
Member of the European Parliament · Austria S&D
Günther Sidl
MEP for Austria · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Günther Sidl (S&D, Austria) has declared 63 lobby meetings this term - rank 363 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 6 other MEPs.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 96 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.
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 52%.
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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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 6 in Jan 2025.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 0% |
| Oct 2024 | 4 | 0% |
| Nov 2024 | 2 | 0% |
| Dec 2024 | 4 | 14.3% |
| Jan 2025 | 6 | 54.5% |
| Feb 2025 | 2 | 60% |
| Mar 2025 | 1 | 0% |
| Apr 2025 | 2 | 33.3% |
| May 2025 | 4 | 60% |
| Jun 2025 | 3 | 50% |
| Jul 2025 | 5 | 20% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Oct 2025 | 3 | 25% |
| Nov 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Mar 2026 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 3 | 0% |
| May 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Jul 2026 | 4 | 0% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Oct 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 6 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
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
Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.
Most-met sectors this term
Health & pharma (5), Business federations & chambers (4), Chemicals & manufacturing (4)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (43), Industry, Research and Energy (13), Public Health (3)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | Umweltverband WWF Österreich↗ | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 16 Sep 2026 | MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 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 |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2026 | Essity Austria GmbH | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Enterprise Mobility | Member | General Exchange of Views |
| 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 |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Günther Sidl held the seat, 606 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 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 556 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2026 | A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 8 July 2026 | Motion for a resolution on Commission delegated regulation of 10 April 2026 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 to introduce a trajectory to gradually decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets B10-0337/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 20 May 2026 | The impact of the implementation of Directive 2014/89/EU, the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins A10-0120/2026 · Stéphanie Yon-Courtin · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 30 April 2026 | How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by… A10-0088/2026 · Carlo Fidanza · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | The adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of… A10-0069/2026 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 16 December 2025 | Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia A10-0230/2025 · Hana Jalloul Muro · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products A10-0254/2025 · Gabriel Mato · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 23 October 2025 | Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 23 October 2025 | Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 28 August 2025 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1078 as regards strategic investments in the field of defence set out in the investment guidelines for the InvestEU Fund B10-0456/2025 · Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 10 September 2025 | The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy A10-0143/2025 · Carmen Crespo Díaz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
7 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
12 counterpart entries in Günther Sidl's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “VÖWG” - likely VÖWG (2 counterpart entries)
- “Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Papierindustrie” - likely Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Papierindustrie (1 counterpart entry)
- “MAHLE International GmbH” - likely MAHLE International GmbH (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 12 entries; the other 8 are not listed.
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.