Skip to main content
Photo of Markus FERBER

Markus FERBER

Germany Germany EPP – European People's Party Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V.

Markus FERBER is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Markus has submitted 1996 amendments, delivered 34 speeches, authored 2 reports as rapporteur and 5 as shadow rapporteur, asked 8 questions, and filed 0 motions. Vote participation stands at 95.1% (5639 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 1996 811.1 +1185 36th/743 3rd/100 6th/193
Speeches 34 44.4 -10 374th/743 41st/100 76th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 2 0.8 +1 64th/743 8th/100 25th/193
Reports (Shadow) 5 3.8 +1 172nd/743 23rd/100 11th/193
Questions 8 39.7 -32 634th/743 80th/100 145th/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) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 40th/100 53rd/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 71st/100 88th/193
Vote Participation 95.1% 86.3% – 179th/745 24th/101 54th/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

Substitute TRAN – Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Vice-Chair FISC – Subcommittee on Tax Matters
Member HOUS – Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union

Delegations

Member DLAT – Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Member DAND – Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
Substitute D-CL – Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee

Other Germany MEPs All Germany MEPs →

Marion WALSMANN1,719 am Markus BUCHHEIT98 am Martin GÜNTHER274 am Martin HÄUSLING356 am Martin SCHIRDEWAN338 am

Other EPP MEPs All EPP MEPs →

Marie-Sophie CHRIST0 am Marion WALSMANN1,719 am Marta WCISŁO808 am Martine KEMP681 am Massimiliano SALINI1,932 am
Loading MEP data...

Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 31 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 8 of 20 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 12 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 13 of 25 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-CL): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (DAND): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-04-17 A10-0097/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 as regards the economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (ECON)
  • 2026-04-17 A10-0099/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1173/2011 and (EU) No 473/2013 as regards alignment with the EU economic governance framework and further simplification of that framework (ECON)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-05-07 A10-0131/2026 REPORT on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC, Council Directive 1999/37/EC and Directive (EU) 2019/520 as regards the CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers and clarifying and simplifying certain provisions (TRAN)
  • 2025-10-15 A10-0193/2025 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 amending Directive (EU) 2025/… as regards certain driving disqualifications (TRAN)
  • 2025-06-26 A10-0117/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1017, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695 and (EU) 2021/1153 as regards increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and simplifying reporting requirements (BUDG, ECON)
  • 2025-01-20 A10-0002/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (ECON)
  • 2024-10-22 A10-0012/2024 REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the electronic value added tax exemption certificate (ECON)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2026-05-07 ECON_AD(2026)784338 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 (ECON)
  • 2025-01-29 TRAN_AD(2025)765308 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council (TRAN)
  • 2025-01-28 ECON_AD(2025)765288 OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council (ECON)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-12-08 ECON_AD(2025)778114 OPINION on tackling barriers to the single market for defence (ECON)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/2070(INI): 315 amendments, latest 2025-10-22 (HOUS)
    EP document title: REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
  • 2023/0212(COD): 266 amendments, latest 2025-12-19 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the digital euro
  • 2023/0413(COD): 129 amendments, latest 2025-03-03 (ENVI, AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests
  • 2025/2214(INI): 88 amendments, latest 2025-12-17 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026
  • 2025/0045(COD): 75 amendments, latest 2025-07-03 (ECON)
    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

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

  • 2026-07-23 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (E-10-2026-003113)
  • 2026-07-16 Preventing the unwarranted classification of linear and logistic regression models as AI systems (E-10-2026-003010)
  • 2026-05-06 Practical feasibility of labelling requirements for secondary and tertiary reusable packaging under Articles 12 and 15(8) PPWR (E-10-2026-001856)
  • 2025-12-15 Procedural gaps and the agricultural and supply-chain impact of the proposed REACH restriction on calcium cyanamide (E-10-2025-004943)
  • 2025-11-20 Authorisation of cross-border rolling stock (E-10-2025-004640)
  • 2025-11-17 Ensuring that prudential requirements under the Capital Requirements Regulation/Capital Requirements Directive do not undermine the omnibus package’s efforts to simplify reporting for SMEs (E-10-2025-004575)
  • 2025-05-08 Importance of regional airport infrastructure (E-10-2025-001864)
  • 2024-09-19 Impact of climate policy on the employment rate in the mobility sector (E-10-2024-001770)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Markus FERBER 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
Amendments1996811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)649.4 (higher)
Speeches3444.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)20.8 (higher)1.0 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)53.8 (higher)1.5 (higher)3.8 (higher)
Questions839.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)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)12.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation95.1%86.3% (higher)86.1% (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.