Portrait of Carola Rackete
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Carola Rackete

The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGLIndependent
Left the European Parliament.
Member state
Germany
Place of birth
Preetz
Member of the EP since
2024
Left the EP
15 September 2025
Successor
Martin Günther (16 September 2025)
Committee
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Substitute committee
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development · Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Delegations
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
Delegation for relations with South Africa (subst.)
Voting record · 10th term
220
Final votes
roll-call recorded
80.0%
Turnout
176 of 220 voted
3
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
16.5%
Dissent rate
29 of 176 votes
The Left
Closest group
84% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Rackete voted in the 220 recorded final votes.

For: 96Abstention: 25Against: 55Did not vote: 4480.0%Turnout
For9643.6%
Abstention2511.4%
Against5525.0%
Did not vote4420.0%

Closeness to the groups

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

0255075100The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 83.5 %83.5 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 66.5 %66.5 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 57.4 %57.4 %RenewRenew Europe: 54.5 %54.5 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 51.1 %51.1 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 47.2 %47.2 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 43.2 %43.2 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 35.2 %35.2 %

Joint approval

Of Rackete'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 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

0255075100S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 100.0 %100.0 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 99.0 %99.0 %RenewRenew Europe: 97.9 %97.9 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 93.8 %93.8 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 91.7 %91.7 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 78.1 %78.1 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 50.0 %50.0 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.0 %24.0 %

On the winning side

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

62.9% on the winning side95 of 151 votes
Votes For → file adopted 94 / 96 · 98 %
Votes Against → file rejected 1 / 55 · 2 %

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 · 88% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 3 votes · 100% 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 · 0% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 100% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 85% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 18 votes · 94% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 32 votes · 50% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 6 votes · 67% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 20 votes · 100% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 93% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 97% Turnout
Plenary speeches
21
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
27
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.3 min per speech
509
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: English (17) · German (4)

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