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Sophia Kircher

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

As of 8 November 2026, Sophia Kircher (EPP, Austria) has declared 170 lobby meetings this term - rank 133 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.7× the average member, and it ranks 40 of 185 in the EPP group.

79% 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 52%.

170
declared meetings
current term
170
records since 2016
full dataset
79%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
133/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
40/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Sophia Kircher, this term
170
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 23 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%023July 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: 8 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: 13 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2026: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%023July 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: 8 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: 13 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2026: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%023202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20247100%
Oct 20242383.3%
Nov 20241891.3%
Dec 2024671.4%
Jan 20251080%
Feb 2025785.7%
Mar 2025875%
Apr 2025875%
May 2025850%
Jun 2025591.7%
Jul 2025480%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025475%
Oct 2025666.7%
Nov 2025675%
Dec 20254100%
Jan 20260-
Feb 202610%
Mar 2026875%
Apr 2026650%
May 20262100%
Jun 20265100%
Jul 20261361.5%
Aug 202610%
Sep 20265100%
Oct 2026560%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 23 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Transport & automotive (72), Business federations & chambers (19), Consumer & retail (12)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Transport and Tourism (53), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (11)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
26 Oct 2026Omio Travel GmbH⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
26 Oct 2026Open AIMemberEU Digital Policy
14 Oct 2026Arbeits­gemeinschaft Österreichischer VerkehrsflughäfenMemberEU Aviation Policy
13 Oct 2026České dráhy, a.s.,⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
1 Oct 2026ALLRAIL Alliance of Rail New Entrants⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
30 Sep 2026Telekom Austria AG⁠↗MemberDigital Networks Act
21 Sep 2026Sabre Inc.⁠↗; Skyscanner Limited⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
11 Sep 2026Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗MemberPassenger Package, High Speed Rail
9 Sep 2026Protect Our Winters Europe⁠↗MemberEU Transport Policy, High Speed Rail
2 Sep 2026ECTAA, Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Aug 2026SWACRITMemberEU Industrial Policy
22 Jul 2026Wirtschafts­kammer Österreich⁠↗MemberEU Trade Policy
22 Jul 2026Vereinigung der österreichischen Industrie - Industriellen­vereinigung⁠↗MemberEU Industrial Policy
17 Jul 2026INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG⁠↗MemberEU Energy & Trade Policy
17 Jul 2026MED-EL Elektro­medizinische Geräte GmbH⁠↗MemberEU Digital Policy
16 Jul 2026VionmoMemberEU Tourism Policy
15 Jul 2026Wirtschafts­kammer Österreich⁠↗MemberEU Trade Policy
15 Jul 2026Mistral AI⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
14 Jul 2026Fair RescueMemberPreparedness Union Strategy
14 Jul 2026Cura Cosmetics GroupMemberChemicals 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 Ireland Limited and its affiliates⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus
4 Jun 2026Wirtschafts­kammer Österreich⁠↗MemberClean corporate vehicles
6 May 2026Deutscher Reiseverband e.V.⁠↗MemberEU Tourism Strategy

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Sophia Kircher held the seat, 606 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.

89%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
525
final texts voted on
of 606
90%
voted with the EPP majority
on 520 final texts
53
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Sophia Kircher606 final votes
77%13%
For 468Against 41Abstained 16No vote recorded 81

With and against the group

On the 520 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 majority46790%
Voted differently5310%

Final texts where Sophia Kircher differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
21 October 2026Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States A10-0260/2026 · Li Andersson · Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
21 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Malta and Italy regarding the storm Harry in January 2026 and to Portugal and… A10-0274/2026 · Lucia Yar · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
20 October 2026‘Cohesion policy – the driving force in implementing the EU agenda for cities’ A10-0263/2026 · Denis Nesci · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0379/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
15 September 2026Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund A10-0202/2026 · Pascal Canfin · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
15 September 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures A10-0201/2026 · Mohammed Chahim · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
15 September 2026The global role of the euro A10-0214/2026 · Rasmus Andresen · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

14 counterpart entries in Sophia Kircher's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 5 of the 14 entries; the other 9 are not listed.

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.