Committees and delegations

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

Committees

• Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 8 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 6 of 38 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
• Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 10 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-TR): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 11.

• 2026-06-24 A10-0176/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union (SEDE, TRAN)
• 2026-06-12 A10-0172/2026 REPORT on the 2025 Commission report on Ukraine (AFET)
• 2026-03-19 A10-0071/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime (LIBE)
• 2025-12-12 A10-0265/2025 REPORT on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 (SEDE)
• 2025-11-26 A10-0242/2025 REPORT on military mobility (SEDE, TRAN)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 13.

• 2026-04-17 SEDE_AD(2026)782450 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (SEDE)
• 2026-04-17 SEDE_AD(2026)784322 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 (SEDE)
• 2026-02-26 AFET_AD(2026)781487 OPINION on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2028 to 2034 (AFET)
• 2026-02-25 EMPL_AL(2026)784416 Opinion on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Austria - EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM (EMPL)
• 2026-01-26 AFET_AD(2026)779393 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU – Commission for the financial year 2024 (AFET)

Amendments by procedure

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

• 2025/0227(COD): 190 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
• 2023/0404(COD): 69 amendments, latest 2024-12-18 (EMPL)
  EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU talent pool
• 2025/2057(INI): 64 amendments, latest 2025-05-22 (EMPL)
  EP document title: REPORT on the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024
• 2025/2073(INI): 51 amendments, latest 2025-12-01 (AFET, DEVE)
  EP document title: REPORT on Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation
• 2026/0074(COD): 50 amendments, latest 2026-07-23 (EMPL)

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 108. Records up to 2026-09-09.

• 2026-07-30 Frontex weapons and coercive equipment (E-10-2026-003172)
• 2026-07-30 Latvia as an alleged target of ‘hybrid warfare’ waged using migration (E-10-2026-003175)
• 2026-07-30 Delays caused by the entry/exit system in summer 2026 (E-10-2026-003176)
• 2026-07-30 Deportations to Afghanistan and the Taliban’s designation as a terrorist organisation (E-10-2026-003178)
• 2026-07-27 France’s use of EMSA drones in the English Channel (E-10-2026-003147)
• 2026-07-21 Data on Frontex multipurpose aerial surveillance in the Mediterranean (E-10-2026-003065)
• 2026-07-21 New collaboration between Frontex, Bosnia and Herzegovina and EUFOR Althea (E-10-2026-003067)
• 2026-06-29 Deployment of a Frontex surveillance aircraft in the English Channel (E-10-2026-002681)
• 2026-06-29 Rescue ship ‘Ocean Viking’ shot at by so-called Libyan coastguard (E-10-2026-002682)
• 2026-06-18 Procedural irregularities surrounding the case of the ‘Ulm 5’ activists in Germany (E-10-2026-002533)
• 2026-06-17 Systematic sexualised torture against Palestinian detainees (E-10-2026-002515)
• 2026-06-11 EU support for the Libyan authorities in the wake of the reported attack on the ‘Sea-Watch 5’ (E-10-2026-002415)
• 2026-06-10 Libyan coastguard’s accountability mechanism for search-and-rescue operations (P-10-2026-002390)
• 2026-05-29 Security of Europol information systems (E-10-2026-002186)
• 2026-05-13 Objectives and participants of the ‘SEAHORSE Atlantic Network’ project (E-10-2026-001987)
• 2026-05-06 Inviting the Taliban to talks in Brussels (E-10-2026-001869)
• 2026-05-06 Terrorism lists for SIS alerts following the fall of Assad (E-10-2026-001871)
• 2026-04-29 Frontex takeover of the FADO database (E-10-2026-001759)
• 2026-04-29 EU support for the Tunisian coastguard and assessment under international law of the sea (E-10-2026-001760)
• 2026-04-29 EU IRU Action Days against alleged extremist left-wing content (E-10-2026-001761)

Questions for oral answer

All 14, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

• 2026-09-07 Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperatures (O-10-2026-000035)
• 2026-06-25 The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countries (O-10-2026-000029)
• 2026-06-24 ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living (O-10-2026-000028)
• 2026-03-20 Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administration (O-10-2026-000015)
• 2026-03-09 Public procurement and deaths at work: choosing the best bidder in social terms and making social rights and safety at work a condition for access to contracts (O-10-2026-000011)
• 2025-09-22 US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism (O-10-2025-000032)
• 2025-09-22 US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism (O-10-2025-000033)
• 2025-05-28 EU-Israel Association Agreement (O-10-2025-000019)
• 2025-05-10 EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of Gaza (O-10-2025-000015)
• 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000008)
• 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000009)
• 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000006)
• 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000007)
• 2024-11-26 ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 (O-10-2024-000016)

Motions for resolutions

All 18, 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)
• 2026-06-12 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (B-10-2026-0289)
• 2026-04-27 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (B-10-2026-0202)
• 2026-02-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine (B-10-2026-0148)
• 2026-02-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire (B-10-2026-0114)
• 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0060)
• 2025-11-25 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (B-10-2025-0544)
• 2025-11-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (B-10-2025-0479)
• 2025-10-07 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes
• 2025-10-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (B-10-2025-0415)
• 2025-09-15 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0402)
• 2025-07-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria, following the recent terrorist attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus (B-10-2025-0325)
• 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians (B-10-2025-0303)
• 2025-03-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression (B-10-2025-0166)
• 2025-02-12 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye
• 2025-02-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye (B-10-2025-0100)
• 2024-11-25 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (B-10-2024-0189)
• 2024-09-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (B-10-2024-0029)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

• 2026-05-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law (B-10-2026-0267)
• 2026-01-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the repression of anti-fascist movements and activists in Europe (B-10-2025-0597)

Written explanations of vote

All 8, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

• Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania
• Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a Loan for Ukraine
• Establishing an EU talent pool
• Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
• Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution
• Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies
• Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
• Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Özlem DEMIREL set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament 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.

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.