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Tiemo WÖLKEN

Germany Germany S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

Tiemo WÖLKEN is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Tiemo has submitted 1867 amendments, delivered 26 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 3 as shadow rapporteur, asked 15 questions, and filed 6 motions. Vote participation stands at 74.2% (4398 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 1867 811.1 +1056 56th/743 5th/100 14th/138
Speeches 26 44.4 -18 482nd/743 58th/100 90th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 65th/138
Reports (Shadow) 3 3.8 -1 285th/743 34th/100 41st/138
Questions 15 39.7 -25 541st/743 57th/100 102nd/138
Motions 6 19.6 -14 287th/743 26th/100 34th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 56th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 5 2.7 +2 113th/743 15th/100 11th/138
Explanations of Vote 1 43.0 -42 330th/743 51st/100 81st/138
Vote Participation 74.2% 86.3% – 659th/745 93rd/101 122nd/138

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

Member ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Member SANT – Committee on Public Health
Substitute JURI – Committee on Legal Affairs

Delegations

Member D-ZA – Delegation for relations with South Africa

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Member, since 2025-01-20. Attended 27 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 10 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Public Health (SANT): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 10 of 35 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with South Africa (D-ZA): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-25 A10-0019/2026 REPORT on copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges (JURI)
  • 2025-12-19 A10-0272/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/795 (SANT)
  • 2025-12-04 A10-0246/2025 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 compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 (JURI)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2025-12-16 ENVI_AD(2025)778331 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2011/65/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards digitalisation and common specifications (ENVI)
  • 2025-12-16 ENVI_AD(2025)778344 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and common specifications (ENVI)
  • 2025-11-06 ENVI_AD(2025)775606 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/795 (ENVI)
  • 2025-07-17 ENVI_AD(2025)775696 OPINION 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 (ENVI)
  • 2025-03-20 ENVI_AD(2025)767935 OPINION on the implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (ENVI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0406(COD): 260 amendments, latest 2026-07-15 (SANT)
  • 2025/0545(COD): 247 amendments, latest 2026-04-30 (ENVI)
    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
  • 2025/0531(COD): 237 amendments, latest 2026-02-23 (CJ45)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
  • 2025/0045(COD): 134 amendments, latest 2025-07-03 (ENVI)
    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
  • 2024/2104(INI): 123 amendments, latest 2025-02-25 (ENVI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the European Water Resilience Strategy

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

  • 2026-06-10 Potential conflict of interest in the appointment of the Special Envoy for Industrial AI (P-10-2026-002401)
  • 2026-05-19 Biofuels and e-fuels in road transport (E-10-2026-002077)
  • 2026-02-20 12 months extension of the Supplementary Protection Certificate within the proposed European Biotech Act (P-10-2026-000725)
  • 2026-02-03 Ensuring patient safety for all Europeans: the need to establish a warning system for disqualified medical professionals (E-10-2026-000428)
  • 2025-11-05 Better regulation (P-10-2025-004346)
  • 2025-09-05 A standardised LEZ sticker for cars (E-10-2025-003461)
  • 2025-07-18 Plugging the gaps: EU measures for transparent and fair EV charging fees (E-10-2025-003009)
  • 2025-06-04 Abuse of copyright infringement claims to censor the press (P-10-2025-002235)
  • 2025-02-28 Action plan on rare diseases (E-10-2025-000886)
  • 2024-12-19 Dangers of button cell batteries for children (E-10-2024-003058)
  • 2024-11-26 Conflicts of interest and political interference by Elon Musk (E-10-2024-002653)
  • 2024-11-21 Change of algorithm on X before US election (P-10-2024-002623)
  • 2024-11-11 Continued availability of operating grants under the 2025 EU4Health work programme (E-10-2024-002488)
  • 2024-09-18 Funding in connection with the European Chips Act (P-10-2024-001758)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-04-15 Cali fund – follow up from COP16 UN Convention on Biodiversity (O-10-2026-000017)

Motions for resolutions

All 6, 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)
  • 2026-03-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 3 February 2026 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities (B-10-2026-0181)
  • 2024-10-21 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation
  • 2024-10-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation (B-10-2024-0123)
  • 2024-09-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
  • 2024-09-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (B-10-2024-0061)

Written explanations of vote

All 1, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Election of the Commission

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Tiemo WÖLKEN set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 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 meanS&D meanGermany mean
Amendments1867811.1 (higher)980.6 (higher)649.4 (higher)
Speeches2644.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)33.8 (lower)2.7 (higher)3.8 (lower)
Questions1539.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions619.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.9 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)52.7 (higher)1.9 (higher)2.5 (higher)
Explanations of Vote143.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation74.2%86.3% (lower)85.8% (lower)87.7% (lower)

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