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Carola RACKETE

Germany Germany GUE/NGL – The Left in the European Parliament Independent

Carola RACKETE was a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Independent in the The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) group, during the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), until 2025-09-11. During that mandate, Carola submitted 156 amendments, delivered 21 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 35 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation was 88.5% (2033 out of 2298 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 156 811.1 -655 653rd/743 82nd/100 45th/46
Speeches 21 44.4 -23 531st/743 65th/100 36th/46
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 9th/46
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 59th/100 44th/46
Questions 35 39.7 -5 307th/743 25th/100 41st/46
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 66th/100 46th/46
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 12th/46
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 53rd/100 44th/46
Explanations of Vote 1 43.0 -42 330th/743 51st/100 23rd/46
Vote Participation 88.5% 86.3% – 428th/745 58th/101 24th/47

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).

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Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-10-20 A10-0204/2025 RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) (ENVI)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Carola RACKETE tabled as author or co-author during the mandate in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0045(COD): 66 amendments, latest 2025-05-22 (ENVI)
    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
  • 2025/2618(RSP): 42 amendments, latest 2025-05-20 (ENVI)
  • 2025/2052(INI): 37 amendments, latest 2025-04-24 (AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy
  • 2024/0319(COD): 11 amendments, latest 2025-05-14 (AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

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 31. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2025-07-23 Infiltration and surveillance: risks to fundamental rights, democracy and political pluralism in Italy (E-10-2025-003048)
  • 2025-07-08 Health access in Gaza and a corridor from Gaza to East Jerusalem hospitals (E-10-2025-002776)
  • 2025-06-02 Access for humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip (E-10-2025-002193)
  • 2025-05-28 Gaza: offer of EU assistance in sidelining UN humanitarian agencies and consultation with Palestinian counterparts (E-10-2025-002153)
  • 2025-05-28 Urgent activation of the EU Blocking Statute, as requested by Parliament in its 2024 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world (E-10-2025-002163)
  • 2025-05-27 Israel’s intention to take full control of the Gaza strip and remove the Palestinian population from the area – EU’s actions and reactions (E-10-2025-002127)
  • 2025-05-22 Proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Pesaro, Italy (E-10-2025-002065)
  • 2025-04-30 Israel’s policy of water deprivation in the West Bank – is the EU funding water apartheid policy in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPts)? (E-10-2025-001734)
  • 2025-04-15 Israeli legislation on registration and visa issuance for international NGOs (E-10-2025-001532)
  • 2025-04-01 Ban or suspension of hunting trophy imports from Tanzania due to severe adverse human rights impact on Maasai indigenous peoples in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (E-10-2025-001333)
  • 2025-03-27 Far-right intimidation at a trial in Budapest (E-10-2025-001279)
  • 2025-03-24 What evidence does the Commission seek and accept to show that free, prior and informed consent has been correctly obtained? (E-10-2025-001220)
  • 2025-03-18 Detailed breakdown of EU funding for nature conservation in Tanzania from 2014 to the present (E-10-2025-001130)
  • 2025-03-18 Suspension of EU military cooperation with Rwanda over findings of Rwandan support for the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (E-10-2025-001146)
  • 2025-02-25 Suspension of extraditions to Hungary and return of Maja T. following German court ruling (E-10-2025-000830)
  • 2025-02-10 Nocturnal olive harvesting ban (E-10-2025-000592)
  • 2025-02-06 Establishing a nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission control area in the Mediterranean (E-10-2025-000548)
  • 2025-01-29 Selection methodology for strategic projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act and date of announcement of strategic project status (P-10-2025-000412)
  • 2025-01-15 Presence of mercury in marine environments (E-10-2025-000142)
  • 2025-01-13 Protecting the Bundestag elections – threat of X manipulating votes (E-10-2025-000093)

Questions for oral answer

All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2025-05-28 EU-Israel Association Agreement (O-10-2025-000019)
  • 2025-05-16 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan (O-10-2025-000017)
  • 2025-05-16 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan (O-10-2025-000018)
  • 2025-05-10 EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of Gaza (O-10-2025-000015)

Motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

Written explanations of vote

All 1, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Carola RACKETE set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament 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 meanGUE/NGL meanGermany mean
Amendments156811.1 (lower)769.3 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches2144.4 (lower)52.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.5 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)8.3 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions3539.7 (lower)89.4 (lower)27.2 (higher)
Motions119.6 (lower)11.2 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.3 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)5.2 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote143.0 (lower)93.4 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation88.5%86.3% (higher)83.0% (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.