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Member

René AUST

ESN · Germany

Group
ESN
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
89.7 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
98.2 %ⓘ of 556 votes where the group had a line · ESN median 93.9 %
More facts (5)
National party
AfD Alternative für Deutschland
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
7 of 537 votesⓘ
Committees
EMPL (substitute), ITRE (substitute)
Member id
256929
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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 ⓘ

89.7 %

556 of 620 final votes while in office

ESN median: 90.8 % (−1.1 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

98.2 %

546 of 556 votes where their group had a line

ESN median: 93.9 % (+4.3 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.3 %

7 of 537 votes where their group had a clear line

5 opposite (for ↔ against), 2 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

14.2 %

79 of 556 votes cast

Participation 89.7 % — ESN median 90.8 %, 27 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 27 members of the ESN with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
René AUST89.7 %
ESN median90.8 %
Lowest in the group65.8 %
Highest in the group97.7 %
Members27
With majority line 98.2 % — ESN median 93.9 %, 27 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 27 members of the ESN with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
René AUST98.2 %
ESN median93.9 %
Lowest in the group64.4 %
Highest in the group99.3 %
Members27
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of ESN; 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
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 101 — part 2 460 for, 194 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 101 — part 1 475 for, 171 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 53 to paragraph 99 167 for, 470 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 94, adding text after paragraph 88 117 for, 489 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Separate vote on paragraph 82 458 for, 163 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 80 234 for, 414 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 80 209 for, 445 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 80 — part 2 466 for, 187 against, 7 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 51 to paragraph 80 — part 2 209 for, 447 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 51 to paragraph 80 — part 1 199 for, 458 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 79 196 for, 461 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 79 203 for, 446 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 78 190 for, 460 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 78 191 for, 458 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 78 209 for, 450 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 82 to paragraph 65 194 for, 437 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 45 to paragraph 61 178 for, 463 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 56 148 for, 462 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 56 201 for, 453 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 53 197 for, 464 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 53 212 for, 439 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 50 — part 2 465 for, 136 against, 62 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 48 170 for, 462 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 48 129 for, 465 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 48 195 for, 455 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 48 173 for, 457 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Separate vote on paragraph 48 467 for, 185 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 92 to paragraph 48 217 for, 427 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Separate vote on paragraph 47 458 for, 156 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 44 128 for, 492 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 42 85 for, 538 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 34 192 for, 462 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 34 201 for, 446 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 34 — part 2 440 for, 189 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 32 168 for, 447 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 32 — part 2 482 for, 67 against, 121 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Separate vote on paragraph 30 433 for, 137 against, 93 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 29 162 for, 450 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 29 140 for, 493 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 25 188 for, 452 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 24 111 for, 535 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 34 to paragraph 22 133 for, 481 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 20 191 for, 462 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 19 188 for, 464 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Separate vote on paragraph 17 434 for, 235 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 15 — part 2 434 for, 195 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 13 154 for, 474 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 12 197 for, 462 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Separate vote on paragraph 12 404 for, 217 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Paragraph 9 — part 2 413 for, 237 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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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 4 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 ESN

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
Christine ANDERSON ESNGermany98 % of 5 079 shared80 %
Marc JONGEN ESNGermany98 % of 4 897 shared80 %
Irmhild BOSSDORF ESNGermany98 % of 5 172 shared80 %
Hans NEUHOFF ESNGermany98 % of 4 055 shared80 %
Anja ARNDT ESNGermany98 % of 4 691 shared80 %
Alexander SELL ESNGermany97 % of 4 977 shared80 %
Arno BAUSEMER ESNGermany97 % of 4 664 shared80 %
Petr BYSTRON ESNGermany96 % of 4 677 shared80 %
Mary KHAN ESNGermany96 % of 4 910 shared80 %
Siegbert Frank DROESE ESNGermany96 % of 4 931 shared80 %

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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
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group ESNGermany98 % of 216 shared49 %
Milan MAZUREK changed group ESNSlovakia78 % of 390 shared49 %
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group PatriotsPoland78 % of 1 285 shared70 %
Gerald HAUSER PatriotsAustria78 % of 5 104 shared70 %
Georg MAYER PatriotsAustria77 % of 4 553 shared70 %
Petra STEGER PatriotsAustria77 % of 5 256 shared70 %
Guillaume PELTIER ECRFrance77 % of 4 693 shared64 %
Roman HAIDER PatriotsAustria77 % of 5 381 shared70 %
Mieke ANDRIESE PatriotsNetherlands77 % of 2 558 shared70 %
Elisabeth DIERINGER PatriotsAustria77 % of 5 363 shared70 %

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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 Employment and Social AffairsEMPL CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Subcommittee on Tax MattersFISC SubcommitteeSubstitute12 Nov 2025now
Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDPAC Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeMember19 Jul 202430 Mar 2025
Committee on International TradeINTA CommitteeMember19 Jul 202411 Nov 2025
Subcommittee on Tax MattersFISC SubcommitteeMember19 Jul 202411 Nov 2025
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 20247 Jul 2025

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Dossiers

No rapporteur, shadow or negotiator role recorded this term.

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.

46 contributions recorded, 1 written statement; 40 on behalf of their group; 81 minutes of speaking time.

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 25

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
31 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need to combat migrant grooming gangs B-10-2026-0373Motion for a resolutionwith 80 co-authors—
18 Mar 2026Protecting our farmers from the cumulative effects of Mercosur, Ukraine’s accession to the EU and agricultural red tape G-10-2026-001004Major interpellationwith 2 co-authorsNot yet answered
22 Jan 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the power outage in Berlin and on the protection of critical national infrastructure B-10-2026-0097Motion for a resolutionwith 10 co-authors—
17 Sept 2025GPS interference on the flight of Commission President von der Leyen – media disinformation and distorted facts O-10-2025-000030Oral questionwith 36 co-authorsNot yet answered
1 Sept 2025European Court of Auditors special report 11/2025 on Transparency of EU funding granted to NGOs E-10-2025-003339Written questionwith 57 co-authors25 Nov 2025
28 Jul 2025German citizen abducted in Somalia E-10-2025-003119Written questionwith 1 co-author15 Sept 2025
17 Jul 2025Surveillance of critical media professionals by the German constitutional protection authorities E-10-2025-002952Written questionwith 1 co-author3 Sept 2025
15 Jul 2025German export model under pressure – securing the manufacturing location instead of offshoring production E-10-2025-002891Written question11 Nov 2025
15 Jul 2025Protecting traditional retailers from online platforms from third countries E-10-2025-002892Written question3 Sept 2025
2 Jul 2025MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION B-10-2025-0319Motion for a resolutionwith 76 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 0

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

No committee amendment by this member found this term.

Connections

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

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Germany 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 579b2832c723 (26 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
26 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “René AUST”. Member record. memberId 256929. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256929?page=6&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256929. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256929?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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-256929,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{René AUST}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256929?page=6&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256929?page=6&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256929. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256929. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}