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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%.

107
declared meetings
current term
107
records since 2019
full dataset
20%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
209/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
42/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Helmut Brandstätter, this term
107
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 7 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 5 declared meetingsJune 2025: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Jul 2026French Ministry of DefenseMemberExchange of Views
8 Jul 2026JTI Japan Tobacco InternationalMemberIntroductory Meeting
7 Jul 2026Permanent Mission of Austria to the EU; Platform for European SerbiaMemberExchange of Views
1 Jul 2026DEJURE Foundation Anti-Corruption Action Centre NGO MEZHA Anti-Corruption Center; Belarus Democratic ForumMemberExchange of Views
30 Jun 2026KEBA Group AGMemberExchange of Views
23 Jun 2026EPIKMemberReception
17 Jun 2026Former Member of Parliament of GeorgiaMemberExchange of Views
11 Jun 2026Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the OSCE, UN and other International Organizations in ViennaMemberExchange of Views
3 Jun 2026Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom South CaucasusMemberExchange of Views
3 Jun 2026Goethe-Institut e.V. MemberReception
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jun 2026Basque Government Delegation to the European Union Basque Parliament DeputiesShadow rapporteurExchange of Views
28 May 2026Austrian Embassy ChisinauMemberExchange of Views
21 May 2026Member of the National Assembly of SerbiaMemberExchange of Views
19 May 2026Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union; Center for Civil Liberties ; Mission of China to the European UnionMemberExchange of Views
23 Apr 2026Ukrainian Leadership AcademyMemberExchange of Views
10 Apr 2026Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen PapierindustrieMemberExchange of Views
30 Mar 2026Erste Group Bank AG MemberExchange of Views
26 Mar 2026British Embassy ViennaMemberExchange of Views
24 Mar 2026Ukraine Recovery AdvocatesMemberExchange of Views
23 Mar 2026Holcim Ltd MemberCompany Visit
18 Mar 2026The German Marshall Fund of the United States - The Transatlantic Foundation MemberExchange of Views
17 Mar 2026American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union MemberReception
17 Mar 2026Portuguese Geopolitical Analyst; Mission of Uzbekistan to the EUMemberExchange of Views
10 Mar 2026BUSINESSEUROPEMemberExchange of Views
9 Mar 2026Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European UnionMemberExchange of Views
4 Mar 2026European Chamber of Commerce in ChinaMemberExchange of Views
28 Feb 2026Japanese EmbassyMemberReception
12 Feb 2026Ukrainian Political Journalist and AnalystMemberExchange of Views
4 Feb 2026Official of the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and HerzegovinaMemberExchange of Views
3 Feb 2026Mission of Israel to the EU and NATOMemberExchange 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.

83%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
452
final texts voted on
of 537
96%
voted with the Renew majority
on 442 final texts
17
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Helmut Brandstätter537 final votes
72%11%16%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the Renew majority42596%
Voted differently174%

Final texts where Helmut Brandstätter differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalAgainstFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
20 January 2026A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 December 2025B10-0566/2025 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
13 November 2025A10-0197/2025 – Jörgen Warborn – Commission proposalForAgainst
9 October 2025B10-0408/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 October 2025B10-0407/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

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:

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.