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Reinhold Lopatka
Reinhold Lopatka (born 27 January 1960) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)[1] who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since the 2024 European Parliament election in Austria. He led the ÖVP list in the elections.[2] Political careerMember of the Austrian Parliament, 2003–2024In addition to his role in parliament, Lopatka served as a member of the Austrian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2020 to 2024. In the Assembly, he was a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, the Sub-Committee on External Relations and the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World.[3] Lopatka also led the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) observer mission for the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election.[4] Member of the European Parliament, 2024–presentIn the European Parliament, Lopatka has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament’s delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.[5] Within the European People’s Party group, Lopatka has been heading the Austrian delegation.[6] Lopatka was part of the European Parliament’s observer mission in the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election.[7] ControversyIn 2013, Lopatka and Wilhelm Molterer were suspects in a corruption investigation into allegations the ÖVP may have used Telekom Austria funds for illegal party financing in the 2008 elections.[8] References
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