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Christian EHLER

Germany Germany EPP – European People's Party Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands

Christian EHLER is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Christian has submitted 1926 amendments, delivered 14 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 23 questions, and filed 0 motions. Vote participation stands at 83.1% (4928 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 1926 811.1 +1115 45th/743 4th/100 10th/193
Speeches 14 44.4 -30 627th/743 75th/100 149th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 18th/100 47th/193
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 59th/100 69th/193
Questions 23 39.7 -17 430th/743 37th/100 64th/193
Motions 0 19.6 -20 692nd/743 92nd/100 167th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 3 0.6 +2 27th/743 5th/100 9th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 5 2.7 +2 113th/743 15th/100 8th/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 71st/100 88th/193
Vote Participation 83.1% 86.3% – 554th/745 79th/101 143rd/193

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

Member ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Substitute BUDG – Committee on Budgets

Delegations

Member DMAG – Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees

Other Germany MEPs All Germany MEPs →

Carola RACKETE156 am Christian DOLESCHAL1,120 am Christine ANDERSON200 am Christine SCHNEIDER628 am Christine SINGER1,467 am

Other EPP MEPs All EPP MEPs →

Caterina CHINNICI267 am Christian DOLESCHAL1,120 am Christine SCHNEIDER628 am Christophe GOMART712 am Christophe HANSEN0 am
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Budgets (BUDG): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 8 of 44 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 28 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees (DMAG): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-02-26 A10-0021/2025 REPORT on the assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme (ITRE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-11-26 A10-0241/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 (ITRE)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2025-07-16 BUDG_AD(2025)774231 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (BUDG)
  • 2025-03-19 ITRE_AD(2025)768240 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (ITRE)
  • 2024-09-12 ITRE_AL(2024)763117 Opinion on the form of a letter on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025-all sections (ITRE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-25 BUDG_AD(2026)782455 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Council decision on establishing the Specific Programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the period 2028-2034, laying down the rules for participation and dissemination under that Programme, and repealing Decision (EU) 2021/764 (BUDG)
  • 2026-03-04 ITRE_AL(2026)781402 Opinion on the Interim Report for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (ITRE)
  • 2026-02-26 ITRE_AD(2026)781493 OPINION on the guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III (ITRE)
  • 2025-09-04 ITRE_AL(2025)774578 Opinion in the form of a letter on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections (2025/0210(BUD)) (ITRE)
  • 2025-07-16 ITRE_AD(2025)772062 OPINION on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (ITRE)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0335(COD): 748 amendments, latest 2026-04-14 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union
  • 2025/0399(COD): 205 amendments, latest 2026-05-20 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869
  • 2025/0227(COD): 106 amendments, latest 2026-05-26 (AFET)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Global Europe
  • 2025/0544(CNS): 73 amendments, latest 2026-04-14 (ITRE)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Council decision on establishing the Specific Programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the period 2028-2034, laying down the rules for participation and dissemination under that Programme, and repealing Decision (EU) 2021/764
  • 2026/0134(COD): 70 amendments, latest 2026-09-18 (ITRE)

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 23. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-23 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (E-10-2026-003113)
  • 2026-07-17 Basic methodological mistakes in European Partnerships public consultation (E-10-2026-003053)
  • 2026-07-17 Inappropriate design of public consultation on European Partnerships (E-10-2026-003054)
  • 2026-07-17 Impact of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive on construction and housing prices (E-10-2026-003055)
  • 2026-03-06 Classification of local electricity supply facilities (‘customer facilities’) under internal market law pursuant to Directive (EU) 2019/944 (E-10-2026-000942)
  • 2026-01-21 EU Connection Network Codes (E-10-2026-000240)
  • 2026-01-14 Key performance indicators in the Clean Industrial Deal (P-10-2026-000126)
  • 2025-10-10 Faciliating a better EIT (P-10-2025-003992)
  • 2025-07-23 Governance of the European Competitiveness Fund (E-10-2025-003055)
  • 2025-07-02 Ensuring that demand meets supply in the CO<sub>2</sub> storage market (E-10-2025-002712)
  • 2025-05-14 Recital 72 of the Horizon Europe Regulation on academic freedom and its implementation with regard to Egypt (E-10-2025-001949)
  • 2025-03-14 Overview of all delegated and implementing acts (E-10-2025-001108)
  • 2024-12-12 Polysilicon between the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) and the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) (P-10-2024-002919)
  • 2024-11-27 Horizon Europe: efficient grant agreements (E-10-2024-002691)
  • 2024-10-30 Horizon Europe: lump sum funding (E-10-2024-002331)
  • 2024-10-30 Horizon Europe: effectively closing projects (E-10-2024-002332)
  • 2024-10-30 Horizon Europe: legal certainty through timely information (E-10-2024-002333)
  • 2024-10-30 Horizon Europe: frontloading bureaucracy (E-10-2024-002334)
  • 2024-10-30 Horizon Europe: usual cost accounting practices (E-10-2024-002335)
  • 2024-10-30 Horizon Europe: changing a LEAR (E-10-2024-002336)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Christian EHLER set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party 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 meanEPP meanGermany mean
Amendments1926811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)649.4 (higher)
Speeches1444.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.0 (equal)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions2339.7 (lower)21.4 (higher)27.2 (lower)
Motions019.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)30.6 (higher)0.7 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)52.7 (higher)1.3 (higher)2.5 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation83.1%86.3% (lower)86.1% (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.