Skip to main content
Photo of Markus BUCHHEIT

Markus BUCHHEIT

Germany Germany ESN – ESN Alternative für Deutschland

Markus BUCHHEIT is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Alternative für Deutschland in the ESN (ESN) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Markus has submitted 98 amendments, delivered 25 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 8 as shadow rapporteur, asked 62 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 90.9% (5387 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 98 811.1 -713 681st/743 86th/100 25th/27
Speeches 25 44.4 -19 492nd/743 60th/100 25th/27
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 3rd/27
Reports (Shadow) 8 3.8 +4 86th/743 14th/100 6th/27
Questions 62 39.7 +22 161st/743 10th/100 4th/27
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 66th/100 19th/27
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 2nd/27
Opinions (Shadow) 5 2.7 +2 113th/743 15th/100 7th/27
Explanations of Vote 2 43.0 -41 299th/743 33rd/100 12th/27
Vote Participation 90.9% 86.3% – 348th/745 48th/101 17th/27

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 INTA – Committee on International Trade
Member ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Delegations

Member DLAT – Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Member D-CL – Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
Loading MEP data...

Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on International Trade (INTA): Member, since 2025-11-12. Attended 14 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 15 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-CL): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 8.

  • 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)
  • 2026-02-24 A10-0026/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (INTA)
  • 2025-12-09 A10-0254/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products (INTA)
  • 2025-11-11 A10-0226/2025 REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (AFET, INTA)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-14 ITRE_AD(2026)787849 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden (ITRE)
  • 2026-05-12 INTA_AD(2026)784366 OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation (INTA)
  • 2026-05-12 INTA_AD(2026)785432 OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements between the European Union, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to consolidate, deepen and expand their bilateral relations, and amending Decisions 2011/51/EU and 2011/738/EU (INTA)
  • 2026-01-27 INTA_AD(2026)779289 OPINION on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty (INTA)
  • 2025-11-05 INTA_AD(2025)775508 OPINION on EU-US political relations (INTA)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0420(COD): 26 amendments, latest 2026-06-18 (ITRE)
  • 2025/0335(COD): 24 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
  • 2026/2624(RSP): 18 amendments, latest 2026-06-05 (INTA)
  • 2025/0360(COD): 16 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (ITRE)
  • 2025/0103(COD): 12 amendments, latest 2025-07-02 (ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT 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

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 58. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-08-01 Delays in rolling out the future railway mobile communication system across the EU (E-10-2026-003188)
  • 2026-08-01 Unequal treatment of sika deer, wolves and bears under EU species conservation law (E-10-2026-003190)
  • 2026-06-15 Nuclear power and data centres (E-10-2026-002448)
  • 2026-06-09 Small-scale EU projects – organised crime’s favourite way of circumventing OLAF and the EPPO (E-10-2026-002363)
  • 2026-06-09 Gender pay gaps in top jobs at the Commission (E-10-2026-002364)
  • 2026-06-09 Restoring nature in outdoor areas and greening of Commission buildings (E-10-2026-002365)
  • 2026-06-09 Staffing and value for money of press operations at Commission representations in German-speaking countries (E-10-2026-002366)
  • 2026-06-09 Lack of standardised cross-border postage rates in the single market (E-10-2026-002367)
  • 2026-05-28 Commission’s structural response to increasingly frequent abuses of power (E-10-2026-002180)
  • 2026-05-20 Including CN code 7317 (nails) within the expanded CBAM scope (E-10-2026-002092)
  • 2026-05-13 Revision of Commission climate policy following a publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (P-10-2026-001979)
  • 2026-04-15 EU funding of Euronews – transparency, oversight and editorial independence (E-10-2026-001546)
  • 2026-04-10 EU budget and equality policy – promoting LGBTQ projects over family policy (E-10-2026-001469)
  • 2026-04-08 Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation (E-10-2026-001410)
  • 2026-04-08 De facto mandatory nature of the codes of conduct on disinformation and hate speech (E-10-2026-001432)
  • 2026-03-30 Unlawful EU interference and the violation of Uruguay’s sovereignty (P-10-2026-001313)
  • 2026-03-25 Restoring genuine academic freedom in our universities (E-10-2026-001262)
  • 2026-03-19 Use of the ‘borderline content’ handbook promoted at the EU Internet Forum for moderating lawful political speech (E-10-2026-001160)
  • 2026-03-18 Methodology for measuring national wealth (E-10-2026-001112)
  • 2026-03-18 Gross and net wealth in the EU Member States (E-10-2026-001113)

Questions for oral answer

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-02-26 Inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood on the EU list of terrorist organisations (O-10-2026-000009)
  • 2025-12-19 Multi-million euro fine against X to enforce the EU censorship agenda under the guise of alleged violations of transparency obligations under the DSA (O-10-2025-000047)
  • 2025-10-31 Returns to Afghanistan: response to Member States’ call for an effective migration policy (O-10-2025-000039)

Motions for resolutions

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

Individual motions for resolutions

All 11, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2026-06-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ending ideological flag displays on the premises of European Union institutions (B-10-2026-0284)
  • 2026-01-22 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the power outage in Berlin and on the protection of critical national infrastructure (B-10-2026-0097)
  • 2025-10-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on declaring Antifa a terrorist organisation (B-10-2025-0447)
  • 2025-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the brutal murders of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and US political activist Charlie Kirk, and the need to defend vulnerable individuals and uphold law and order (B-10-2025-0405)
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on underinvestment in endometriosis research (B-10-2025-0309)
  • 2025-04-08 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a joint and strong response to the Federal Republic of Germany’s departure from financial stability (B-10-2025-0241)
  • 2025-03-18 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on political repression and fundamental rights in Bulgaria (B-10-2025-0198)
  • 2025-02-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on implementing a mass return strategy to expel illegal migrants (B-10-2025-0137)
  • 2024-12-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on financial and organisational support for Member States to repatriate Syrian nationals (B-10-2024-0238)
  • 2024-11-22 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the victory of president-elect Donald Trump (B-10-2024-0185)
  • 2024-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the surge in the number of sub-Saharan migrants (B-10-2024-0065)

Written explanations of vote

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

  • Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
  • UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Markus BUCHHEIT set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the ESN 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 meanESN meanGermany mean
Amendments98811.1 (lower)334.2 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches2544.4 (lower)51.9 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.1 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)83.8 (higher)6.4 (higher)3.8 (higher)
Questions6239.7 (higher)38.5 (higher)27.2 (higher)
Motions119.6 (lower)6.3 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.0 (equal)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)52.7 (higher)3.9 (higher)2.5 (higher)
Explanations of Vote243.0 (lower)71.0 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation90.9%86.3% (higher)89.6% (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.