Portrait of Marc Botenga
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Marc Botenga

The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGLPVDA-PTB
Member state
Belgium
Place of birth
Bruxelles
Member of the EP since
2019
Committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs · Committee on Security and Defence
Substitute committee
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs · Subcommittee on Tax Matters
Delegations
Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Delegation for relations with Palestine (subst.)
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
88.2%
Turnout
485 of 550 voted
1
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
23.5%
Dissent rate
114 of 485 votes
The Left
Closest group
76% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Botenga voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 175Abstention: 105Against: 205Did not vote: 6588.2%Turnout
For17531.8%
Abstention10519.1%
Against20537.3%
Did not vote6511.8%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Botenga voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with The Left – GUE/NGL.

0255075100The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 76.5 %76.5 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 48.9 %48.9 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 41.4 %41.4 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 41.4 %41.4 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 41.2 %41.2 %RenewRenew Europe: 34.8 %34.8 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 33.6 %33.6 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 29.3 %29.3 %

Joint approval

Of Botenga's votes in favour, the share where the respective group majority also voted in favour — constructive agreement, excluding joint opposition. Most often jointly in favour with The Left – GUE/NGL.

0255075100The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 99.4 %99.4 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 96.6 %96.6 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 96.0 %96.0 %RenewRenew Europe: 86.9 %86.9 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 77.7 %77.7 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 72.0 %72.0 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 55.4 %55.4 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 34.3 %34.3 %

On the winning side

How often Botenga’s vote matches the outcome — For on adopted, Against on rejected files. Abstentions count for neither side.

45.3% on the winning side172 of 380 votes
Votes For → file adopted 165 / 175 · 94 %
Votes Against → file rejected 7 / 205 · 3 %

Turnout & behaviour over time

One column per session week, height = number of votes, segments by position (For · Abstention · Against · did not vote).

Juli · Straßburg · 16.07. – 19.07. · 1 votes · 100% Turnout2024September · Straßburg · 16.09. – 19.09. · 8 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 3 votes · 67% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 4 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 19 votes · 68% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 67% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 89% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 18 votes · 94% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 32 votes · 97% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 6 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 20 votes · 90% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 89% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 24 votes · 54% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 17 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 91% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 88% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 85% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 81% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 27 votes · 78% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 12 votes · 92% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 49 votes · 73% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 21 votes · 95% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 33 votes · 94% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 06.07. – 09.07. · 29 votes · 100% Turnout
Plenary speeches
123
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
159
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.3 min per speech
24
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: French (91) · English (26) · Dutch (5) · Spanish (1)

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