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Stefan KÖHLER

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

Stefan KÖHLER 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), Stefan has submitted 1040 amendments, delivered 9 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 24 questions, and filed 0 motions. Vote participation stands at 91.3% (5415 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 1040 811.1 +229 216th/743 22nd/100 46th/193
Speeches 9 44.4 -35 669th/743 82nd/100 163rd/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 96th/193
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 49th/100 45th/193
Questions 24 39.7 -16 420th/743 36th/100 57th/193
Motions 0 19.6 -20 692nd/743 92nd/100 167th/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 5 43.0 -38 250th/743 21st/100 54th/193
Vote Participation 91.3% 86.3% – 322nd/745 43rd/101 78th/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 DEVE – Committee on Development
Substitute PETI – Committee on Petitions
Member ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Member AGRI – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Delegations

Substitute DMER – Delegation for relations with Mercosur
Member D-CA – Delegation for relations with Canada
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 37 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Development (DEVE): Substitute, since 2026-06-12. Attended 0 of 2 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Member, since 2025-01-20. Attended 36 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Petitions (PETI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 5 of 24 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Mercosur (DMER): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-11-14 A10-0234/2025 REPORT on ensuring the faster registration and uptake of biological control agents (AGRI, ENVI)
  • 2025-10-02 A10-0176/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests (AGRI, ENVI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2023/0413(COD): 189 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
  • 2025/0240(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
  • 2024/2104(INI): 136 amendments, latest 2025-02-25 (AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the European Water Resilience Strategy
  • 2026/2041(INI): 63 amendments, latest 2026-06-15 (AGRI)
  • 2025/0241(COD): 49 amendments, latest 2026-07-14 (AGRI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034

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 24. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-23 Clarification on the scope of ‘consumer products’ in the proposed restriction of PFAS (E-10-2026-003101)
  • 2026-07-23 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (E-10-2026-003113)
  • 2026-06-12 Risk of full dependency on China for vitamins and potential implications for food and health security (E-10-2026-002428)
  • 2026-06-09 Planned ban on PFAS chemicals and impact on the food processing industry (E-10-2026-002369)
  • 2026-05-07 Interpretation of Annex V (Row 1) to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation on grouped packaging and impact on supply chains (E-10-2026-001896)
  • 2026-05-07 Issues with the implementation of new Waste Shipment Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 (P-10-2026-001895)
  • 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)
  • 2026-03-18 Clarification on the interpretation of Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive), in particular Articles 12 and 16 thereof, in light of Communication C(2021)7301 (P-10-2026-001149)
  • 2026-01-20 Revision of Regulation (EC) N° 1831/2003 on feed additives (E-10-2026-000201)
  • 2026-01-14 European cereal growers’ ability to control key weeds (E-10-2026-000131)
  • 2025-11-28 EU Organic Regulation ((EU) 2018/848) – deletion of salt (E-10-2025-004724)
  • 2025-11-11 Effects of bluetongue in Bavaria and possible re-categorisation (E-10-2025-004448)
  • 2025-11-10 Collective EU action against the spread of ‘flavescence dorée’ in grapes (E-10-2025-004443)
  • 2025-09-16 Commission proposal on centrefire ammunition (E-10-2025-003562)
  • 2025-06-04 Impact assessment of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 (E-10-2025-002227)
  • 2025-05-27 Competitive impacts of Regulation EU 2023/1115 on European producers of latex balloons (E-10-2025-002122)
  • 2025-05-08 Importance of regional airport infrastructure (E-10-2025-001864)
  • 2025-04-02 Abolition of seasonal clock changes in the EU and follow-up actions by the Commission (E-10-2025-001369)
  • 2025-03-19 Organic Regulation’s run provisions (E-10-2025-001177)
  • 2025-03-12 Ethanol (E-10-2025-001089)

Written explanations of vote

All 5, 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
  • Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets
  • Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed
  • 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 Stefan KÖHLER 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
Amendments1040811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)649.4 (higher)
Speeches944.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.0 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)1.5 (higher)3.8 (lower)
Questions2439.7 (lower)21.4 (higher)27.2 (lower)
Motions019.6 (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 Vote543.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation91.3%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.