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Member of the European Parliament · Austria EPP

Sophia Kircher

MEP for Austria · European People's Party · Österreichische Volkspartei · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Sophia Kircher (EPP, Austria) has declared 143 lobby meetings this term - rank 138 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.7× the average member, and 42 of 185 within European People's Party.

80% 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%.

143
declared meetings
current term
143
records since 2019
full dataset
80%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
138/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
42/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Sophia Kircher, this term
143
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 23 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 23 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 18 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 10 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 8 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 8 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 5 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: 23 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Sophia Kircher 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

Transport & automotive (59), Business federations & chambers (15), Energy (12)

Meetings by committee topic

Transport and Tourism (46), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (11)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
15 Jul 2026Mistral AI Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
13 Jul 2026noyb - European Center for Digital Rights Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
13 Jul 2026FerrmedMemberIntermodal Transport
2 Jul 2026W Social ABMemberEU Digital Sovereignty
2 Jul 2026AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A. Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
25 Jun 2026Deutsche Bahn AG MemberRail Ticketing
24 Jun 2026Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies MemberRail Ticketing
23 Jun 2026Vereinigung der österreichischen Industrie - Industriellenvereinigung MemberIntergenerational Fairness
11 Jun 2026Google Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
4 Jun 2026Wirtschaftskammer Österreich MemberClean corporate vehicles
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
6 May 2026Deutscher Reiseverband e.V. MemberEU Tourism Strategy
6 May 2026Bentley Systems, Incorporated Shadow rapporteurHigh Speed Rail
21 Apr 2026Sandoz International GmbH MemberAntibiotics Production in Europe
14 Apr 2026Austrian Standards InternationalMemberEU Product Act
14 Apr 2026dream Mobility GmbHShadow rapporteurHSR Action Plan
10 Apr 2026Flightright GmbH MemberAir Passenger Rights
9 Apr 2026WE Data EuropeMemberEU Water Resilience Strategy
7 Apr 2026Österreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring Club MemberAFIR, Roadworthiness Package
25 Mar 2026Hall AGMemberEnergy transition
25 Mar 2026UNIFE MemberCEF
19 Mar 2026Österreichischer Verband der MarkenartikelindustrieMemberEU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
18 Mar 2026Österreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring Club MemberAFIR
9 Mar 2026HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
5 Mar 2026UNIFE MemberSingle Basic Act
5 Mar 2026Leaseurope MemberClean corporate vehicles
4 Mar 2026European Tech Alliance Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
27 Feb 2026ASFINAGMemberITS Directive
11 Dec 2025HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe MemberEU Tourism strategy
5 Dec 2025Waymo MemberAutonomous Driving
3 Dec 2025Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) MemberEU Rail policy

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Sophia Kircher 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.

87%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
457
final texts voted on
of 537
91%
voted with the EPP majority
on 453 final texts
43
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Sophia Kircher537 final votes
77%15%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 453 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Sophia Kircher 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 EPP majority41091%
Voted differently439%

Final texts where Sophia Kircher differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
29 April 2026B10-0186/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
28 April 2026A10-0105/2026 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0010/2026 – Lina Gálvez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 February 2026B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Sophia Kircher'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.