Reinhold LOPATKA
PPE Austria AFETDEVEDROI Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 4 Jun 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 4 Jun 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
104
meetings published this term · rank 228 of 718
5
held as shadow rapporteur
98
distinct organisations met
11%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
3 Sep 2024 – 21 May 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
2 of 5
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (40%) · rank 137 of 628
5
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/0260(NLE) | Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 28 Jan 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0101(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 8 Oct 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0162(NLE) | Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 28 Jan 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2020(INI) | 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 28 Jan 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/2253(INI) | 2025 Commission report on Montenegro | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 28 Jan 2025 | ✓ yes |
Declared meetings (104)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | Other | Inter-Parliamentary Meeting with the UAE Federal National Council | — | UAE Federal National Council | not in register |
| 20 May 2026 | Other | Dinner with representatives of the UAE Federal National Council | — | UAE Federal National Council | not in register |
| 12 May 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting with Deputy Ambassador of Montenegro | 2025/2253(INI) | Deputy Ambassador of Montenegro | not in register |
| 6 May 2026 | Member | Meeting with Markus Beyrer | — | BUSINESSEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 6 May 2026 | Member | Meeting with organisations from Venezuela | — | Provea|Acceso a al Justica | not in register |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Member | Human Rights Situation in Burundi | — | Europe-Central Africa Network | not in register |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Member | Meeting with Taiwan's Minister for Human Rights, Minister Lin | — | Taiwan's Minister for Human Rights | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Member | Meeting with Rabbi Mendy Chitrik of Istanbul, Chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States | — | Rabbi Mendy Chitrik | not in register |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Member | Meeting with Business Europe Representatives | — | BUSINESSEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Member | Meeting with the Ambassador of the UAE to the EU, Mohamed Al Sahlawi | — | Ambassador Mohamed Al Sahlawi | not in register |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Member | Meeting with Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Ms. Elvira Kovač | — | Ms. Elvira Kovač | not in register |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Member | Meeting with Egyptian Ambassador H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abu Zeid | — | Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid | not in register |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Other | Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (IPM) with members of The Shura Council of the State of Qatar | — | Yousef bin Ali AL-KHATER,|Ahmed bin Hitmi AL-HITMI|Abdullah bin Nasser AL-SUBAIE|Dr. Muna bint Abdulrahman AL-MUSLEMANI|Ms. Sara bint Ahmed Al Mohannadi | not in register |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Other | Dinner with delegation from the Majlis Al-Shura of the State of Qatar and MEPs | — | Yousef bin Ali AL-KHATER|Ahmed bin Hitmi AL-HITMI|Abdullah bin Nasser AL-SUBAIE|Dr. Muna bint Abdulrahman AL-MUSLEMANI | not in register |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Other | Meeting with delegation from the Majlis Al-Shura of the State of Qatar | — | Yousef bin Ali AL-KHATER, Ahmed bin Hitmi AL-HITMI, Abdullah bin Nasser AL-SUBAIE, Dr. Muna bint Abdulrahman AL-MUSLEMANI | not in register |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the EU, Haifa Al Jedea | — | Ambassador Haifa Al Jedea | not in register |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the EU, Gayrat Fozilov | — | Ambassador Gayrat Fozilov | not in register |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Yemen to the EU, Mohammed Taha Mustafa | — | Ambassador Mohammed Taha Mustafa | not in register |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Member | Meeting with Iva Radunovic & Gordan Stojović from Montenegro | — | Iva Radunovic,|Gordan Stojović | not in register |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Member | Meeting with Benedetta Buttiglione, Director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute | — | AJC Transatlantic Institute | registered ↗ |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Other | Meeting with the Charge d’Affaires of Qatar to the EU, Mrs Sara Ahmed AL-MOHANNADI | — | Mrs Sara Ahmed AL-MOHANNADI | not in register |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Other | Meeting with the UAE Minister of State, Lana Nusseibeh | — | Ms Lana Nusseibeh | not in register |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Member | Meeting with Ambassador Ivo Germann, State Secretrary of Economic Affairs of Switzerland | — | Ambassador Ivo Germann | not in register |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Member | Meeting with Mr. Praveen Kumar, Consular Minister of the Republic of India in France | — | Mr. Praveen Kumar | not in register |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Other | Meeting with Delegation from Bahrain | — | Members of the Shura Council of Bahrain | not in register |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Other | Meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Council of Ministers and Climate Envoy, Mr. Adel Bin Ahmed AL JUBEIR | — | Mr. Adel Bin Ahmed AL JUBEIR | not in register |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Member | Meeting with the incoming Ambassador of Israel to the EU | — | Mr. Avraham NIR | not in register |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Member | Meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan | — | Mr. Gayrat Fozilov | not in register |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Other | Meeting with UAE Ambassador, Mohamed Al Sahlawi | — | The Ambassador of the UAE to the EU and Belgium | not in register |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Member | Meeting with ELNET Director, Matthijs Schüssler and Policy Officer, Damien Bertrand-Forboteaux | — | European Leadership Network | registered ↗ |
