
Member of the European Parliament · Austria S&D
Günther Sidl
MEP for Austria · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Günther Sidl (S&D, Austria) has declared 61 lobby meetings this term - rank 344 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 87 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
31% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.
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Compared with the averages
Transparency this term
Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 6 in Jan 2025.
Busiest month: 6 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Günther Sidl meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| VÖWG | 3 |
| Enterprise Mobility | 3 |
| Österreichs E-Wirtschaft | 2 |
| FOUR PAWS Animal Welfare ASBL | 2 |
| AVL List GmbH | 1 |
Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.
Where the meetings cluster
Most-met sectors
Business federations & chambers (4), Chemicals & manufacturing (4), Energy (4)
Meetings by committee topic
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (42), Industry, Research and Energy (13), Public Health (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | VÖWG | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Novartis Pharma GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Umweltschutzorganisation GLOBAL 2000/Friends of the Earth Austria | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 1 Jul 2026 | TANN Holding GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 12 Jun 2026 | Österreichs E-Wirtschaft ↗ | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 6 May 2026 | Kapsch TrafficCom AG | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 29 Apr 2026 | MAHLE International GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Prewave GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Essity Austria GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Enterprise Mobility | Member | General Exchange of Views |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2026 | Österreichische Apothekerkammer ↗ | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Greenpeace in Zentral - und Osteuropa | Member | General exchange of views |
| 26 Feb 2026 | European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals ↗ | Member | Wasserrahmen-RL |
| 13 Nov 2025 | PHARMIG - Verband der pharmazeutischen Industrie Österreichs ↗ | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 7 Nov 2025 | FOUR PAWS Animal Welfare ASBL | Member | Fur Farming in the EU |
| 16 Oct 2025 | ECMA | Member | General exchange of views |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Philip Morris; VÖWG | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Mondelez Europe GmbH ↗ | Member | General exchange of views |
| 30 Sep 2025 | Enterprise Mobility | Member | General exchange of views |
| 17 Sep 2025 | Bahai Internaional Community | Member | General exchange of views |
| 10 Sep 2025 | REWE ZENTRALFINANZ eG | Member | General exchange of views |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Flexible Packaging Europe ↗ | Member | General exchange of views |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Trainline SAS ↗ | Member | General exchange of views |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Viatris | Member | General exchange of views |
| 24 Jul 2025 | Alber & Geiger ↗ | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Österreichischen Vereinigung für das Gas- und Wasserfach | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Pure Storage, Inc. | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 14 Jul 2025 | EUMANS Initiative Polar Bear Protection | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Enterprise Mobility | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 18 Jun 2025 | TotalEnergies SE ↗; Teneo Brussels ↗ | Member | General exchange of views |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Günther Sidl held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 487 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Günther Sidl also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.
Final texts where Günther Sidl differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0120/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 16 December 2025 | A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | A10-0254/2025 – Gabriel Mato – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 23 October 2025 | Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 23 October 2025 | B10-0456/2025 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 10 September 2025 | A10-0143/2025 - Carmen Crespo Díaz - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Against | For |
| 8 July 2025 | A10-0121/2025 – Beata Szydło – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | Against | For |
6 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
11 counterpart entrys in Günther Sidl's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “VÖWG” - likely VÖWG (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Papierindustrie” - likely Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Papierindustrie (1 counterpart entry)
- “MAHLE International GmbH” - likely MAHLE International GmbH (1 counterpart entry)
Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.