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Member of the European Parliament · Austria Greens/EFA

Thomas Waitz

MEP for Austria · Greens/EFA · Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Thomas Waitz (Greens/EFA, Austria) has declared 283 lobby meetings this term - rank 53 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.8× the average member, and it ranks 6 of 53 in the Greens/EFA group.

32% 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 52%.

283
declared meetings
current term
457
records since 2016
full dataset
32%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
53/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
6/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Thomas Waitz, this term
283
Parliament average
100
Greens/EFA average
156

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 Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%023July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 21 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 20 declared meetingsApril 2025: 18 declared meetingsMay 2025: 17 declared meetingsJune 2025: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 18 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 14 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 13 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 23 declared meetingsApril 2026: 14 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 18 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 3 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 linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%023July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 21 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 20 declared meetingsApril 2025: 18 declared meetingsMay 2025: 17 declared meetingsJune 2025: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 18 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 14 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 13 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 23 declared meetingsApril 2026: 14 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 18 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 3 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 linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry 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 20242100%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20241250%
Oct 20241120%
Nov 20241060%
Dec 2024420%
Jan 2025866.7%
Feb 20252115.2%
Mar 20252015%
Apr 20251816.7%
May 20251715%
Jun 2025960%
Jul 202530%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251821.1%
Oct 20251326.7%
Nov 20251441.2%
Dec 2025728.6%
Jan 2026933.3%
Feb 20261320%
Mar 20262342.3%
Apr 20261446.7%
May 2026725%
Jun 20261850%
Jul 2026822.2%
Aug 20260-
Sep 202610%
Oct 2026333.3%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 23 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Thomas Waitz 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

Environment & climate (33), Agriculture & food (29), Human rights & humanitarian (14)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Agriculture and Rural Development (100), Foreign Affairs (80), Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (45), Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (3), Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
19 Oct 2026anima internationalMemberanimal husbandry in poultry
13 Oct 2026Rinderzucht Austria EFFABShadow rapporteurAnimal welfare in transport and lifestock farming
2 Oct 2026Animal Welfare Foundation e.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurAnimal Welfare in Transport
11 Sep 2026Animal Law EuropeShadow rapporteurAnimal Welfare in Tranposrt
16 Jul 2026European Federation for Hunting and ConservationShadow rapporteurCAP
14 Jul 2026European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentMemberExchange of Views
7 Jul 2026Por otra PacShadow rapporteurCAP
2 Jul 2026EU Food Policy Coalition⁠↗; European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCAP
2 Jul 2026UK Mission to the EUMemberEU-UK Relations
2 Jul 2026Albanian MPMemberExchange of Views
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jul 2026Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeMemberExchange of Views
1 Jul 2026Verbände-PlattformShadow rapporteurCAP
30 Jun 2026Embassy of MontenegroDelegation chairExchange of Views
25 Jun 2026Vijesti Media GroupDelegation chairExchange of Views, EU-accession
24 Jun 2026European Vegetarian Union⁠↗MemberProtein Diversification
22 Jun 2026GLOBAL2000MemberFood and Feed, Pesticides
17 Jun 2026Bauer to PeopleShadow rapporteurAgriculture
15 Jun 2026Democratic Party of Socialists of MontenegroDelegation chairEU-Accession
11 Jun 2026Mission of North Macedonia to the European UnionRapporteurEU accession
11 Jun 2026University of PerugiaShadow rapporteurCommon Agricultural Policy
11 Jun 2026Land­wirtschafts­kammer Österreich⁠↗; Deutscher Raiffeisen­verband e.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurAgriculture
9 Jun 2026Umwelt­organisation WWF Central and Eastern Europe⁠↗; Stichting BirdLife Europe⁠↗; Institute for European Environmental Policy⁠↗; Greenpeace European Unit⁠↗; Friends of the Earth Europe⁠↗; European Environmental Bureau⁠↗; Compassion in World Farming Brussels⁠↗; Agroecology Europe⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCAP
9 Jun 2026Compassion in World Farming Brussels⁠↗Shadow rapporteurAgriculture, CAP
9 Jun 2026Terra Madre Europe - Slow FoodMemberAgriculture
9 Jun 2026Parliament of North MacedoniaRapporteurEU accession
4 Jun 2026Kosovar Civil Society Foundation Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Open Societies Foundation Europe Plus E+ Institute for Good Governance and Policies in Environment and Climate Change BIRN MNEMemberExchange of Views
2 Jun 2026European Coordination Via Campesina⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCAP
2 Jun 2026Skopje City CouncilRapporteurEU accession
2 Jun 2026Participant of EUVPMemberEU-Kosovo Relations
1 Jun 2026DonausojaMemberSoy, Biofuels

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Thomas Waitz 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.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
587
final texts voted on
of 606
97%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 584 final texts
15
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Thomas Waitz606 final votes
79%13%
For 476Against 78Abstained 33No vote recorded 19

With and against the group

On the 584 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Thomas Waitz 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 Greens/EFA majority56997%
Voted differently153%

Final texts where Thomas Waitz differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
8 July 2026The Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States A10-0198/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on Commission delegated regulation of 10 April 2026 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 to introduce a trajectory to gradually decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets B10-0337/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
8 July 2026The Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United… A10-0181/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Proposal for a Council decisionAbstainedFor
26 March 2026The adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of… A10-0069/2026 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposalAbstainedAgainst
8 October 2025Amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain A10-0161/2025 · Céline Imart · Commission proposalAgainstFor
8 July 2025The security of energy supply in the EU A10-0121/2025 · Beata Szydło · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AgainstFor
22 May 2025Council regulation establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon… A10-0083/2025 · Borys Budka · Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world A10-0076/2025 · Siegfried Mureşan and Carla Tavares · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
3 April 2025C10-0038/2025 - Commission proposalAbstainedFor
1 April 2025Providing macro-financial assistance to the Arab Republic of Egypt A10-0037/2025 · Céline Imart · Commission proposal and amendmentsAbstainedAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

19 counterpart entries in Thomas Waitz's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 19 entries; the other 15 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.