| 2 Oct 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the EU, Haifa Al Jedea | — | The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the EU, Haifa Al Jedea | not in register |
| 2 Oct 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Yemen to the EU, Mohamed Taha Mustafa | — | The Ambassador of Yemen to the EU, Mohamed Taha Mustafa | not in register |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Qatar to the EU, Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Malki | — | Ambassador Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Malki | not in register |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Other | 13th EU-Sultanate of Oman Inter-Parliamentary Meeting | — | Delegation from the Shura Council of the Sultanate of Oman, and the Deputy Chairman of the Shura, H.E. Taher Mabkhot Ali AL-JUNAIBI | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Other | Dinner with the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula | — | EUMEPS|The Omani delegation | registered ↗ |
| 23 Sep 2025 | Member | Begrüßung Pilgergruppe Lourdes aus St. Marein im Lavanttal | — | Lourdes pilgrimage group from St. Marein in Lavanttal | not in register |
| 23 Sep 2025 | Member | Meeting with the CEO of RHI Magnesita, Stefan Borgas | — | Stefan Borgas, CEO of RHI Magnesita | not in register |
| 23 Sep 2025 | Other | Meetng with H.E. Ambassador Fahad Aljaimaz, Head of the GCC Delegation to the EU | — | H.E. Ambassador Fahad Aljaimaz, Head of the GCC Delegation to the EU | not in register |
| 22 Sep 2025 | Other | National Day Reception of Saudi Arabia | — | The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the EU, Haifa Al Jedea | not in register |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Member | Round Table Discussion on 10/09 with H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to the EU | — | H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to the EU | not in register |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Member | Sitzung mit den MEPs und der JVP | — | Austrian MEPs|JVP (Junge Volkspartei) | not in register |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Member | Interview with Maximilian Ratzenböck | — | Maximilian Ratzenböck | not in register |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Member | Meeting with Markus Beyrer, DG of BusinessEurope | — | BUSINESSEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Member | Meeting with Markus Beyrer, DG of BusinessEurope | — | Markus Beyrer, DG of BusinessEurope | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Member | Meeting with His Excellency Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, former Prime Minister of the State of Palestine | — | H.E. Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, former Prime Minister of the State of Palestine | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Member | Meeting with Ms Armelle DOUAUD, European Parliament Director for the "Mediation and Dialogue Support Unit" | — | Armelle Douaud, Head of the Secretariat of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee | not in register |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Other | DARP Meeting with Luigi Di Maio | — | Luigi Di Maio, EU Special Representative for the Gulf region | not in register |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Other | Meeting with Delia Vlase, Head of Euromed/MiddleEast Unit | — | Delia Vlase, Head of Euromed/MiddleEast Unit | not in register |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Oman, H.E. Rua Al Zadjali | — | Ambassador of Oman, H.E. Rua Al Zadjali | not in register |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Member | Meeting with Waleed Elkhereiji, KSA Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs | — | Waleed Elkhereiji, KSA Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs | not in register |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Other | Meeting withe the Ambassador of Malawi, H.E, Dr. Naomi Ngwira | — | H.E, Dr. Naomi Ngwira | not in register |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Member | Mittagessen mit Abg.z.NR Ernst Gödl | — | Ernst Gödl | not in register |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Member | Breakfast discussion “MSC in Brussels” | — | Ambassador Rainer Rudolph, Vice-Chairman of the Munich Security Conference | not in register |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Qatar to the EU | — | Ambassador Abdulaziz Ahmad A ALMALKI ALJEHANI|Rakath Ajiyan S S Al-Samikh | not in register |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Member | Reception hosted by the Ambassador | — | Ambassador Haifa bint Abdurrahman Al-Jedea | not in register |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the EU | — | Ambassador Gaiyrat Fozilov | not in register |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting with representatives of the National Council of El Salvador | — | Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung | not in register |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting with Ivan Ilic | — | RTV | not in register |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting with Ambassador Rita Adam | — | Mission of Switzerland to the EU | not in register |
| 22 May 2025 | Member | Meeting with Andi Shehu of the IFRD | — | International Federation for Rights and Developments | not in register |
| 14 May 2025 | Member | Meeting with Celine Cognet from Red Bull | — | Red Bull GmbH | not in register |
| 13 May 2025 | Other | Event hosted by Kuwait's Ambassador Nawaf N. Alenezi. | — | Ambassador Haifa Al-Jedea|Ambassador Nawaf N. Alenezi|Ambassador Mohamed Al Sahlawi|Ambassador Rua Alzadjali|Ambassador Abdulaziz Almalki | not in register |
| 13 May 2025 | Member | Meeting with the Office of Tibet in Brussels | — | Tenzin Phuntsok & Rep Genkhang | not in register |
| 6 May 2025 | Member | Meeting with Kaspar Karampetian - President of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) | — | European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) | not in register |
| 9 Apr 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Qatar to the EU | — | Ambassador Abdulaziz Ahmad A ALMALKI ALJEHANI|Mrs. Tamader Saleh A.S AL-KHULEIFI | not in register |
| 8 Apr 2025 | Member | Meeting with Delia Vlase, Director of EuroMed | — | EuroMed | not in register |
