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Member of the European Parliament · Portugal S&D

André Franqueira Rodrigues

MEP for Portugal · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D, Portugal) has declared 111 lobby meetings this term - rank 238 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 64 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.

35% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

111
declared meetings
current term
111
records since 2016
full dataset
35%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
238/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
64/135
rank in S&D
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

André Franqueira Rodrigues, this term
111
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 15 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%015July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 15 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 6 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%015July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 15 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 6 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%015202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 2024944.4%
Oct 20241546.7%
Nov 20241172.7%
Dec 2024450%
Jan 2025933.3%
Feb 202540%
Mar 202580%
Apr 202550%
May 202560%
Jun 2025250%
Jul 2025333.3%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251100%
Oct 2025450%
Nov 2025742.9%
Dec 20253100%
Jan 2026250%
Feb 2026616.7%
Mar 2026333.3%
Apr 202620%
May 2026520%
Jun 202610%
Jul 202610%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 15 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who André Franqueira Rodrigues meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Confederação Nacional da Agricultura2
Mariculture Systems Portugal Lda2
European Milk Board2
European Anglers Alliance2
Confederação dos Agricultores Portugueses2

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

Agriculture & food (18), Environment & climate (9), Technology & digital (5)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Agriculture and Rural Development (35), Fisheries (28), Transport and Tourism (5), Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1), Delegation for relations with the United States (1), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jul 2026APORMED - Associação Portuguesa das Empresas de Dispositivos MédicosMemberApormed
24 Jun 2026Diretor Geral da ALIFMemberDiretor Geral da ALIF
19 May 2026Chinese Minister CounsellorMemberChinese Minister Counsellor
15 May 2026Associação Escolas Profissionais AçoresMemberAssociação Escolas Profissionais Açores
12 May 2026Youth AgendaMemberYouth Agenda
12 May 2026Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves⁠↗MemberReunião : financiamento da biodiversidade e a resiliência das Regiões Ultraperiféricas
4 May 2026EdeniqMemberMeeting with Edeniq to exchange views on the practical application of RED III and on forthcoming amendments to the framework
14 Apr 2026Climate StrategyMemberClimate Strategy
14 Apr 2026European Anglers Alliance European Fishing Tackle Trade AssociationMemberMeeting "EU Recreational FIsheries sector | Preserving the EU's Water Framework Directive as cornerstone of economic, industrial and social development
18 Mar 2026Finnish Minister of Agriculture and ForestryMemberMeeting with the Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
18 Mar 2026Reunião com CentromarcaMemberReunião com Centromarca
10 Mar 2026Confederação Nacional da Agricultura⁠↗MemberConfederação Nacional da Agricultura
26 Feb 2026European Milk Board⁠↗Memberexchange on falling milk prices and dairy crisis prevention
18 Feb 2026Direção da Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Ponta DelgadaMemberReunião com a Direção da Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Ponta Delgada
10 Feb 2026Ireland's Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries and the Marine Timmy DooleyMemberIrelands's Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries and the Marine Timmy Dooley
6 Feb 2026Regional Government of Canary IslandsMemberMeeting with the Director General for European Affairs of the Government of the Canary Islands
5 Feb 2026Chester Zoo and BiazaMemberReunião c/ membros do Chester Zoo
4 Feb 2026European Tuna Group / ANICP - Introduction and Position on the EU-Thailand FTAMemberEuropean Tuna Group / ANICP - Introduction and Position on the EU-Thailand FTA
28 Jan 2026ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre⁠↗MemberReunião com a associacao ANSOL
13 Jan 2026Confederação dos Agricultores PortuguesesMemberReuniao com a Confederação dos Agricultores Portugueses
10 Dec 2025Google⁠↗MemberReunião com o Grupo Google
10 Dec 2025Nestlé S.A.⁠↗MemberReunião com o Grupo NESTLE
3 Dec 2025SONAE⁠↗MemberReunião com Grupo Sonae
26 Nov 2025Fábrica de Tabaco MicaelenseMemberReunião com a Fábrica de Tabaco Micaelense
25 Nov 2025Ambassador Monika Sopkovičová, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the EU, and Ambassador Štěpán Černý, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the EUMemberAmbassador Monika Sopkovičová, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the EU, and Ambassador Štěpán Černý, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the EU
19 Nov 2025Boliden Group⁠↗MemberBoliden
12 Nov 2025Mission of Morocco to the EUMemberMission of Morocco to the EU
7 Nov 2025Projeto LIFE IP Azores NaturaMemberVisita à área de intervenção da Mata dos Bichos, Projeto LIFE IP Azores Natura
5 Nov 2025Associação Natureza Portugal⁠↗MemberWWF briefing on the National and Regional Partnership Plans in the next EU budget
4 Nov 2025European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions⁠↗MemberEuropean Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions.

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while André Franqueira Rodrigues 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.

86%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
519
final texts voted on
of 606
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 517 final texts
4
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

André Franqueira Rodrigues606 final votes
77%7%14%
For 467Against 45Abstained 7No vote recorded 87

With and against the group

On the 517 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and André Franqueira Rodrigues 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.

Voted with the S&D majority51399%
Voted differently41%

Final texts where André Franqueira Rodrigues differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
17 June 2026Council 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 CouncilAbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026Council 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 CouncilAbstainedAgainst
19 September 2024RC-B10-0023/2024 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0023/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
19 September 2024RC-B10-0022/2024 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0022/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

22 counterpart entries in André Franqueira Rodrigues's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 22 entries; the other 19 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.