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As of 22 Oct 2026, Sophia KIRCHER is a Austria MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 95.8% roll-call attendance, 239 notable vote records, 17 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Sophia KIRCHER

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EPP · Austria

Österreichische Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party)

95.8% attendance

Excludes 4 sittings the Parliament officially excused (Rule 162)

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95.8%
Attendance · last 180 days
#257 of 717 on the leaderboard
1840
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Sophia KIRCHER monthly attendance compared with the EU mean0255075100Excused87.8%99.5%99.3%99.2%99.4%Apr ’26May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

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Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Sophia KIRCHER voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority

8.4% (16 of 190)

The European People’s Party (EPP) average on the same method is 5.0%. Counted only when Sophia KIRCHER cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

1.6% (3 of 190)

Österreichische Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party) · 5 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
21 Oct 2026

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with regard to storms in 2026

Sophia KIRCHER voted Against; 98% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (166 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
7 Oct 2026

CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers

Sophia KIRCHER voted Against; 98% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (165 of 168) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
20 Oct 2026

Cohesion policy – the driving force in implementing the EU agenda for cities

Sophia KIRCHER voted Abstain; 97% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (164 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
15 Sept 2026

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures

Sophia KIRCHER voted Abstain; 95% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (169 of 177) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
21 Oct 2026

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Sophia KIRCHER voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (157 of 170) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
15 Sept 2026

Global role of the euro

Sophia KIRCHER voted Abstain; 91% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (150 of 164) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
28 Apr 2026

Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034

Sophia KIRCHER voted Abstain; 87% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (142 of 163) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
15 Sept 2026

Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund

Sophia KIRCHER voted Abstain; 79% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (140 of 177) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Sophia KIRCHER’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,752 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 76% of 740 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 98% of 1813 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 62% of 1381 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 71% of 14
  • budgetFor 100% of 13
  • digitalFor 100% of 10
  • economyFor 90% of 10
  • employmentFor 89% of 9
  • fisheriesFor 88% of 8
  • transportFor 100% of 8
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • foreignFor 100% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 7
  • tradeFor 83% of 6
  • migrationFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 100% of 3
  • healthAgainst 67% of 3
  • justiceFor 100% of 3
  • institutionalFor 100% of 3

Votes Sophia missed, how they would likely have voted

Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work

2026-10-06

For · 95%

85% of 167 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 89% of 9 employment votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

For · 75%

95% of 101 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted Against in 67% of 3 health votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland

2026-06-18

For · 95%

99% of 129 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 7 foreign votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba

2026-06-18

For · 95%

99% of 142 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines

2026-06-18

For · 95%

96% of 141 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Sophia KIRCHER was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Shadow rapporteur · 2

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

Show more: shadow rapporteur for opinions (3)

Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • 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)

    2025/0360(COD) ↗ · appointed 21 Jan 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)

    2025/0359(COD) ↗ · appointed 21 Jan 2026

  • Strengthening social conditionality in view of creating quality jobs

    2025/2059(INI) ↗ · appointed 10 Oct 2025

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 24 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

7 board memberships

State Chairman of JVP TirolUnpaidBoard
1st Vice President of YEPPUnpaidBoard
Deputy State Party Chairman of Tiroler VolksparteiUnpaidBoard
Deputy Federal Chairman of Jungen ÖVPUnpaidBoard
Municipal Party Chairman of ÖVP GötzensUnpaidBoard
State leadership of AAB TirolUnpaidBoard
Deputy Federal Party Chairman of ÖVPUnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

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Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Sophia KIRCHER made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Sophia KIRCHER's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
15 Jul 2026Mistral AIDigital Omnibus · Shadow rapporteur for opinion ·2025/0360(COD)
13 Jul 2026FerrmedIntermodal Transport · Member ·2023/0396(COD)
13 Jul 2026noyb - European Center for Digital RightsDigital Omnibus · Shadow rapporteur for opinion ·2025/0360(COD)
2 Jul 2026W Social ABEU Digital Sovereignty · Member
2 Jul 2026AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A.Digital Omnibus · Shadow rapporteur for opinion ·2025/0360(COD)
25 Jun 2026Deutsche Bahn AGRail Ticketing · Member ·2026/0115(COD)
24 Jun 2026Community of European Railway and Infrastructure CompaniesRail Ticketing · Member ·2026/0115(COD)
23 Jun 2026Vereinigung der österreichischen Industrie - IndustriellenvereinigungIntergenerational Fairness · Member
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Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

6 meetings on 3 files

These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

Amending Council Directive 92/106/EEC as regards a support framework for intermodal transport of goods and Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards calculation of external costs savings and generation of aggregated data

2023/0396(COD)
  1. FerrmedMember

Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
17written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 16 · Priority 1 · 1 co-authored

Latest 10

Show all 17 questions

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 24 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 20 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Sophia KIRCHER

Sophia Kircher is a Member of the European Parliament for Austria, belonging to the European People’s Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and to the Österreichische Volkspartei. Kircher has been an MEP in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) since 16 July 2024. Since 23 July 2024, Kircher has held the office of Vice-Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.

European Parliament, 10th term

Summary grounded in cited sources

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →