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Birgit SIPPEL

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

Birgit SIPPEL 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), Birgit has submitted 464 amendments, delivered 35 speeches, authored 2 reports as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 44 questions, and filed 5 motions. Vote participation stands at 78.6% (4662 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 464 811.1 -347 476th/743 51st/100 107th/138
Speeches 35 44.4 -9 364th/743 40th/100 67th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 2 0.8 +1 64th/743 8th/100 20th/138
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 49th/100 55th/138
Questions 44 39.7 +4 241st/743 19th/100 33rd/138
Motions 5 19.6 -15 323rd/743 31st/100 39th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 56th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 53rd/100 91st/138
Explanations of Vote 2 43.0 -41 299th/743 33rd/100 74th/138
Vote Participation 78.6% 86.3% – 614th/745 88th/101 110th/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

Substitute EMPL – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Delegations

Member DMAS – Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 2 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 34 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (DMAS): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-03 A10-0040/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application (LIBE)
  • 2017-10-23 A8-0324/2017 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications) (LIBE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-04-15 A10-0090/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes (LIBE)
  • 2025-02-20 A10-0013/2025 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data (LIBE)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0360(COD): 92 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (ITRE)
  • 2025/2135(INI): 86 amendments, latest 2025-11-12 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
  • 2025/0550(COD): 60 amendments, latest 2026-06-22 (CULT)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028 to 2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818
  • 2025/0059(COD): 53 amendments, latest 2025-12-01 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union, and repealing Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Council Directive 2001/40/EC and Council Decision 2004/191/EC
  • 2025/0101(COD): 36 amendments, latest 2025-10-27 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level

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

Most recent 20 of 43. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-15 Update by the Commission of its guidelines on tackling online disinformation during electoral processes (E-10-2026-002950)
  • 2026-07-14 State of play of negotiations on the agreement on the exchange of personal data between Europol and Israel (E-10-2026-002925)
  • 2026-06-11 Appointment of Jim Hagemann Snabe as Special Envoy for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (E-10-2026-002410)
  • 2026-06-10 Potential conflict of interest in the appointment of the Special Envoy for Industrial AI (P-10-2026-002401)
  • 2026-06-02 Application of the Early Detection and Exclusion System to companies active in the cyber-surveillance sector, including those involved in spyware (E-10-2026-002239)
  • 2026-06-02 Participation of EU officials in ISS World Europe security fair (E-10-2026-002240)
  • 2026-05-13 Another shooting attack by Libyan militias on the humanitarian vessel Sea-Watch 5 (E-10-2026-002019)
  • 2026-05-13 The sinking of a migrant boat following dangerous circling manoeuvres by the Greek coastguard, resulting in eight deaths (P-10-2026-002006)
  • 2026-04-28 Measures against whaling in Norway (E-10-2026-001717)
  • 2026-04-16 The use of Afghan paramilitaries by the Greek authorities for pushbacks (E-10-2026-001563)
  • 2026-04-16 Commission’s assessment of Hungary’s announced withdrawal from the ICC Rome Statute (E-10-2026-001577)
  • 2026-04-16 Application of EU law in the area of privacy and confidentiality of communications (P-10-2026-001566)
  • 2026-02-19 The European Parliament’s call to trigger the blocking statute to protect and safeguard the International Criminal Court (E-10-2026-000718)
  • 2026-02-10 VAT change on books and printed media in Latvia (E-10-2026-000568)
  • 2026-02-04 Mayor of Budapest fined and charged without trial for organising a Pride march in the EU (E-10-2026-000446)
  • 2026-01-28 Draft law of the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum: blatant targeting of Civil Society in breach of EU rules (E-10-2026-000362)
  • 2026-01-22 AI companion chatbots: protecting minors under EU law (E-10-2026-000256)
  • 2026-01-07 Consequences for Hungary’s non-compliance with the Court of Justice of the European Union asylum judgement (E-10-2026-000032)
  • 2025-11-20 EU funding of companies linked to spyware and illegal surveillance (E-10-2025-004636)
  • 2025-11-03 Hungary’s ‘Protection of Local Identity Law’ and systemic racial discrimination (E-10-2025-004304)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-03-20 Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administration (O-10-2026-000015)

Motions for resolutions

All 5, 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)
  • 2026-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recruitment of children by organised crime (B-10-2026-0275)
  • 2026-05-13 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (B-10-2026-0245)
  • 2025-11-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (B-10-2025-0479)
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda an (B-10-2025-0315)

Written explanations of vote

All 2, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation
  • Macro-financial assistance to Egypt

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Birgit SIPPEL 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
Amendments464811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches3544.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)20.8 (higher)1.1 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions4439.7 (higher)34.3 (higher)27.2 (higher)
Motions519.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.9 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote243.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation78.6%86.3% (lower)85.8% (lower)87.7% (lower)

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