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Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER

Renew · Austria

Group
Renew
Country
Austria
Roll-call participation
76.3 %ⓘ of 2 891 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.2 % · 2025, roll calls
With majority line
96.9 %ⓘ of 2 206 votes where the group had a line · Renew median 96.0 %
More facts (5)
National party
NEOS NEOS – Das Neue Österreich
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
47 of 2 152 votesⓘ
Committees
AFCO (substitute), AFET
Member id
256841
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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 ⓘ

76.3 %

2 206 of 2 891 roll calls while in office

Renew median: 91.1 % (−14.8 pts)

Chamber median: 91.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.9 %

2 138 of 2 206 votes where their group had a line

Renew median: 96.0 % (+0.9 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

2.2 %

47 of 2 152 votes where their group had a clear line

34 opposite (for ↔ against), 12 abstained against the line, 1 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

1.0 %

23 of 2 206 votes cast

Participation 76.3 % — Renew median 91.1 %, 76 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 76 members of the Renew with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER76.3 %
Renew median91.1 %
Lowest in the group50.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members76
With majority line 96.9 % — Renew median 96.0 %, 76 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 76 members of the Renew with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER96.9 %
Renew median96.0 %
Lowest in the group76.9 %
Highest in the group98.5 %
Members76
  • 2025, 2 891 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Renew; 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, 5 928

Export

Every 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.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 35 135 for, 502 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 35 213 for, 433 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 26 256 for, 373 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 4 to paragraph 22 342 for, 260 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 3 to paragraph 15 555 for, 56 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 2 to paragraph 12 327 for, 291 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 1 to paragraph 6 236 for, 377 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 5 173 for, 448 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 8 to paragraph 1 123 for, 512 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 20262025 Commission report on Türkiye Amendment 33 to paragraph 1 179 for, 445 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union level Final votePassed 549 for, 33 against, 84 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde Final votePassed 659 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products Final votePassed 325 for, 304 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products Amendment 4 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 1; Directive (EU) 2020/262 287 for, 352 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Final voteFailed 181 for, 439 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 93 to recital 18 300 for, 331 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 92 to recital 15 281 for, 315 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 91, adding text after Recital 4 297 for, 267 against, 87 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 90, adding text after Recital 3 284 for, 293 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 89 to recital 3 287 for, 304 against, 69 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendments 67 + 70 (voted as one) to Article 20 289 for, 316 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendments 60 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 16 328 for, 294 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 96 to Article 12, after paragraph 4 266 for, 363 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 95 to Article 12, paragraph 4 273 for, 352 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) Amendment 94 to Article 12, after paragraph 3 269 for, 353 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution) Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 542 for, 52 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 608 for, 38 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026EU-Pakistan Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 276 for, 13 against, 9 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 418 for, 218 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) Proposal to vote on amendments 258 for, 394 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jun 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) Proposal to reject the text 198 for, 453 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 30, adding text after Recital 68 261 for, 365 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 1 to recital 34 270 for, 349 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 20 + 28 (voted as one), adding text after Recital 25 258 for, 370 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 19, adding text after Recital 18 185 for, 450 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 27, adding text after Recital 15 212 for, 424 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 18 + 26 (voted as one), adding text after Recital 1 209 for, 433 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 37 to Annex II, after point 2 205 for, 425 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 15 + 16 + 24 + 36 (voted as one), adding text after Article 37 280 for, 343 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 9 to Article 27, paragraph 1, point c 257 for, 353 against, 45 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 23 + 35 (voted as one), adding text after Article 24 262 for, 369 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 34, adding text after Article 11 264 for, 372 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 22 + 33 (voted as one) to Article 10, after paragraph 1 258 for, 376 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 32 to Article 10, paragraph 1 264 for, 372 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 8 to Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, after point d 269 for, 355 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 7 to Article 7, paragraph 2, after point d 257 for, 354 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendment 6 to Article 6, paragraph 3, after point d 269 for, 357 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 21 + 31 (voted as one), adding text after Article 4 202 for, 428 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jun 2026Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed Amendments 17 + 25 (voted as one) 201 for, 431 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Jun 2026Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 344 for, 237 against, 66 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 18 of 51 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 Renew

