
Member of the European Parliament · Austria Renew
Helmut Brandstätter
MEP for Austria · Renew Europe · NEOS – Das Neue Österreich · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Helmut Brandstätter (Renew, Austria) has declared 107 lobby meetings this term - rank 209 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 42 of 77 within Renew Europe.
20% 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: 10 in Nov 2025.
Busiest month: 10 declared in November 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Helmut Brandstätter meets most
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
Human rights & humanitarian (7), Media & publishing (6), Business federations & chambers (5)
Meetings by committee topic
Foreign Affairs (69), European Democracy Shield (18), D-UA (5), DSEE (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2026 | French Ministry of Defense | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 8 Jul 2026 | JTI Japan Tobacco International | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Permanent Mission of Austria to the EU; Platform for European Serbia | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 1 Jul 2026 | DEJURE Foundation Anti-Corruption Action Centre NGO MEZHA Anti-Corruption Center; Belarus Democratic Forum | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 30 Jun 2026 | KEBA Group AG | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 23 Jun 2026 | EPIK | Member | Reception |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Former Member of Parliament of Georgia | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the OSCE, UN and other International Organizations in Vienna | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom South Caucasus | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Goethe-Institut e.V. ↗ | Member | Reception |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 2026 | Basque Government Delegation to the European Union Basque Parliament Deputies | Shadow rapporteur | Exchange of Views |
| 28 May 2026 | Austrian Embassy Chisinau | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 21 May 2026 | Member of the National Assembly of Serbia | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 19 May 2026 | Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union; Center for Civil Liberties ↗; Mission of China to the European Union | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Ukrainian Leadership Academy | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Papierindustrie | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Erste Group Bank AG ↗ | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 26 Mar 2026 | British Embassy Vienna | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Ukraine Recovery Advocates | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Holcim Ltd ↗ | Member | Company Visit |
| 18 Mar 2026 | The German Marshall Fund of the United States - The Transatlantic Foundation ↗ | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 17 Mar 2026 | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union ↗ | Member | Reception |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Portuguese Geopolitical Analyst; Mission of Uzbekistan to the EU | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 10 Mar 2026 | BUSINESSEUROPE | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 4 Mar 2026 | European Chamber of Commerce in China | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Japanese Embassy | Member | Reception |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Ukrainian Political Journalist and Analyst | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Official of the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Member | Exchange of Views |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO | Member | 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 Helmut Brandstätter 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 442 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Helmut Brandstätter 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 Helmut Brandstätter differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 20 January 2026 | A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 17 December 2025 | B10-0566/2025 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 13 November 2025 | A10-0197/2025 – Jörgen Warborn – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 9 October 2025 | B10-0408/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 8 October 2025 | B10-0407/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
7 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
17 counterpart entrys in Helmut Brandstätter's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Council for European Public Space” - likely Council for European Public Space (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Association European Journalists” - likely Association of European Journalists - Belgium section (1 counterpart entry)
- “Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe” - likely Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (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.