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Katarina BARLEY

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

Katarina BARLEY 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), Katarina has submitted 366 amendments, delivered 233 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 11 questions, and filed 3 motions. Vote participation stands at 71.7% (4252 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 366 811.1 -445 534th/743 58th/100 117th/138
Speeches 233 44.4 +189 16th/743 3rd/100 5th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 65th/138
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 74th/100 109th/138
Questions 11 39.7 -29 603rd/743 72nd/100 111th/138
Motions 3 19.6 -17 446th/743 43rd/100 68th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 1 0.6 +0 85th/743 14th/100 23rd/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 71.7% 86.3% – 674th/745 97th/101 123rd/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 LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Member IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Delegations

Member D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Substitute DAND – Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community

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Other S&D MEPs All S&D MEPs →

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 16 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 4 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (DAND): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Opinions as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-05 LIBE_AD(2026)778040 OPINION on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people (LIBE)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0550(COD): 112 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
  • 2025/2239(INI): 112 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
  • 2024/2078(INI): 61 amendments, latest 2025-02-19 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report
  • 2025/0255(COD): 33 amendments, latest 2026-05-20 (JURI)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Justice programme for the period 2028 to 2034 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/693
  • 2018/0902R(NLE): 22 amendments, latest 2025-10-08 (LIBE)

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

  • 2026-07-17 Bot networks on X and Instagram – Russian-linked campaign for the election of far-right parties in Europe (E-10-2026-003050)
  • 2026-06-17 Dynamic pricing for major sporting and cultural events (E-10-2026-002518)
  • 2026-06-11 EU-funded deinstitutionalisation reforms in Romania and implementation of person-centred financing (E-10-2026-002419)
  • 2025-06-30 Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act in the context of EU-US trade negotiations (P-10-2025-002647)
  • 2025-01-17 Actual or foreseeable negative effects of Elon Musk’s statements on civic discourse, electoral processes and freedom and pluralism of the media under the DSA (E-10-2025-000191)
  • 2025-01-13 Protecting the Bundestag elections – threat of X manipulating votes (E-10-2025-000093)
  • 2024-12-19 Dangers of button cell batteries for children (E-10-2024-003058)
  • 2024-12-09 The spread of disinformation by recommender systems and other automated mechanisms as a systemic risk under the Digital Services Act (E-10-2024-002826)
  • 2024-12-05 The role of TikTok in the Romanian presidential election (E-10-2024-002794)
  • 2024-11-01 Commission guidelines for SMEs under the GPSR (P-10-2024-002385)
  • 2024-10-17 Common charger for e-bikes (P-10-2024-002152)

Motions for resolutions

All 3, 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)
  • 2026-04-28 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment
  • 2026-04-27 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for targeted criminal provisions on cyberbullying and online harassment and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address these issues (B-10-2026-0213)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Katarina BARLEY 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
Amendments366811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches23344.4 (higher)47.4 (higher)40.8 (higher)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions1139.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions319.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)10.6 (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 Participation71.7%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.