Niclas HERBST
PPE Germany BUDGCONTPECHSEDE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 6 Jul 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 6 Jul 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
57
meetings published this term · rank 369 of 719
0
held as shadow rapporteur
54
distinct organisations met
30%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
16 Jul 2024 – 7 Apr 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
0 of 2
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (0%) · rank 489 of 628
0
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2127(INI) | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward | PECH | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 3 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2146(DEC) | Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Parliament | CONT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 3 Nov 2025 | none matched |
Declared meetings (57)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr 2026 | Member | Security and Defence, Strengthening the European Defence and Security Procurement | — | Salzgitter AG | registered ↗ |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Member | Baupolitische Entwicklungen auf europäischer Ebene | — | Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie | not in register |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Member | Challenges and Policy Goals in Health Care | — | Bayer AG | registered ↗ |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Member | Versorgungssicherheit und Resilienz in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft | — | Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels (BVLH) und der Deutsche Raiffeisenverband (DRV) | not in register |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Member | Vorschriften für Fahrzeuge | — | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | not in register |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Member | Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference | — | Baltic Sea Advisory Council | registered ↗ |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Member | New GAP & MFR | — | Deutscher Bauernverband | registered ↗ |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Committee chair | Taxation towards better control | — | BDZ Deutsche Zoll- und Finanzgewerkschaft|Philip Morris International Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Member | Textbooks in Palestine | — | Impact SE | not in register |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Committee chair | Sozialpartner in Deutschland und EU | — | Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V. | registered ↗ |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Committee chair | Passagier- und Frachtreedereien im Ostseeraum | — | Viking Line | not in register |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Committee chair | Exportorientierte Industrie und globalen Wertschöpfungsketten | — | Verband der Automobilindustrie | registered ↗ |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Committee chair | Industriepolitischen Weichenstellungen für Europa: Clean Industrial Deal | — | BASF SE | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Member | Challenges for Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) | — | EU Baltic Sea Member States Representatives | not in register |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Committee chair | Perspektiven für ein wirtschaftlich starkes und sicheres Europa | — | UV Nord | not in register |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Member | Building European Naval Capabilities for the Maritime Threats of Tomorrow | — | SEA Naval | not in register |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Member | Europas Verteidigungsfähigkeit stärken | — | BDI/BDA – The German Business Representation | not in register |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Committee chair | Current economic and financial policy | — | Sparkasse | not in register |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Committee chair | CONT main focuses and perspectives | — | Permanent Representation of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union | not in register |
| 12 Sep 2025 | Member | Kasse, bitte! – Kassieren für den guten Zweck. | — | EDEKA | not in register |
| 11 Sep 2025 | Member | Right for hate-free education in Gaza | — | Ananey Communications | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Committee chair | Fighting illegal tobacco production | — | Philip Morris | not in register |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Member | Defence Omnibus and SAFE | — | Kongsberg | not in register |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Member | Aerospace and defence | — | ST Engineering | not in register |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Member | Defence Omnibus | — | BDLI | not in register |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Member | Defence and security, techno-economic intelligence | — | Datenna | not in register |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Member | Defence capabilities and civilian infrastructure networks | — | CETIN | not in register |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Member | Security and Defence | — | EUTOP | not in register |
| 22 May 2025 | Member | Military Mobility | — | EIM | not in register |
| 22 May 2025 | Member | SAFE instrument - European Defence | — | ASD | not in register |
| 7 May 2025 | Member | EDIP implementation | — | Honeywell | not in register |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Member | Future of European Defence | — | Emergent BioSolutions | not in register |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Member | Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik und Mehrjähriger Finanzrahmen | — | Deutscher Bauernverband | registered ↗ |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Member | Situation in the Middle East | — | ELNET | not in register |
| 17 Feb 2025 | Member | Foreign influence on the African continent | — | Hanns Seidel Foundation | not in register |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Committee chair | 2025 challenges for OLAF – EU Budget | — | Kangaroo Group | registered ↗ |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Committee chair | EU migration policy | — | IRARA | not in register |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Committee chair | European civil society | — | Europe Calling | not in register |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Member | Cybersecurity Challenges | — | Palo Alto Networks | not in register |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Member | EU future of Security and Defense | — | RTX | not in register |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Member | Combatting anti-Semitism | — | Embassy of the State of Israel | not in register |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Committee chair | Illegaler Zigarettenkonsum in Europa | — | Philip Morris International Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | EU-Defence | — | MBDA | registered ↗ |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Member | Rise of hybrid threats to critical digital infrastructure | — | Rasmussen Global | registered ↗ |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Member | Schleswig-Holstein and shipbuilding | — | Verband für Schiffsbau und Meerestechnik | not in register |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Member | CLP-VO und Reach | — | European Federation of Essential Oils | registered ↗ |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | EU Budget 2025 - Other sections | — | EDPS | not in register |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Committee chair | Protection of the EU's financial interests in Hungary | — | The Hungarian Integrity Authority | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2024 | Member | EU Budget 2025 - Other sections | — | The European External Action Service | not in register |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Member | Bürokratie als Hemmnis für den Einzelhandel | — | EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG | registered ↗ |
| 9 Sep 2024 | Committee chair | CEAS - challenges | — | Frontex | not in register |
| 4 Sep 2024 | Committee chair | OLAF - Combating Financial Fraud | — | OLAF | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2024 | Committee chair | EU Agency for the Space Programme - security and defence in space | — | EUSPA | not in register |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Member | General Situation in EU | — | Philip Morris International Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Member | Combatting anti-Semitism | — | B’nai B’rith International and European Jewish Congress | not in register |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Member | Europe and Israel relations | — | ELNET | not in register |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Member | Forum on Recreational Fisheries in the 10th legislative term of the European Parliament | — | European Anglers Alliance | registered ↗ |