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Member

Sophia KIRCHER

EPP · Austria

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Austria
Roll-call participation
86.5 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
90.5 %ⓘ of 536 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
ÖVP Österreichische Volkspartei
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
20 of 496 votesⓘ
Committees
IMCO (substitute), TRAN (vice-chair)
Member id
256831
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

86.5 %

536 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−4.1 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

90.5 %

485 of 536 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (−5.1 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

4.0 %

20 of 496 votes where their group had a clear line

9 opposite (for ↔ against), 11 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

2.6 %

14 of 536 votes cast

Participation 86.5 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Sophia KIRCHER86.5 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 90.5 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Sophia KIRCHER90.5 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of EPP; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 620

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Passed 444 for, 179 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Resolution rejected 233 for, 360 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine Passed 518 for, 56 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023 Passed 531 for, 91 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agencies Passed 522 for, 115 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch Passed 601 for, 47 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 20242022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council Passed 431 for, 131 against, 83 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Oct 2024The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas Adopted 540 for, 23 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration Adopted 508 for, 53 against, 104 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia Adopted 495 for, 73 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023 Passed 632 for, 7 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024EU/USA Agreement on the launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. Territory Consent given 582 for, 16 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ Adopted 565 for, 8 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus Adopted 549 for, 21 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in Cuba Adopted 380 for, 182 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States Adopted 425 for, 131 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
19 Sept 2024Situation in Venezuela Adopted 309 for, 201 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Objection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Objection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Adopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 8 of 80 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within EPP

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Angelika WINZIG EPPAustria98 % of 4 894 shared89 %
Reinhold LOPATKA EPPAustria98 % of 4 834 shared89 %
Lukas MANDL EPPAustria96 % of 4 706 shared89 %
Alexander BERNHUBER EPPAustria96 % of 4 487 shared89 %
Marie-Sophie CHRIST EPPGermany95 % of 1 291 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany95 % of 4 282 shared89 %
Alexandra MEHNERT EPPGermany95 % of 4 535 shared89 %
Ralf SEEKATZ EPPGermany94 % of 4 606 shared89 %
Stefan KÖHLER EPPGermany94 % of 4 763 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany94 % of 3 398 shared89 %

Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia84 % of 4 850 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania84 % of 4 534 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany83 % of 3 321 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania83 % of 4 052 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium83 % of 5 017 shared82 %
Jan-Christoph OETJEN RenewGermany83 % of 5 045 shared82 %
Ivars IJABS RenewLatvia83 % of 4 114 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands83 % of 3 958 shared82 %
Moritz KÖRNER RenewGermany83 % of 5 084 shared82 %
Olivier CHASTEL RenewBelgium83 % of 4 752 shared82 %

Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Transport and TourismTRAN CommitteeVice-chair23 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)IG10-22 Intergroup / working groupMember12 Mar 2025now
Committee on Transport and TourismTRAN CommitteeMember19 Jul 202422 Jul 2024

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Multimodal bookingShadow rapporteurTRAN22 Jul 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationTRAN20 Apr 2026
Connecting Europe through high-speed railShadow rapporteurTRAN13 Mar 2026
EP delegation to the Conciliation Committee on Air Passenger Rights 2013/0072(COD)Trilogue negotiator5 Feb 2026
Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionTRAN21 Jan 2026
Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionIMCO21 Jan 2026
Strengthening social conditionality in view of creating quality jobsShadow rapporteur for an opinionIMCO10 Oct 2025
TRAN Committee Mission to Marseille, FranceOfficial delegation13 Sept 2024
No dossier namedCommittee vice-chairTRAN19 Jul 2024

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Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

16 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 21 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
7 Jul 2026Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
12 Mar 2026Rail transport safety in the EU – lessons learnt from the Adamuz accident and three years after the Tempi tragedy (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
10 Feb 2026Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
17 Dec 20252030 Consumer Agenda (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
27 Nov 2025Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate) SpeechRead
27 Nov 2025Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
8 Oct 2025Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate) Speech · 1 minRead
17 Jun 2025Latest developments on the revision of the air passenger rights and airline liability regulations (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
2 Apr 2025The importance of trans-European transport infrastructure in times of stalling economic growth and major threats to Europe’s security (debate) SpeechRead
2 Apr 2025The importance of trans-European transport infrastructure in times of stalling economic growth and major threats to Europe’s security (debate) Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 17

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
22 Jul 2026Seizure of private aircraft with non‑EU registrations E-10-2026-003084Written question16 Sept 2026
26 Jun 2026Eliminating double taxation for investors from the EU E-10-2026-002655Written questionNot yet answered
26 Jun 2026Consistent rail passenger rights across the EU E-10-2026-002654Written question13 Aug 2026
26 Jun 2026Eliminating double taxation for EU investors E-10-2026-002656Written question4 Aug 2026
20 May 2026Measures supporting regional airports in the EU E-10-2026-002096Written question3 Aug 2026
1 Apr 2026Tackling outflows of locally educated skilled workers E-10-2026-001368Written question5 Jun 2026
10 Feb 2026Cutting red tape for companies in the passenger transport sector E-10-2026-000542Written question27 May 2026
10 Feb 2026EU rules to make access permits available to people with reduced mobility, including in other EU countries E-10-2026-000541Written question26 Mar 2026
19 Nov 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protection of EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materials B-10-2025-0500Motion for a resolutionwith 71 co-authors—
7 Nov 2025Inflation, Austria surcharge and territorial supply constraints P-10-2025-004404Priority written questionwith 10 co-authors15 Dec 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 29

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
16 Jul 2026Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) IMCO-AM-790905 IMCO36
16 Jul 2026Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) IMCO-AM-791061 IMCO13
1 Jul 2026Connecting Europe through high-speed rail TRAN-AM-790790 TRAN42
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790101 CJ712
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790159 CJ712
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790158 CJ712
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790155 CJ711
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790103 CJ711
19 Jun 2026Clean corporate vehicles CJ46-AM-789892 CJ461
19 Jun 2026Clean corporate vehicles CJ46-AM-790087 CJ4612

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Austria National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Sophia KIRCHER”. Member record. memberId 256831. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256831?nb=all&page=13&scope=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256831. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256831?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-256831,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Sophia KIRCHER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256831?nb=all&page=13&scope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256831?nb=all&page=13&scope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256831. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256831. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}