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Roman Haider

MEP for Austria · Patriots for Europe · Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Roman Haider (PfE, Austria) has declared 34 lobby meetings this term - rank 430 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 23 of 85 within Patriots for Europe.

66% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

34
declared meetings
current term
34
records since 2019
full dataset
66%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
430/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
23/85
rank in PfE

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Compared with the averages

Roman Haider, this term
34
Parliament average
85
PfE average
30

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: 4 in May 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 1 declared meetingMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkNovember 2025: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 4 declared in May 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Roman Haider 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

Chemicals & manufacturing (7), Transport & automotive (6), Business federations & chambers (4)

Meetings by committee topic

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (14), Transport and Tourism (9), Economic and Monetary Affairs (4), Budgetary Control (1), Tax Matters (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jul 2026Österreichische Notariatskammer Member28th Regime
1 Jul 2026TANNPAPIER GmbH MemberTPD
11 Jun 2026Austropapier - Vereinigung der Österreichischen PapierindustrieMemberVerpackungsrichtline - Circular Economy Act
10 Jun 2026Wirtschaftskammer Österreich MemberVerbrennerverbot
8 Jun 2026Wirtschaftskammer Österreich MemberCBAM
2 Apr 2026Wirtschaftskammer Österreich MemberKreislaufwirtschaft
24 Mar 2026Ecma International MemberRevision of Tobacco Taxation Directive
16 Mar 2026voestalpine AG MemberETS 1+2
25 Feb 2026LHI Lunardi Ella CoffeeMemberLogistics and transport in Europe with intermodal systems
11 Feb 2026Deutsche Bahn AG Shadow rapporteurCEF
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Feb 2026Österreichische Nationalbank ÖNBMemberSingle Currency Package
28 Jan 2026Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies Shadow rapporteurCEF
28 Jan 2026UIRR, International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport MemberCombined Transport Directive
12 Jan 2026Kreab MemberRoad worthiness packages
18 Nov 2025MUST & Partners MemberFirst wings, than racing heart (Energy Drinks)
18 Nov 2025Skill Set Technology & Strategy Services LimitedMemberEIOPA
23 Sep 2025Wirtschaftskammer Österreich ; Austrian Airlines MemberFluggastrechte - Airpassenger Rights
4 Sep 2025Philip Morris International Inc. MemberTED
3 Sep 2025ÖBB-Holding AG Shadow rapporteurCEF
6 Aug 2025Cambridge Innovation CenterMemberCIC's Boston ecosystem - start-up & innovation build-up
16 Jul 2025TAE - Taxpayers Association of EuropeMemberNGO Finanzierung
15 Jul 2025Marcel Golmejer Reinold SchwarzMemberTourismus, Windkraft, Weinbau
2 Jul 2025OMV AktiengesellschaftMemberincoming revision ff55 package
24 Jun 2025ÖAMTCMemberExchange of views about 631/2019
20 May 2025Hexagon Composites ASA MemberClean Industrial Deal
13 May 2025ÖBB-Holding AG MemberProposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys – 2023/0436 (COD); Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL (…) as regards enforcement of
7 May 2025Seldia - The European Direct Selling Association ; Herbalife Europe Limited MemberSMEs
7 May 2025Acea S.p.A.MemberAutomotive
9 Apr 2025Öfen und Abscheider; Clean Exhaust Association MemberEcoDesign Richtlinie
8 Apr 2025Verband der freien KFZ-Teile-Fachhändler MemberAutomotive Industrial Action Plan

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Roman Haider 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.

99%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
535
final texts voted on
of 537
73%
voted with the PfE majority
on 506 final texts
135
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Roman Haider537 final votes
30%51%19%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 506 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Roman Haider 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 PfE majority37173%
Voted differently13527%

Final texts where Roman Haider differed from the PfE majority

DateTextTheir votePfE majority
8 July 2026B10-0333/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026A10-0151/2026 – Paolo Borchia – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0186/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
7 July 2026A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0171/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
18 June 2026B10-0294/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 June 2026B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0159/2026 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstAbstained
17 June 2026A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor

125 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

5 counterpart entrys in Roman Haider'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.