Bullmann's political work focuses on economy and employment, the Lisbon Strategy, the European financial service sector, as well as development politics and regional policy. From 1999, he was a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Between 1999 and 2014, he was also a member of Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states and an alternate member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, Bullmann serves as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.