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Ruth FIRMENICH

Germany Germany NI – Non-Inscrits Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit

Ruth FIRMENICH is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit in the Non-Inscrits (NI) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Ruth has submitted 13 amendments, delivered 31 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 12 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 98.6% (5846 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 13 811.1 -798 714th/743 94th/100 23rd/29
Speeches 31 44.4 -13 413th/743 48th/100 19th/29
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 1st/29
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 74th/100 2nd/29
Questions 12 39.7 -28 584th/743 68th/100 22nd/29
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 66th/100 13th/29
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 2nd/29
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 53rd/100 2nd/29
Explanations of Vote 4 43.0 -39 264th/743 25th/100 11th/29
Vote Participation 98.6% 86.3% – 43rd/745 5th/101 3rd/29

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 DROI – Subcommittee on Human Rights
Substitute SEDE – Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Substitute AFET – Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member REGI – Committee on Regional Development

Delegations

Substitute DACP – Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Member DSAS – Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
Member DAFR – Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute D-CN – Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Other Germany MEPs All Germany MEPs →

René REPASI924 am Robert GABELn/a am Sabine VERHEYEN812 am Sabrina REPP1,136 am Sebastian EVERDING2,683 am

Other NI MEPs All NI MEPs →

Nikolaos ANADIOTIS61 am Ondřej DOSTÁL72 am Sibylle BERG205 am Thomas GEISEL31 am Ľuboš BLAHA10 am
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 4 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 5 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Regional Development (REGI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 8 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Substitute, since 2025-01-23. Attended 7 of 34 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (D-CN): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DAFR): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS): Member, since 2024-09-19

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/2259(INI): 7 amendments, latest 2026-04-22 (AFET)
    EP document title: REPORT on the 2025 Commission report on Ukraine
  • 2024/2108(INI): 3 amendments, latest 2025-05-26 (AFET, INTA)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
  • 2025/2026(INI): 2 amendments, latest 2025-06-05 (AFET)
    EP document title: REPORT on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine
  • 2025/0103(COD): 1 amendment, latest 2025-06-30 (SEDE)
    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

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

  • 2026-07-29 Territorial scope of the amended EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation concerning Morocco’s participation in PRIMA (E-10-2026-003166)
  • 2026-03-02 Nuclear technology and Horizon Europe (E-10-2026-000847)
  • 2026-03-02 Breach of EU-Israel Association Agreement (E-10-2026-000848)
  • 2026-02-27 Omnibus package and EU-Israel Association Agreement (E-10-2026-000824)
  • 2026-02-25 Critical disparity in NDICI cushion allocations with regard to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza (E-10-2026-000802)
  • 2025-10-03 Splitting of the association agreement with Mercosur (E-10-2025-003894)
  • 2025-09-23 Highly concerning comments by VP/HR Kaja Kallas at EUISS event (E-10-2025-003692)
  • 2025-07-03 Protection of fundamental rights and linguistic minorities in Latvia – the case of Rosļikovs (E-10-2025-002726)

Questions for oral answer

All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-03-03 Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, Greece (O-10-2026-000010)
  • 2025-09-17 GPS interference on the flight of Commission President von der Leyen – media disinformation and distorted facts (O-10-2025-000030)
  • 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)

Motions for resolutions

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

Individual motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2024-10-22 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on attacks by Israeli forces on the UN peacekeeping mission in Southern Lebanon (B-10-2024-0144)

Written explanations of vote

All 4, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Amending Regulation 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility
  • Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 - Germany
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/ Audi - Belgium

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Ruth FIRMENICH set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Non-Inscrits 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 meanNI meanGermany mean
Amendments13811.1 (lower)177.0 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches3144.4 (lower)39.6 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.0 (equal)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)0.0 (equal)3.8 (lower)
Questions1239.7 (lower)44.4 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)1.3 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.1 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)0.0 (equal)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote443.0 (lower)27.6 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation98.6%86.3% (higher)85.2% (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.