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Bernd LANGE

Germany Germany S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

Bernd LANGE is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Bernd has submitted 146 amendments, delivered 29 speeches, authored 6 reports as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 2 questions, and filed 2 motions. Vote participation stands at 90.2% (5350 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 146 811.1 -665 662nd/743 83rd/100 131st/138
Speeches 29 44.4 -15 443rd/743 53rd/100 84th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 6 0.8 +5 8th/743 1st/100 2nd/138
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 59th/100 84th/138
Questions 2 39.7 -38 707th/743 91st/100 132nd/138
Motions 2 19.6 -18 513th/743 53rd/100 90th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 2 0.6 +1 39th/743 8th/100 12th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 53rd/100 91st/138
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 71st/100 90th/138
Vote Participation 90.2% 86.3% – 370th/745 51st/101 67th/138

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Chair INTA – Committee on International Trade

Delegations

Member DASE – Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Other Germany MEPs All Germany MEPs →

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Other S&D MEPs All S&D MEPs →

Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN792 am Aurore LALUCQ1,431 am Biljana BORZAN178 am Birgit SIPPEL464 am Brando BENIFEI1,825 am
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Committees and delegations

Bernd LANGE holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on International Trade (INTA): Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 31 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (DASE): Member, since 2024-07-16

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-04-20 A10-0101/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the Union, of the amendment of Article 36 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 (INTA)
  • 2026-03-20 A10-0074/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the approval of amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement (INTA)
  • 2026-03-19 A10-0069/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 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 (INTA)
  • 2026-03-19 A10-0070/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods (INTA)
  • 2025-10-03 A10-0186/2025 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision concerning the withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) (INTA)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-04-10 A10-0059/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European Union (INTA)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-12-02 INTA_AD(2025)778169 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures (INTA)
  • 2025-11-05 INTA_AD(2025)775508 OPINION on EU-US political relations (INTA)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Bernd LANGE has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0045(COD): 48 amendments, latest 2025-06-04 (INTA)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
  • 2025/2084(INI): 44 amendments, latest 2025-09-12 (INTA)
    EP document title: REPORT on EU-US political relations
  • 2024/2103(INI): 22 amendments, latest 2025-04-07 (INTA)
    EP document title: REPORT on public procurement
  • 2025/2875(RSP): 18 amendments, latest 2026-01-29 (INTA)
  • 2025/0726(COD): 14 amendments, latest 2025-12-08 (INTA)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-08-28 Oversight of cross-border mail-order pharmacies and compliance with good distribution practice for medicinal products (P-10-2026-003364)
  • 2025-11-05 Trade defence measures on bicycles, bicycle parts and electric bikes from China (E-10-2025-004375)

Motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2026-03-03 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026 (B-10-2026-0155)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Bernd LANGE set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group and of the Members from Germany. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanS&D meanGermany mean
Amendments146811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches2944.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)60.8 (higher)1.1 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions239.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions219.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)20.6 (higher)0.9 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation90.2%86.3% (higher)85.8% (higher)87.7% (higher)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.