As of 22 Oct 2026, Volker SCHNURRBUSCH is a Germany MEP in Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN); WheresMyMEP records 95.5% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 4 disclosed lobby meetings and no paid outside activities declared (data as of 22 Oct 2026).
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ESN · Germany
Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany)
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
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
Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026
Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.
Different from ESN majority
12.0% (21 of 175)
The ESN average on the same method is 9.5%. Counted only when Volker SCHNURRBUSCH cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.
Different from national-party majority
11.4% (20 of 175)
Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) · 15 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.
Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted Abstain; 92% of voting ESN members (24 of 26) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted Abstain; 92% of voting ESN members (24 of 26) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Simplification of certain requirements for spatial information infrastructure in the Union (INSPIRE) (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted Abstain; 92% of voting ESN members (22 of 24) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted Abstain; 91% of voting ESN members (20 of 22) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted For; 90% of voting ESN members (19 of 21) voted Abstain.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/003 FI/Valmet Automotive – Finland
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted For; 88% of voting ESN members (23 of 26) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive ancillary – Spain
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted For; 88% of voting ESN members (23 of 26) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH voted Abstain; 88% of voting ESN members (23 of 26) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗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
Computed from Volker SCHNURRBUSCH’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.
90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes
EU agri-food promotion policy
2026-11-12 · Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) voted For in 59% of 69 agriculture votes
Exemption of certain N2 electric vehicles from the requirement to install and use a speed limitation device (Omnibus IX on automotive)
2026-11-24 · Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) voted For in 63% of 191 transport votes
Multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea
2026-11-24 · Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) voted For in 60% of 182 fisheries votes
Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
2026-10-22
100% of 18 Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) MEPs voted Against · voted Against in 40% of 15 climate votes · voted For in 40% of the last 20 cast votes
An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
2026-09-17
83% of 24 Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) MEPs voted Against · voted Against in 100% of 5 health votes · voted For in 40% of the last 20 cast votes
Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya
2026-09-17
79% of 24 Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) MEPs voted For · voted For in 40% of the last 20 cast votes
Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro
2026-09-17
70% of 23 Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) MEPs voted For · voted For in 40% of the last 20 cast votes
Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung
2026-09-17
83% of 23 Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) MEPs voted Abstain · voted For in 40% of the last 20 cast votes
Files in the 2024–2029 term where Volker SCHNURRBUSCH was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.
Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.
Strengthening cohesion policy for the EU’s islands and coastal regions
2026/2117(INI) ↗ · appointed 17 Sep 2026
A regulatory framework to promote the uptake of sustainable aviation fuels
2026/2040(INI) ↗ · appointed 25 Jun 2026
Clean corporate vehicles
2025/0421(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Jun 2026
Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
2025/0422(COD) ↗ · appointed 1 Jun 2026
European Chemicals Agency and amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) No 649/2012 and (EU) 2019/1021
2025/0207(COD) ↗ · appointed 5 May 2026
Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153
2025/0221(COD) ↗ · appointed 3 Mar 2026
Amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
2025/0531(COD) ↗ · appointed 5 Feb 2026
Amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union
2025/0097(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Jun 2025
Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.
EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation
2026/0212(COD) ↗ · appointed 5 Oct 2026
Maritime transport: monitoring, reporting and verification and alignment with revisions of the EU Emissions Trading System
2026/0210(COD) ↗ · appointed 5 Oct 2026
Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as regards CO2 emission performance standards for new light duty vehicles and vehicle labelling and repealing Directive 1999/94/EC
2025/0420(COD) ↗ · appointed 8 Apr 2026
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
2025/0555(COD) ↗ · appointed 6 Mar 2026
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 24 Feb 2026
Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153
2025/0221(COD) ↗ · appointed 3 Feb 2026
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review
2025/0084(COD) ↗ · appointed 26 May 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 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this
Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP
No paid outside activities declared.
Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026
View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)
These lists link to declarations Volker SCHNURRBUSCH 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.
No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Volker SCHNURRBUSCH's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.
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
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.
Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.
4 meetings on 3 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.
Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files
Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)
Written 45 · Priority 4 · 49 co-authored
Not in this count: 6 oral questions
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
Volker Schnurrbusch is a Member of the European Parliament for Germany, in the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN), the far-right group, and represents the national party Alternative für Deutschland. Schnurrbusch joined the Parliament mid-term on 4 April 2025, in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), and has belonged to the ESN group since 8 May 2025, after a period among the Non-attached Members that began on 4 April 2025.
Summary grounded in cited sources
View official profile on europarl.europa.eu →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 →