Birgit SIPPEL
🇩🇪 Germany· Socialists & Democrats·Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands·Rank #126 by amendments·4 terms: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Most active on Artificial Intelligence Act; Use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime; European Health Data Space. 3,742 amendments across 166 dossiers in 10 committees over 4 terms since 2010.
3,742
Amendments
committee, 4 terms
3,403
Co-signed
tabled with other Members · 91% of total
339
Solo
tabled alone
166
Procedures
10 committees
Amendment record
Career across terms
7th · 8th · 9th · 10th10th
2024–now
Socialists & Democrats·12 procedures·4 committees
415
amend.
9th
2019–2024
Socialists & Democrats·49 procedures·9 committees
1,611
amend.
8th
2014–2019
Socialists & Democrats·56 procedures·7 committees
983
amend.
7th
2009–2014
Socialists & Democrats·51 procedures·5 committees
733
amend.
In plenary
Votes
Plenary roll-call record
97.1%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term
10th77.5% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·97.1% withS&D
9th87.6% participation·of 19,277 roll-calls held·96.5% withS&D
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-calls9 Jul 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse9 Jul 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse7 Jul 2026Main voteClose voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against
Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed20 May 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins21 Jan 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 202513 Nov 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process22 Oct 2025Close voteVoted Againstgroup line: For
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sectionsAnd 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
Josef WEIDENHOLZER
shared 586 amendments
Petar VITANOV
shared 541 amendments
Maria GRAPINI
shared 537 amendments
Paul TANG
shared 530 amendments
Péter NIEDERMÜLLER
shared 462 amendments
Bettina VOLLATH
shared 438 amendments
Tsvetelina PENKOVA
shared 390 amendments
Tanja FAJON
shared 371 amendments
Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.
Connections
Most amended subjects
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Roles & memberships
10th term · dated, from the official recordCommittees
- SubstituteEMPL — Employment and Social Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
- MemberLIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
Delegations
- SubstituteDMAG — Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees19 Sep 2024 → 2 Dec 2025
- MemberDMAS — Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries19 Sep 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
Artificial Intelligence Act
2021/0106(COD)·IMCO / LIBE9th·13 Jun 2022
441
amendments
Use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
2011/0023(COD)·LIBE7th·28 Mar 2012 – 20 Apr 2015
160
amendments
2 solo
European Health Data Space
2022/0140(COD)·ENVI / LIBE9th·30 Mar 2023 – 5 Apr 2023
122
amendments
1 solo
Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”)
2021/0410(COD)·LIBE9th·3 Nov 2022
121
amendments
1 solo
Asylum Procedure Regulation
2016/0224(COD)·LIBE8th·26 Jun 2017 – 16 Dec 2021
118
amendments
Combating child sexual abuse online
2022/0155(COD)·LIBE9th·28 Jul 2023
95
amendments
Asylum and migration management
2020/0279(COD)·LIBE9th·9 Dec 2021 – 10 Dec 2021
90
amendments
Return Directive
2018/0329(COD)·LIBE8th·11 Feb 2019 – 28 Sep 2020
89
amendments
86
amendments
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
2025/2135(INI)·LIBE10th·12 Nov 2025
86
amendments
European travel information and authorisation system (ETIAS)
2016/0357A(COD)·LIBE8th·4 Oct 2017
77
amendments
Preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online
2018/0331(COD)·LIBE8th·25 Feb 2019
75
amendments