| 7 Apr 2025 | Member | Meeting with Minister Tatjana Macura from Serbia and her team. | — | Minister Tatjana Macura,|Mr Nemanja Radojevic|Mr Miodrag Pantovic | not in register |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting with Minister Maida Gorcevic from Montenegro. | 2025/2020(INI) | Minister Maida Gorcevic | not in register |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Other | Inter-Parliamentary Meeting with Saudi Arabia | — | Representatives from the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia | not in register |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Member | Meeting with Ambassador Tigran Balayan, Head of Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the EU | — | Ambassador Tigran Balayan | not in register |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting on Montenegro | 2025/2253(INI) | Meeting with Montenegrin Head of Parliamentary Group & Chair of Committee | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Member | Meeting with Mr Carsten Ovens, CEO of ELNET Germany and Austria | — | European Leadership Network|Mr Carsten Ovens | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Member | Meeting with Minister Leon Mannie Talery from the Republic of Liberia | — | Minister Leon Mannie Talery | not in register |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Other | EU-Gulf cooperation | — | GCC representatives | not in register |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Member | Meeting with Member of the Italian Parliament | — | Mr Giangiacomo Calovini | not in register |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Member | Meeting with the Ambassador of Cuba to the EU | — | Ambassador Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios | not in register |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Ambassador of Oman to the EU | — | Ambassador Alzadjali | not in register |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Member | Meeting with the Ambassador of Serbia to the EU | — | Ambassador Danijel Apostolovic | not in register |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting with Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs | 2025/2020(INI) | Minister Filip Ivanovic | not in register |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Executive Manager of the Gulf Research Center Foundation in Brussels | — | Dr. Christian Koch | not in register |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Delegation of Taiwan to the EU | — | Ambassador Roy Lee | not in register |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Other | Meeting with the Head of the GCC Delegation to the EU | — | Ambassador Fahad Aljaimaz | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Meeting with Ambassador Rita Adam | — | Mission of Switzerland to the EU | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Other | Meeting with representatives of the United Arab Emirates | — | H.E. Mohamed Al Sahlawi, UAE Ambassador to the EU|Minister Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, UAE Special Envoy to the European Union | not in register |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Other | Meeting organised by MEP Hana Jalloul with the Yemen Elders Council | — | Yemen Elders Council | not in register |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Member | Meeting with Dr. Olaf Wientzek. Director of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue | — | Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung | registered ↗ |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with Jevrosima Pejovic MP, Member of the Committee for European Integration | — | Jevrosima Pejovic MP, Member of the Committee for European Integration | not in register |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Minister of European Affairs, Maida Gorcevic and the Chief Negotiator of Montenegro with the European Union, Predrag Zenovic | — | Minister of European Affairs, Maida Gorcevic and the Chief Negotiator of Montenegro with the European Union, Predrag Zenovic | not in register |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ervin Ibrahimovic | — | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ervin Ibrahimovic | not in register |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Minister of Mining, Oil and Gas, Admir Sahmanovic | — | Minister of Mining, Oil and Gas, Admir Sahmanovic | not in register |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajic | — | Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajic | not in register |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with Vasilije Čarapić MP, Co-Chair of the Committee on Electoral Reform; Member of the Committees on Legal Affairs, Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence | — | Vasilije Čarapić MP, Co-Chair of the Committee on Electoral Reform | not in register |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Member | Meeting with Florian Gross, Head of External Affairs and Communications, Philip Morris International | — | Philip Morris International Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Member | Meeting with Andreas Matthä, CEO of ÖBB-Holding AG (Austrian Federal Railways) | — | ÖBB-Holding AG | registered ↗ |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Other | Meeting with diplomats of the Mission of Qatar to the EU | — | H.E. Ambassador Abdulaziz Ahmad A ALMALKI ALJEHANI and other diplomats | not in register |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Mission of Bahrain to the EU | — | Ambassador H.E. Abdulla Al Doseri | not in register |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Mission of Yemen to the EU | — | Ambassador H.E. Mohamed Taha Mustafa | not in register |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Vienna | — | Frank Piplat | not in register |
| 17 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of Mission of Türkiye to the EU | — | Ambassador H.E. Faruk Kaymakcı | not in register |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Mission of Kuwait to the European Union | — | Ambassador H.E. Mr. Awaf Alenezi | not in register |
| 5 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with Austrian Federal Economic Chamber | — | Wirtschaftskammer Österreich | registered ↗ |
| 4 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the EU | — | Ambassador H.E. Ms Haifa Al-Jedea | not in register |
| 4 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the European Union. | — | Ambassador H.E. Mr. Mohamed Al Sahlawi | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the Head of the Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the European Union | — | Ambassador H.E. Ms Rua Issa Ashraf AL ZADJALI | not in register |