Norbert LINS

🇩🇪 Germany· European People's Party (EPP)·Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands·Rank #139 by amendments·3 terms: 8th, 9th, 10th

Most active on Support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP strategic plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2021–2027; Sustainable use of plant protection products; Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Directive). 3,619 amendments across 142 dossiers in 9 committees over 3 terms since 2015.

3,619

Amendments

committee, 3 terms

3,393

Co-signed

tabled with other Members · 94% of total

226

Solo

tabled alone

142

Procedures

9 committees

Amendment record

Career across terms

8th · 9th · 10th

10th

2024–now

European People's Party (EPP)·13 procedures·5 committees

951

amend.

9th

2019–2024

European People's Party (EPP)·54 procedures·8 committees

1,837

amend.

8th

2014–2019

European People's Party (EPP)·61 procedures·7 committees

831

amend.

By committee

AGRI

1,474

ENVI

1,257

ENVI / AGRI

278

238

106

TRAN / AGRI

In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record

97.9%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term

10th97.1% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·97.9% withEPP

9th97.2% participation·of 19,277 roll-calls held·96.7% withEPP

Roll-call votes since July 2019 · HowTheyVote.eu / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Key votes — against the group line

text-deciding & knife-edge roll-calls

20 Jan 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies

25 Nov 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget

9 Oct 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement

9 Oct 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Second World Summit for Social Development

8 Oct 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

10 Sep 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis

2 Apr 2025Close voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024

24 Apr 2024Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action (SRMR3)

And 12 more on covered votes.

Covered votes = the text-deciding and knife-edge roll-calls this site tracks; a group’s line is the majority of its expressed votes. Individual positions: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL). Breaking the line is a fact, not a grade.

Network & subjects

Works most with

Christine SCHNEIDER

shared 1,096 amendments

Peter JAHR

shared 911 amendments

Marlene MORTLER

shared 887 amendments

Jens GIESEKE

shared 684 amendments

Christian DOLESCHAL

shared 619 amendments

Lena DÜPONT

shared 591 amendments

Herbert DORFMANN

shared 387 amendments

Marion WALSMANN

shared 353 amendments

Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.

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Mandate

Roles & memberships

10th term · dated, from the official record

Committees

MemberAGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development19 Jul 2024 → 22 Jul 2024
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety19 Jul 2024 → 19 Jan 2025
SubstituteTRAN — Transport and Tourism19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
Vice-ChairAGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development23 Jul 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteDEVE — Development9 Sep 2024 → 11 Jun 2026
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety20 Jan 2025 → ongoing

Delegations

SubstituteD-CA — Delegation for relations with Canada19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteD-UK — Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
MemberDCAR — Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 2024 → 2 Oct 2024
ChairDCAR — Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee3 Oct 2024 → 14 Jun 2026
MemberDEEA — 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 Committee27 Apr 2026 → 29 Apr 2026
ChairDEEA — 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 Committee30 Apr 2026 → ongoing