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GermanyGermanyActive member

Özlem DEMIREL

The LeftThe Left — GUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

16

Currently active

10

Total departed

6

Departed share

37.5%

6 of 16

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

16 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 26Alexandra MEHDIOta JAKSCHAlexandra Meredyth Ute WI…Martina Bärbel VAN HOLSTMalte Pablo LÜHMANNJasmin YILDIRIMDarius DUNKERFrank LAUBENBURGHannes DRAEGERJuergen WAGNERMaximilian KISTERSLara SCHEUNEMANNAbdurrahman ATESKarla SEIENGRUBER BirgitSusanne DZEIK
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Alexandra MEHDIAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Ota JAKSCHAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Alexandra Meredyth Ute WISCHNEWSKIAccredited assistants02/03/2025left before Mar 2026
Martina Bärbel VAN HOLSTAccredited assistants13/01/2026in post
Malte Pablo LÜHMANNAccredited assistants04/03/2026in post
Jasmin YILDIRIMAccredited assistants17/09/2026in post
Darius DUNKERLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Frank LAUBENBURGLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Hannes DRAEGERLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Juergen WAGNERLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Maximilian KISTERSLocal assistants02/02/2025in post
Lara SCHEUNEMANNLocal assistants30/05/202503/04/2026
Abdurrahman ATESLocal assistants02/04/2026in post
Karla SEIENLocal assistants16/06/2026in post
GRUBER BirgitPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Susanne DZEIKService providers13/09/2025left before Mar 2026

Departed share comparison

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

This Member37.5%
EP average30.2%
Germany33.4%
The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL32.0%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Local assistants53800
Accredited assistants42600
Paying agents10100
Service providers01100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00001

Active assistants · 10

NameCategorySince
Alexandra MEHDIAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Martina Bärbel VAN HOLSTAccredited assistants13/01/2026
Malte Pablo LÜHMANNAccredited assistants04/03/2026
Jasmin YILDIRIMAccredited assistants17/09/2026
Hannes DRAEGERLocal assistants28/10/2024
Juergen WAGNERLocal assistants28/10/2024
Maximilian KISTERSLocal assistants02/02/2025
Abdurrahman ATESLocal assistants02/04/2026
Karla SEIENLocal assistants16/06/2026
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 Özlem DEMIREL per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-114yes
2024-124yes
2025-014yes
2025-025yes
2025-035yes
2025-045yes
2025-056yes
2025-066yes
2025-076yes
2025-086yes
2025-096yes
2025-106yes
2025-116yes
2025-126yes
2026-017yes
2026-027yes
2026-038no
2026-048no
2026-058no
2026-069no
2026-079no
2026-089no
2026-0910no
2026-1010no

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.

06 mo12 mo18 mo24 moEP median

1 dated departure · office median 11 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Lara SCHEUNEMANN11

Former assistants · 7

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Lara SCHEUNEMANNLocal assistants30/05/202503/04/202611m
Ota JAKSCHAccredited assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Konstanze KRIESEAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Darius DUNKERLocal assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Frank LAUBENBURGLocal assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Alexandra Meredyth Ute WISCHNEWSKIAccredited assistants02/03/2025left before Mar 2026—
Susanne DZEIKService providers13/09/2025left 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 →