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Norbert LINS

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

Norbert LINS 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), Norbert has submitted 1131 amendments, delivered 7 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 13 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 97.2% (5764 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 1131 811.1 +320 183rd/743 18th/100 38th/193
Speeches 7 44.4 -37 688th/743 90th/100 173rd/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 18th/100 47th/193
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 74th/100 116th/193
Questions 13 39.7 -27 565th/743 63rd/100 116th/193
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 66th/100 138th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 70th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 53rd/100 97th/193
Explanations of Vote 3 43.0 -40 279th/743 28th/100 59th/193
Vote Participation 97.2% 86.3% – 105th/745 13th/101 30th/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 ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Vice-Chair AGRI – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Substitute TRAN – Committee on Transport and Tourism

Delegations

Chair DEEA – Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Substitute D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Substitute D-CA – Delegation for relations with Canada
Chair DCAR – Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 30 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Substitute, since 2025-01-20. Attended 14 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 8 of 25 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee (DCAR): Chair, since 2024-10-03
  • Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (DEEA): Chair, since 2026-04-30

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-18 A10-0062/2026 RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services (ENVI, TRAN)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0240(COD): 157 amendments, latest 2026-06-30 (CJ71)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
  • 2025/0358(COD): 151 amendments, latest 2026-04-24 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of European Business Wallets
  • 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
  • 2025/0545(COD): 114 amendments, latest 2026-04-15 (AGRI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
  • 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

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

  • 2026-06-12 Risk of full dependency on China for vitamins and potential implications for food and health security (E-10-2026-002428)
  • 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)
  • 2026-01-14 Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production (E-10-2026-000120)
  • 2025-11-28 EU Organic Regulation ((EU) 2018/848) – deletion of salt (E-10-2025-004724)
  • 2025-08-25 Classification of the sika deer as an invasive species – impact on husbandry and management (E-10-2025-003281)
  • 2025-07-24 Simplification of high-impact environmental legislation (E-10-2025-003078)
  • 2025-06-04 Impact assessment of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 (E-10-2025-002227)
  • 2025-03-19 Organic Regulation’s run provisions (E-10-2025-001177)
  • 2025-02-21 Flood protection measures versus nature conservation (E-10-2025-000813)
  • 2025-02-03 Anti-dumping duties on Chinese lysine (E-10-2025-000457)
  • 2025-01-27 Continued strengthening of the EU Solidarity Lanes to support Ukraine (E-10-2025-000335)
  • 2024-11-12 (Re-)Categorisation of sheep wool as a renewable raw material (E-10-2024-002498)
  • 2024-09-19 Impact of climate policy on the employment rate in the mobility sector (E-10-2024-001770)

Motions for resolutions

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

  • 2025-11-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protection of EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materials (B-10-2025-0500)

Written explanations of vote

All 3, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)
  • Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Norbert LINS 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
Amendments1131811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)649.4 (higher)
Speeches744.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.0 (equal)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions1339.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.7 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote343.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation97.2%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.