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ID 190517

GermanyGermanyActive member

Martin SCHIRDEWAN

The LeftThe Left — GUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

8

Currently active

6

Total departed

2

Departed share

25.0%

2 of 8

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (0 currently, 1 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

8 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Nora Lil Charlotte FRIESE…Timo KUEHNWIEBKE LEENA HARMUTHMandy EISSINGMarianne ESDERSSusanne SCHAFTPatrick ENGFERGRUBER Birgit
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Nora Lil Charlotte FRIESE WENDENBURGAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Timo KUEHNAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
WIEBKE LEENA HARMUTHAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Mandy EISSINGLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Marianne ESDERSLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Susanne SCHAFTLocal assistants02/06/2025in post
Patrick ENGFERLocal assistants22/06/2025in post
GRUBER BirgitPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member25.0%
EP average30.2%
Germany33.4%
The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL32.0%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Local assistants22400
Accredited assistants30300
Paying agents10100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00001

Active assistants · 6

NameCategorySince
Nora Lil Charlotte FRIESE WENDENBURGAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Timo KUEHNAccredited assistants28/10/2024
WIEBKE LEENA HARMUTHAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Susanne SCHAFTLocal assistants02/06/2025
Patrick ENGFERLocal assistants22/06/2025
GRUBER BirgitPaying agents28/10/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Martin SCHIRDEWAN per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-114yes
2024-124yes
2025-014yes
2025-024yes
2025-034yes
2025-044yes
2025-054yes
2025-066yes
2025-076yes
2025-086yes
2025-096yes
2025-106yes
2025-116yes
2025-126yes
2026-016yes
2026-026yes
2026-036no
2026-046no
2026-056no
2026-066no
2026-076no
2026-086no
2026-096no
2026-106no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

No dated departures yet.

Former assistants · 3

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Konstanze KRIESEAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Mandy EISSINGLocal assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Marianne ESDERSLocal assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →