MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

BIO AUSTRIA

NGO / non-profit · Agriculture & food · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, BIO AUSTRIA appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“BIO AUSTRIA ist der Verband der österreichischen Biobäuerinnen und Biobauern und damit die Vertretung der biologischen Landwirtschaft in Österreich. Wir sind den Grundsätzen der biologischen Landwirtschaft und unseren Mitgliedern verpflichtet. Wir vertreten die Interessen unserer Mitglieder und des Netzwerks von BIO AUSTRIA nach außen und setzen uns für die Weiterentwicklung der Biolandwirtschaft und die Schaffung adäquater Rahmenbedingungen auf nationaler und…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA467%
European People's Party233%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025
2
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Thomas Waitz
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alexander Bernhuber
2 meetings · EPP
Martin Häusling
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
7 May 2026Thomas WaitzAgriculture, CAP
2 Dec 2025Thomas WaitzCommon Agricultural Policy
3 Jun 2025Alexander BernhuberNGTs
5 Feb 2024Alexander BernhuberPlant reproducitve material
10 Jun 2021Martin HäuslingRedebeitrag für die Bio-Fachtagung: Tierhaltung und Weidemanagement
2 Nov 2020Thomas WaitzOrganic Farming

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