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Member of the European Parliament · France The Left

Arash Saeidi

MEP for France · The Left · La France Insoumise · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Arash Saeidi (The Left, France) has declared 163 lobby meetings this term - rank 139 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.6× the average member, and it ranks 4 of 45 in the Left group.

49% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

163
declared meetings
current term
163
records since 2016
full dataset
49%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
139/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
4/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Arash Saeidi, this term
163
Parliament average
100
The Left average
70

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: 13 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%013July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 8 declared meetingsMay 2025: 6 declared meetingsJune 2025: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 13 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 6 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%013July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 8 declared meetingsMay 2025: 6 declared meetingsJune 2025: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 13 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 6 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%013202420252026
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 20241368.8%
Oct 20241264.3%
Nov 20241045.8%
Dec 2024380%
Jan 2025571.4%
Feb 202567.1%
Mar 2025866.7%
Apr 20258100%
May 2025614.3%
Jun 20251018.2%
Jul 2025633.3%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025425%
Oct 2025837.5%
Nov 20251346.2%
Dec 2025560%
Jan 2026450%
Feb 2026437.5%
Mar 2026520%
Apr 2026366.7%
May 2026580%
Jun 20261321.4%
Jul 2026581.8%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20261100%
Oct 2026657.1%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 13 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Arash Saeidi meets most

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 (27), Transport & automotive (23), Labour & trade unions (16)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Agriculture and Rural Development (55), Transport and Tourism (48), Legal Affairs (35), Delegation for relations with Canada (1), Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
20 Oct 2026FORCE OUVRIERE COMMUNICATION⁠↗; Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)⁠↗Shadow rapporteurEU-INC / 28th regime
14 Oct 2026Association France Palestine Solidarité Plateforme des ONG françaises pour la Palestine CECPShadow rapporteur for opinionAccord d'association UE-Israel et protection des juges de la CPI
7 Oct 2026European Paper Packaging Alliance⁠↗MemberPPWR Regulation
6 Oct 2026Société nationale SNCF⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
6 Oct 2026FS GroupShadow rapporteurTRAN Passenger Package
2 Oct 2026Ligue de Football Professionnelle -MédiaMemberLutte contre le piratage
28 Sep 2026Skyscanner Limited⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPassenger Package
16 Jul 2026Eurocities⁠↗MemberLe nouveau cadre financier pluriannuel
9 Jul 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗; EUROCADRES - THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFF⁠↗Shadow rapporteurEU INC proposal impact on workers rights
8 Jul 2026Union nationale des syndicats autonomesShadow rapporteurEU INC proposal impact on workers rights
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Jul 2026Association des Consultants, Courtiers & Intermédiaires en ÉnergieMemberEnergy brokers requested regulations
2 Jul 2026UNI Europa⁠↗; Sindacato Pensionati Italiani CGIL⁠↗; European Federation of Public Service Unions⁠↗; European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions⁠↗; EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS⁠↗; Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions⁠↗Shadow rapporteur28th Regime
30 Jun 2026Confédération Européenne des Vignerons Indépendants⁠↗MemberOrientation of the CAP for the wine sector
23 Jun 2026Farm adaptation Network; Confédération paysanneMemberCommon Agriculture Policy
16 Jun 2026UNION DES PORTS DE FRANCEMemberMaritime strategy
15 Jun 2026Enterprise mobilityMemberCorporate Fleets
12 Jun 2026Association des Consultants, Courtiers et IntermédiairesShadow rapporteur28th Regime
12 Jun 2026ACCIEMemberPratiques abusives des courtiers en énergie en France
10 Jun 2026Représentants des Premières Nations du Québec LabradorDelegation chairEchange de vues avec plusieurs représentants des Premières Nations du Québec Labrador
5 Jun 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗Shadow rapporteur28th Regime
4 Jun 2026Philip Cordery⁠↗Committee chairProjet eSAF H4 Marseille Fos
4 Jun 2026CPMECommittee chairDigital Omnibus
3 Jun 2026Access to LandCommittee chairÉchange sur la politique agricole commune et le renouvellement générationnel
3 Jun 2026SynabioShadow rapporteurÉchange sur la révision du règlement européen relatif à la production biologique et ses impacts pour les entreprises agroalimentaires bio françaises
2 Jun 2026EUROFACCommittee chairEnjeux stratégiques pour la compétitivité et la résilience de la filière et de l’élevage
29 May 2026Eumedion⁠↗Shadow rapporteur28th Regime
28 May 2026European FinTech Association⁠↗Shadow rapporteur28th Regime
28 May 2026The European Sustainable Investment Forum Label RCommittee chairSimplification without Dilution (CSRD/CSDDD)
27 May 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗Shadow rapporteur28th Regime
26 May 2026Confédération française démocratique du travail⁠↗Shadow rapporteur28th Regime and workers rights

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Arash Saeidi 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.

77%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
479
final texts voted on
of 606
93%
voted with The Left majority
on 449 final texts
32
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Arash Saeidi606 final votes
44%24%11%21%
For 265Against 147Abstained 67No vote recorded 127

With and against the group

On the 449 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Arash Saeidi 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 Left majority41793%
Voted differently327%

Final texts where Arash Saeidi differed from The Left majority

DateTextTheir voteThe Left majority
20 October 2026Connecting Europe through high-speed rail A10-0262/2026 · Vicent Marzà Ibáñez · Motion for a resolutionAgainstAbstained
6 October 2026The EU’s approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment A10-0238/2026 · Kinga Kollár · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
6 October 2026Amending Directive 2007/2/EC as regards simplification of certain requirements for the establishment of the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the Union A10-0233/2026 · Emma Wiesner · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
17 September 2026The impact of social media and the online environment on young people A10-0220/2026 · Sandro Ruotolo · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026Council regulation establishing the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (Euratom)… A10-0196/2026 · Sophie Wilmès · Commission proposal to the CouncilAbstainedFor
15 September 2026The global role of the euro A10-0214/2026 · Rasmus Andresen · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
17 June 2026The 2025 Commission report on Georgia A10-0140/2026 · Rasa Juknevičienė · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
11 February 2026The Agreement establishing an association between the European Union and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino respectively A10-0003/2026 · Željana Zovko · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 January 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 A10-0262/2025 · Francisco Assis · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
25 November 2025Ensuring the faster registration and uptake of biological control agents A10-0234/2025 · Alexander Bernhuber and Anna Strolenberg · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

22 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

36 counterpart entries in Arash Saeidi's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 7 of the 36 entries; the other 29 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.