DIE LINKE.

Germany · Left group · 3 MEPs

MEPs

Avg attendance

87.6%

Party cohesion

95.2%

Group loyalty

95.9%

Delegation alignment

57.9%

Rebel votes

546

vs European group

Aligns with Left

91.1%

208 divergent / 2332

Aligns w/ delegation

65.9%

795 divergent / 2332

How independent is DIE LINKE.?

On main votes, voted with the Left group majority in 91.1% of 2332 comparable votes — diverging 208 times.

It voted with the Germany delegation majority in 65.9% of 2332 votes.

Name	Group	Attendance	Group loyalty	Deleg. align.	Rebel
Martin SCHIRDEWAN	Left	92.9%	95.6%	59.8%	225
Özlem DEMIREL	Left	90.0%	95.2%	57.5%	241
Martin GÜNTHER	Left	79.8%	96.9%	56.3%	80

Main votes where DIE LINKE. MEPs did not vote mostly the same way (majority share below 65%).

Date	Vote	For / Ag. / Abs.
2025-03-12	Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression	0 / 1 / 1
2023-04-19	Guidelines for the 2024 Budget - Section III	0 / 1 / 1
2020-11-26	Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018-2019	0 / 1 / 1
2026-02-11	Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027 ***I	0 / 1 / 1
2025-07-09	The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians	0 / 1 / 1
2024-09-19	Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States	0 / 1 / 1
2023-12-13	30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy	0 / 1 / 1
2025-09-10	Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference	1 / 1 / 0
2025-05-22	Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus ***I	0 / 1 / 1
2024-10-22	Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine ***I	1 / 0 / 1

Metrics use the party's current-term MEPs on main votes. Party cohesion is undefined for single-MEP parties.