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Günther SIDL

Austria Austria S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs

Günther SIDL is a Member of the European Parliament from Austria, representing Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Günther has submitted 434 amendments, delivered 29 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 30 questions, and filed 3 motions. Vote participation stands at 92.5% (5484 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 434 811.1 -377 496th/743 12th/20 109th/138
Speeches 29 44.4 -15 443rd/743 15th/20 84th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 7th/20 65th/138
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 16th/20 109th/138
Questions 30 39.7 -10 354th/743 12th/20 62nd/138
Motions 3 19.6 -17 446th/743 14th/20 68th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 4th/20 56th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 11th/20 91st/138
Explanations of Vote 4 43.0 -39 264th/743 11th/20 64th/138
Vote Participation 92.5% 86.3% – 269th/745 13th/20 44th/138

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Substitute ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Substitute SANT – Committee on Public Health

Delegations

Member DEPA – Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute DSCA – Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee
Member D-RU – Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
Substitute DSAS – Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

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Committees and delegations

Günther SIDL holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Member, since 2025-01-20. Attended 19 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 2 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Public Health (SANT): Substitute, since 2025-01-23. Attended 2 of 29 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-RU): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (DEPA): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (DSCA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Günther SIDL has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0102(COD): 99 amendments, latest 2025-09-29 (SANT)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/795
  • 2025/2618(RSP): 81 amendments, latest 2025-05-20 (ENVI)
  • 2025/2052(INI): 71 amendments, latest 2025-06-05 (ENVI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy
  • 2024/2718(RSP): 58 amendments, latest 2024-09-11 (ENVI)
  • 2025/0241(COD): 54 amendments, latest 2026-03-26 (ENVI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

Most recent 20 of 27. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-29 Territorial scope of the amended EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation concerning Morocco’s participation in PRIMA (E-10-2026-003166)
  • 2026-06-30 Follow-up to question for written answer E-001083/2025 on menstrual products: transparency and health risks (E-10-2026-002698)
  • 2026-03-12 Avian influenza in Italy and compliance with animal welfare legislation (E-10-2026-001047)
  • 2025-12-19 Whale and dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands (E-10-2025-005028)
  • 2025-11-21 EU action following the laying down of arms of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) (E-10-2025-004652)
  • 2025-11-18 EU-wide animal welfare act to protect stray animals (E-10-2025-004592)
  • 2025-11-07 Inflation, Austria surcharge and territorial supply constraints (P-10-2025-004404)
  • 2025-10-28 Impact of the Court of Justice of the European Union ‘Paks II ruling’ on Polish nuclear State aid assessment (E-10-2025-004231)
  • 2025-10-27 Risks of using AI in nuclear early warning systems (E-10-2025-004224)
  • 2025-10-15 Financial implications for European importers of provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of candles (E-10-2025-004055)
  • 2025-08-29 Investments associated with nuclear power (E-10-2025-003334)
  • 2025-08-08 Defibrillators in public spaces (E-10-2025-003213)
  • 2025-08-06 Conclusions and recommendations of the French food agency ANSES on isoflavones in soy products (E-10-2025-003183)
  • 2025-07-30 Threat to health from PFAS in food – follow-on question (E-10-2025-003153)
  • 2025-07-24 Single rail booking tool (E-10-2025-003070)
  • 2025-07-24 Evidence of poor implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by X and the Republic of Ireland (P-10-2025-003074)
  • 2025-07-16 Temu and Co. under the spotlight of health authorities (E-10-2025-002907)
  • 2025-06-27 New studies confirming carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure to glyphosate at relevant levels (E-10-2025-002611)
  • 2025-06-04 Authorisation of available treatments for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) (E-10-2025-002247)
  • 2025-05-20 Mink farming and the protection of animal welfare (E-10-2025-002013)

Questions for oral answer

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-02-05 When and how will the Commission deliver on its commitment to revise the EU’s animal welfare legislation? (O-10-2026-000006)
  • 2025-09-24 Fur farming and the placing of farmed fur products on the market (O-10-2025-000034)
  • 2024-11-12 The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025 (O-10-2024-000014)

Motions for resolutions

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-02-10 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on World Cancer Day
  • 2026-02-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on World Cancer Day (B-10-2026-0113)
  • 2024-09-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change

Written explanations of vote

All 4, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
  • Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP910521
  • The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)
  • World Cancer Day

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Günther SIDL set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group and of the Members from Austria. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanS&D meanAustria mean
Amendments434811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)719.0 (lower)
Speeches2944.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)42.6 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)2.2 (lower)
Questions3039.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)37.0 (lower)
Motions319.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)15.3 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.9 (lower)0.2 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)1.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote443.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)52.1 (lower)
Vote Participation92.5%86.3% (higher)85.8% (higher)92.3% (higher)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.