
Member of the European Parliament · Portugal S&D
Ana Catarina Mendes
MEP for Portugal · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D, Portugal) has declared 40 lobby meetings this term - rank 409 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 104 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
60% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.
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Compared with the averages
Transparency this term
Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 5 in Apr 2026.
Busiest month: 5 declared in April 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Ana Catarina Mendes meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Civil Society Europe | 3 |
| Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates | 2 |
| European Network Against Racism | 2 |
| EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) | 2 |
| Reporters sans frontières | 2 |
Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.
Where the meetings cluster
Most-met sectors
Human rights & humanitarian (7), Technology & digital (5), Media & publishing (3)
Meetings by committee topic
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (7), European Democracy Shield (4), Culture and Education (1), DACP (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) ↗ | Member | Tobacco Regulation |
| 15 Jun 2026 | UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | Member | Situation in the Middle East |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Sylvie JOSSERAND & Constance LE GRIP - Assemblée Nationale | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield |
| 11 Jun 2026 | La Strada International ↗ | Member | Anti-Trafficking Directive & Migration policies |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Association des Jeunes Iraniens au Luxembourg - AJIL | Member | Political situation in Iran |
| 12 May 2026 | Member | CSAM Regulation | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | European Network Against Racism ↗ | Member | Greetings |
| 10 Apr 2026 | CEiiA - Engineering and Product Development Centre | Member | European Defense Industry |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Maria Fernanda Lay - President of the National Parliament of Timor Leste | Member | Greetings |
| 8 Apr 2026 | CITEVE Portugal | Member | European Defense Industry |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2026 | France Digitale ↗ | Member | 28th Regime |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association | Member | Greetings |
| 16 Mar 2026 | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | Member | Startup Nation Standards Report Presentation |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Embassy of the People's Republic of China in France | Member | Relations EU-China |
| 5 Mar 2026 | European Council on Refugees and Exiles ↗ | Rapporteur | Return Regulation and Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund within the Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034) |
| 3 Feb 2026 | APDC - Digital Business Community | Member | Artificial Intelligence |
| 26 Jan 2026 | *Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento | Member | Civic space in the EU, Official Development Assistance and Education for Development and Global Citizenship |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Mike Buckley - Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations | Member | Relations EU-UK |
| 11 Dec 2025 | European Partnership for Democracy | Member | Democracy Shield Priorities |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Human Rights Watch | Member | EU Migration Control and Externalisation in Mauritania |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Associação Política Factual XXI | Member | Youth Participation in European Politics |
| 3 Jul 2025 | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | Member | 28th Regime |
| 20 May 2025 | Civil Society Europe ↗ | Member | Civil Society and Democracy |
| 29 Apr 2025 | ASD-Eurospace ↗ | Member | Política de Defesa da UE |
| 29 Apr 2025 | ENPA; European Newspaper Publishers' Association ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield Piorities |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Reporters sans frontières ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield Piorities |
| 30 Jan 2025 | magellan circle | Member | Indústria da Defesa |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Google ↗ | Member | DSA Implementation |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Revolut Ltd ↗ | Member | DSA Implementation |
| 20 Nov 2024 | The ONE Campaign ↗ | Member | Priorities for the new term |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Ana Catarina Mendes held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 494 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Ana Catarina Mendes also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.
Final texts where Ana Catarina Mendes differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A10-0074/2025 – Niclas Herbst – Proposal for a decision | Against | For |
Unlinked but matchable
9 counterpart entrys in Ana Catarina Mendes's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação” - likely ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação (2 counterpart entrys)
- “*Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento” - likely *Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento (1 counterpart entry)
- “Associação Política Factual XXI” - likely Associação Política Factual XXI (1 counterpart entry)
Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.