Michael GAHLER
🇩🇪 Germany· European People's Party (EPP)·Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands·Rank #243 by amendments·5 terms: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Most active on European Defence Industry Programme and framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’); Sustainable use of plant protection products; Global Europe. 2,848 amendments across 166 dossiers in 16 committees over 5 terms since 2008.
2,848
Amendments
committee, 5 terms
1,560
Co-signed
tabled with other Members · 55% of total
1,288
Solo
tabled alone
166
Procedures
16 committees
Amendment record
Career across terms
6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th10th
2024–now
European People's Party (EPP)·15 procedures·6 committees
645
amend.
9th
2019–2024
European People's Party (EPP)·55 procedures·11 committees
1,133
amend.
8th
2014–2019
European People's Party (EPP)·43 procedures·10 committees
541
amend.
7th
2009–2014
European People's Party (EPP)·41 procedures·7 committees
501
amend.
6th
2004–2009
PPE-DE·5 procedures·3 committees
18
amend.
In plenary
Votes
Plenary roll-call record
98.1%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term
10th94.3% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·98.1% withEPP
9th95.3% participation·of 19,277 roll-calls held·97% 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-calls25 Nov 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget9 Oct 2025Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Second World Summit for Social Development9 Oct 2025Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Second World Summit for Social Development8 Oct 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain10 Sep 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis2 Apr 2025Close voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 202424 Apr 2024Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets24 Apr 2024Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Treatment of concentration risk towards central counterparties and the counterparty risk on centrally cleared derivative transactionsAnd 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
Tomas TOBÉ
shared 165 amendments
Markus FERBER
shared 143 amendments
David MCALLISTER
shared 124 amendments
Arnaud DANJEAN
shared 103 amendments
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE
shared 99 amendments
Miriam LEXMANN
shared 97 amendments
Tunne KELAM
shared 93 amendments
Pedro MARQUES
shared 92 amendments
Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.
Connections
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Roles & memberships
10th term · dated, from the official recordCommittees
- MemberAFET — Foreign Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
- SubstituteDEVE — Development19 Jul 2024 → 8 Sep 2024
- SubstituteECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
- SubstituteSEDE — Security and Defence (subcommittee)23 Oct 2024 → 19 Jan 2025
- SubstituteSEDE — Security and Defence (subcommittee)23 Jan 2025 → ongoing
Delegations
- MemberD-ZA — Delegation for relations with South Africa19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
- MemberDAFR — Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
- MemberOACPS — Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
- SubstituteDPAP — Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament8 Oct 2024 → ongoing
Full record
All their amendments, by procedure
166 procedures · sorted by countThe complete record: open any procedure to read every amendment in full text — or download the whole list.
By subject
European Defence Industry Programme and framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)
2024/0061(COD)·SEDE / ITRE10th·31 Mar 2025
189
amendments
189 solo
Sustainable use of plant protection products
2022/0196(COD)·AGRI9th·4 Apr 2023 – 2 Jun 2023
171
amendments
Global Europe
2025/0227(COD)·CJ1910th·26 May 2026
108
amendments
The Implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe
2023/2029(INI)·AFET / DEVE9th·15 Sep 2023 – 9 Nov 2023
92
amendments
Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative)
2021/0210(COD)·ITRE9th·18 Feb 2022
70
amendments
Common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency
2015/0277(COD)·TRAN8th·15 Jun 2016
67
amendments
23 solo
EU-NATO cooperation in the context of transatlantic relations
2020/2257(INI)·AFET9th·22 Apr 2021 – 27 Apr 2021
56
amendments
3 solo
CO2 emission standards for cars and vans
2021/0197(COD)·ENVI9th·2 Feb 2022
52
amendments
Noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports: rules and procedures
2011/0398(COD)·TRAN7th·28 Sep 2012
51
amendments
Development of the common security and defence policy following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty
2010/2299(INI)·AFET7th·22 Mar 2011
47
amendments