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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%.

63
declared meetings
current term
251
records since 2016
full dataset
31%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
363/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 6 others
96/135
rank in S&D
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

Günther Sidl, this term
63
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

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.

0%25%50%75%100%06July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 1 declared meetingNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%06July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 1 declared meetingNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%06202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 202440%
Oct 202440%
Nov 202420%
Dec 2024414.3%
Jan 2025654.5%
Feb 2025260%
Mar 202510%
Apr 2025233.3%
May 2025460%
Jun 2025350%
Jul 2025520%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025633.3%
Oct 2025325%
Nov 2025250%
Dec 20250-
Jan 20260-
Feb 20261100%
Mar 2026333.3%
Apr 202630%
May 202610%
Jun 20261100%
Jul 202640%
Aug 20260-
Sep 202610%
Oct 20261100%
Nov 20260-

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 counterpartMeetings
VÖWG3
Enterprise Mobility3
Österreichs E-Wirtschaft2
FOUR PAWS Animal Welfare ASBL2
AVL List GmbH1

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 Oct 2026Umweltverband WWF Österreich⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange of Views
16 Sep 2026MED-EL Elektro­medizinische Geräte GmbHMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
15 Jul 2026VÖWGMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
9 Jul 2026Novartis Pharma GmbHMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
8 Jul 2026Umwelt­schutz­organisation GLOBAL 2000/Friends of the Earth AustriaMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
1 Jul 2026TANN Holding GmbHMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
12 Jun 2026Österreichs E-Wirtschaft⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange of Views
6 May 2026Kapsch TrafficCom AGMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
29 Apr 2026MAHLE International GmbHMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
20 Apr 2026Prewave GmbHMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Apr 2026Essity Austria GmbHMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
19 Mar 2026Enterprise MobilityMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
4 Mar 2026Österreichische Apotheker­kammer⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange of Views
4 Mar 2026Greenpeace in Zentral - und OsteuropaMemberGeneral exchange of views
26 Feb 2026European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals⁠↗MemberWasserrahmen-RL
13 Nov 2025PHARMIG - Verband der pharmazeutischen Industrie Österreichs⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange of Views
7 Nov 2025FOUR PAWS Animal Welfare ASBLMemberFur Farming in the EU
16 Oct 2025ECMAMemberGeneral exchange of views
15 Oct 2025Philip Morris; VÖWGMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
9 Oct 2025Mondelez Europe GmbH⁠↗MemberGeneral exchange of views
30 Sep 2025Enterprise MobilityMemberGeneral exchange of views
17 Sep 2025Bahai Internaional CommunityMemberGeneral exchange of views
10 Sep 2025REWE ZENTRALFINANZ eGMemberGeneral exchange of views
9 Sep 2025Flexible Packaging Europe⁠↗MemberGeneral exchange of views
4 Sep 2025Trainline SAS⁠↗MemberGeneral exchange of views
3 Sep 2025ViatrisMemberGeneral exchange of views
24 Jul 2025Alber & Geiger⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange of Views
22 Jul 2025Österreichischen Vereinigung für das Gas- und WasserfachMemberGeneral Exchange of Views
15 Jul 2025Pure Storage, Inc.MemberGeneral Exchange of Views
14 Jul 2025EUMANS Initiative Polar Bear ProtectionMemberGeneral 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.

93%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
558
final texts voted on
of 606
97%
voted with the S&D majority
on 556 final texts
17
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Günther Sidl606 final votes
82%9%8%
For 494Against 54Abstained 10No vote recorded 48

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.

Voted with the S&D majority53997%
Voted differently173%

Final texts where Günther Sidl differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
7 October 2026A 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)ForAbstained
8 July 2026Motion 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)ForAgainst
20 May 2026The 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)AgainstFor
30 April 2026How 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)AgainstFor
26 March 2026The 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 proposalAbstainedFor
16 December 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia A10-0230/2025 · Hana Jalloul Muro · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025Implementing 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 proposalAbstainedFor
23 October 2025Commission proposalAgainstFor
23 October 2025Motion 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 resolutionAbstainedAgainst
10 September 2025The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy A10-0143/2025 · Carmen Crespo Díaz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

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:

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.