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
Anna STÜRGKH RenewAustria99 % of 3 544 shared92 %
Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON RenewFinland96 % of 4 439 shared92 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania96 % of 4 338 shared92 %
Dainius ŽALIMAS RenewLithuania96 % of 4 695 shared92 %
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY RenewNetherlands96 % of 4 906 shared92 %
Stine BOSSE RenewDenmark95 % of 4 871 shared92 %
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewNetherlands95 % of 4 971 shared92 %
Michał KOBOSKO RenewPoland95 % of 4 563 shared92 %
Elsi KATAINEN RenewFinland95 % of 4 959 shared92 %
Marjan ŠAREC RenewSlovenia95 % of 4 485 shared92 %

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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
Dan NICA S&DRomania90 % of 3 063 shared86 %
Birgit SIPPEL S&DGermany89 % of 4 022 shared86 %
Sven MIKSER S&DEstonia88 % of 4 896 shared86 %
Tiemo WÖLKEN S&DGermany88 % of 3 780 shared86 %
Isilda GOMES S&DPortugal88 % of 4 371 shared86 %
Tobias CREMER S&DGermany88 % of 4 585 shared86 %
Delara BURKHARDT S&DGermany88 % of 3 882 shared86 %
Carla TAVARES S&DPortugal88 % of 4 552 shared86 %
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ S&DSpain88 % of 4 647 shared86 %
René REPASI S&DGermany88 % of 4 722 shared86 %

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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 Constitutional AffairsAFCO CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committeeMember23 Jan 2025now
Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-AL Joint parliamentary committeeMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-RS Joint parliamentary committeeMember6 Oct 2025now
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association CommitteeD-UA DelegationVice-chair10 Jul 2025now
Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeDSEE DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary AssemblyDEPA Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Feb 2025now
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association CommitteeD-UA DelegationMember19 Sept 20249 Jul 2025

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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
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for a review of the EU's Black Sea strategyRapporteurAFET17 Sept 2026
A new co-ownership for the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations – the Pact for the MediterraneanShadow rapporteurAFET27 Apr 2026
Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integrationShadow rapporteurAFCO12 Feb 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationEUDS5 Feb 2026
Recommendation for the Council, for the Commission and for the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the regionShadow rapporteurAFET5 Feb 2026
Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldShadow rapporteurEUDS26 Jan 2026
Full member of the delegationOfficial delegationD-RS15 Jan 2026
Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldShadow rapporteurEUDS15 Jan 2026
Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic valuesShadow rapporteurAFET16 Dec 2025
Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU legal frameworkShadow rapporteurAFCO6 Oct 2025

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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.

111 contributions recorded; 23 on behalf of their group; 136 minutes of speaking time.

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 64

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
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya B-10-2026-0416Motion for a resolutionwith 17 co-authors—
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung B-10-2026-0399Motion for a resolutionwith 15 co-authors—
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro B-10-2026-0403Motion for a resolutionwith 15 co-authors—
1 Jul 2026PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 B-10-2026-0338Motion for a resolutionwith 246 co-authors—
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich B-10-2026-0326Motion for a resolutionwith 18 co-authors—
9 Jun 2026Sovereignty of European payment system Wero P-10-2026-002371Priority written questionwith 9 co-authors18 Sept 2026
18 May 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran B-10-2026-0262Motion for a resolutionwith 16 co-authors—
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On Shortcomings and deficiencies of the 'Amnesty Law' in Venezuela B-10-2026-0221Motion for a resolutionwith 14 co-authors—
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti B-10-2026-0220Motion for a resolutionwith 16 co-authors—
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities B-10-2026-0223Motion for a resolutionwith 18 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 26

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

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Connections

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

Political group

  • Group Renew Europe Renew · Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism

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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
29 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER”. Member record. memberId 256841. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256841?page=17&period=2025&vscope=all (retrieved 29 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256841. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256841?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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-256841,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256841?page=17&period=2025&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256841?page=17&period=2025&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-29},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256841. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256841. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}