8Answered 1 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 30 Jun 2025Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act in the context of EU-US trade negotiationsPriority question P-002647/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 24Answered 29 Jul 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 17 Jan 2025Actual or foreseeable negative effects of Elon Musk’s statements on civic discourse, electoral processes and freedom and pluralism of the media under the DSAWritten question E-000191/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 47Answered 5 Mar 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 13 Jan 2025Protecting the Bundestag elections – threat of X manipulating votesWritten question E-000093/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 17Answered 4 Mar 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 19 Dec 2024Dangers of button cell batteries for childrenWritten question E-003058/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 2Answered 11 Mar 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 9 Dec 2024The spread of disinformation by recommender systems and other automated mechanisms as a systemic risk under the Digital Services ActWritten question E-002826/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 39Answered 19 Feb 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 5 Dec 2024The role of TikTok in the Romanian presidential electionWritten question E-002794/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 36Answered 11 Feb 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
Show all 12 questions

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 Katarina BARLEY

Katarina Barley is a Member of the European Parliament for Germany, sitting in the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the centre-left group, and representing the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. The current term is the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), which began on 16 July 2024. Earlier, Barley served in the 9th parliamentary term, from 2 July 2019 to 15 July 2024. Barley has been Vice-President of the European Parliament since 16 July 2024 and held that office throughout the 9th term as well.

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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 →

Note: Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament do not vote when chairing sessions, which may affect their attendance percentage.