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As of 22 Oct 2026, Christophe BAY is a France MEP in Patriots for Europe (PfE); WheresMyMEP records 60.9% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 0 disclosed lobby meetings and no paid outside activities declared (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

Cite this: WheresMyMEP, data as of 22 Oct 2026, source European Parliament

Christophe BAY

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Patriots · France

Rassemblement national (National Rally)

60.9% attendance
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60.9%
Attendance · last 180 days
#686 of 717 on the leaderboard
959
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

Christophe BAY monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510099.0%0.0%98.9%0.0%98.8%May ’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 ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
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 Christophe BAY voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from PfE majority

4.5% (5 of 110)

The PfE average on the same method is 18.7%. Counted only when Christophe BAY cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

0.0% (0 of 110)

Rassemblement national (National Rally) · 29 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
20 Oct 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities

Christophe BAY voted Abstain; 65% of voting PfE members (51 of 79) voted Against.

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

Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Christophe BAY voted For; 54% of voting PfE members (35 of 65) voted Against.

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

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

Christophe BAY voted For; 51% of voting PfE members (35 of 69) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
8 Jul 2026

EU–Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade

Christophe BAY voted Against; 48% of voting PfE members (34 of 71) voted Abstain.

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

The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

Christophe BAY voted Against; 42% of voting PfE members (26 of 62) voted Abstain.

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

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 Christophe BAY’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · Patriots for Europe (PfE) voted For in 45% of 226 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · Patriots for Europe (PfE) voted For in 37% of 510 digital votes

For likely

Exemption of certain N2 electric vehicles from the requirement to install and use a speed limitation device (Omnibus IX on automotive)

2026-11-24 · Patriots for Europe (PfE) voted For in 76% of 580 transport votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateAgainst 56% of 9
  • employmentFor 75% of 8
  • foreignFor 33% of 6
  • economyAgainst 67% of 6
  • digitalFor 40% of 5
  • transportFor 100% of 5
  • rule of lawAgainst 60% of 5
  • fisheriesFor 50% of 4
  • budgetAgainst 100% of 3

Votes Christophe missed, how they would likely have voted

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

2026-10-06

Abstain · 58%

71% of 62 Patriots for Europe (PfE) MEPs voted Abstain · voted Against in 56% of 9 climate votes · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

Against · 84%

91% of 57 Patriots for Europe (PfE) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 45% 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

For · 95%

100% of 66 Patriots for Europe (PfE) MEPs voted For · voted For in 45% 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%

100% of 68 Patriots for Europe (PfE) MEPs voted For · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

2026-09-17

Against · 64%

84% of 69 Patriots for Europe (PfE) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 50% of 4 fisheries votes · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Christophe BAY 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 · 6

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

  • EU–Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

    2026/0182(NLE) ↗ · appointed 28 Sep 2026

  • Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade

    2025/2112(INI) ↗ · appointed 14 Apr 2026

  • Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure

    2026/2024(INI) ↗ · appointed 16 Mar 2026

  • Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

    2025/0322(COD) ↗ · appointed 24 Nov 2025

  • Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security

    2025/2113(INI) ↗ · appointed 1 Sep 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 14 Oct 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695

    2025/0543(COD) ↗ · appointed 28 Jan 2026

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 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

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

No paid outside activities declared.

Previous occupations

Campaign director for Marine Le Pen, budget support for Marine Le Pen financing association (AFE MLP)
European Parliament Liaison Administrator AD 10 attached to the Identity and Democracy group in charge of the Paris liai…

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 Christophe BAY 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 Christophe BAY'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.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily

No lobby meetings recorded for Christophe BAY on the EU Transparency Register.

Parliamentary questions

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

EP · open data · updated daily
45written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 42 · Priority 3 · 45 co-authored

Not in this count: 8 oral questions

Latest 10

  • 9 Sept 2026The 28th regime/EU Inc.: can the Commission guarantee the soundness of its legal basis?Priority question P-003589/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 17Answered 28 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 18 Jun 2026New Caledonian nickel industry and Europeans’ strategic autonomyWritten question E-002537/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 9Answered 7 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 2 Jun 2026Risks associated with tariff quota management system in EU-Mercosur agreementWritten question E-002238/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 22Answered 27 Jul 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 12 May 2026EU-Mercosur agreement: what guarantees are in place to protect French and European farmers from unfair competition?Written question E-001975/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 1Answered 29 Jun 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 23 Dec 2025Negotiations on a security and defence partnership with AustraliaWritten question E-005065/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 6Answered 13 Feb 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 1 Dec 2025Regulatory barriers to critical raw material extraction in the EUWritten question E-004738/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 15Answered 28 Jan 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 25 Nov 2025Public funding for far-left associations working to integrate migrantsWritten question E-004684/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 13Answered 3 Mar 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 25 Nov 2025Plan to set up a European intelligence service under the authority of the President of the CommissionWritten question E-004681/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 49Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 4 Nov 2025Chinese tariffs on EU agri-food productsWritten question E-004311/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 14Answered 11 Feb 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 22 Oct 2025Christians are being persecuted and the Commission is doing nothing about itWritten question E-004162/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 9Answered 11 Dec 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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Show all 8 oral questions
  • 17 Jul 2026Adapting EU energy performance policies in the light of extreme heat episodesOral question O-000032/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 28 Apr 2026War in the Strait of Hormuz: measures to shield European agriculture from rising fertiliser pricesOral question O-000022/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 26 Feb 2026Inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood on the EU list of terrorist organisationsOral question O-000009/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 26 Jan 2026Reporters Without Borders, a biased NGO heavily subsidised by BrusselsOral question O-000003/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 41Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 20 Nov 2025Manipulation of the Erasmus+ programme as a new channel for immigration and exclusion of Hungarian universities from the programmeOral question O-000043/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 59Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 31 Oct 2025Returns to Afghanistan: response to Member States’ call for an effective migration policyOral question O-000039/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 44Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 10 Sept 2025Commission steamrolling ahead with Mercosur agreementOral question O-000027/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 41Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 10 Jun 2025‘Choose Europe for Science’ plan and intrusion of wokism at universitiesOral question O-000021/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 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 Christophe BAY

Christophe Bay is a Member of the European Parliament for France, sitting with Patriots for Europe (PfE), the right-wing nationalist group, and representing the national party Rassemblement national. Bay joined mid-term, taking the seat on 27 September 2024 in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029).

European Parliament, 10th term

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 →