Member of the European Parliament · Germany ESN
René Aust
MEP for Germany · Europe of Sovereign Nations · Alternative für Deutschland · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, René Aust (ESN, Germany) has declared 4 lobby meetings this term - rank 613 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 14 of 27 within Europe of Sovereign Nations.
0% 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: 1 in Jun 2025.
Busiest month: 1 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who René Aust meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Patriots for Europe Foundation | 1 |
| Martina Šimkovičová (Minister of Culture of Slovakia), Tomáš Taraba (Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Environment), Andrej Danko (Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic), Richard Glück (Chairman of the Committee of Defence and Security) | 1 |
| Terror Háza, Abgeordnete des Ungarischen Parlaments | 1 |
| Vertreter der Republikanischen Partei der USA | 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.
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2026 | Patriots for Europe – Foundation | Member | Podiumsdiskussion „Wenn Kritik unerwünscht wird: Der Angriff auf Medien- und Meinungsfreiheit“ |
| 12 Dec 2025 | Vertreter der Republikanischen Partei der USA | Member | Austausch mit Vertretern der US-Republikanischen Partei über die politische Lage und die transatlantischen Beziehungen |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Terror Háza, Abgeordnete des Ungarischen Parlaments | Member | ESN Group Study Days |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Martina Šimkovičová (Minister of Culture of Slovakia), Tomáš Taraba (Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Environment), Andrej Danko (Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic), Richard Glück (Chairman of the Committee of Defence and Security) | Member | ESN Group Study Days |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while René Aust 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 481 final texts where more than half of ESN members casting a vote went one way, and René Aust 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 René Aust differed from the ESN majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | ESN majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0098/2026 – Danuše Nerudová – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0046/2026 – Csaba Molnár – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 26 November 2025 | B10-0506/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 23 October 2025 | Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 23 October 2025 | B10-0456/2025 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 18 June 2025 | A10-0009/2025 – Anna Cavazzini, Borys Budka – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 2 April 2025 | A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 27 November 2024 | A10-0015/2024 – Paulo Cunha – Commission proposal | For | Abstained |
Unlinked but matchable
1 counterpart entry in René Aust's declarations appears to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Patriots for Europe – Foundation” - likely Patriots for Europe Foundation (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.