Karin Kadenbach is a member of Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (Austrian Socialist Party), part of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament.She became an MEP in 2009 and sits as a full member on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), the Delegation for relations with the United States, and the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia.