
Member of the European Parliament · Portugal S&D
Ana Catarina Mendes
MEP for Portugal · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D, Portugal) has declared 45 lobby meetings this term - rank 418 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 2 other MEPs.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 107 of 135 in the S&D group.
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 52%.
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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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 1 declared meeting in Nov 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 5 in Apr 2026.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 100% |
| Oct 2024 | 4 | 100% |
| Nov 2024 | 3 | 85.7% |
| Dec 2024 | 1 | 100% |
| Jan 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | - |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | - |
| Apr 2025 | 3 | 75% |
| May 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Jun 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2025 | 1 | 0% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2025 | 2 | 0% |
| Dec 2025 | 2 | 0% |
| Jan 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Mar 2026 | 4 | 25% |
| Apr 2026 | 5 | 40% |
| May 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | 40% |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Oct 2026 | 3 | 100% |
| Nov 2026 | 1 | 0% |
Busiest month: 5 declared in April 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Ana Catarina Mendes meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) | 3 |
| Civil Society Europe | 3 |
| Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates | 2 |
| European Network Against Racism | 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
Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.
Most-met sectors this term
Human rights & humanitarian (9), Technology & digital (6), Democracy & civil society (5)
Meetings by committee or delegation this term
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (8), European Democracy Shield (4), Culture and Education (1), Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) NOS Security Technology | Member | Security, Defense and Resilience of Critical Infrastructures against hybrid threats |
| 12 Oct 2026 | European Digital Rights↗; Electronic Frontier Foundation↗ | Member | EU Kids Act |
| 7 Oct 2026 | EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union)↗ | Member | AgoraEU Regulation for the 2028-2034 period |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Apple Inc.↗ | Member | New Child Safety Features |
| 28 Sep 2026 | IOM - International Organization for Migration | Rapporteur | AMI Regulation for the period from 2028 to 2034 |
| 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 | International La Strada Association↗ | Member | Anti-Trafficking Directive & Migration policies |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Sylvie JOSSERAND & Constance LE GRIP - Assemblée Nationale | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Association des Jeunes Iraniens au Luxembourg - AJIL | Member | Political situation in Iran |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Ana Catarina Mendes held the seat, 606 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 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 561 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2026 | Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve A10-0230/2026 · Pierfrancesco Maran · Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 17 June 2026 | Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) A10-0161/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2020/262 as regards the general arrangements for excise duty in respect of tobacco and tobacco related products A10-0160/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section III – Commission, executive… A10-0074/2025 · Niclas Herbst · Proposal for a decision | Against | For |
Unlinked but matchable
10 counterpart entries 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 entries)
- “*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)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 10 entries; the other 6 are not listed.
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.