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Member of the European Parliament · Italy S&D

Brando Benifei

MEP for Italy · Socialists & Democrats · Partito Democratico · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy) has declared 201 lobby meetings this term - rank 110 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.0× the average member, and it ranks 30 of 135 in the S&D group.

74% 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%.

201
declared meetings
current term
367
records since 2016
full dataset
74%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
110/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
30/135
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Brando Benifei, this term
201
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: 26 in Mar 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%026July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 9 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 26 declared meetingsApril 2025: 8 declared meetingsMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 13 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 12 declared meetingsApril 2026: 11 declared meetingsMay 2026: 10 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 4 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 linkOctober 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%026July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 9 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 26 declared meetingsApril 2025: 8 declared meetingsMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 13 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 12 declared meetingsApril 2026: 11 declared meetingsMay 2026: 10 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 4 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 linkOctober 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%026202420252026
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 202414100%
Oct 20241291.7%
Nov 202412100%
Dec 2024480%
Jan 2025771.4%
Feb 2025991.7%
Mar 20252659%
Apr 2025880%
May 2025375%
Jun 2025860%
Jul 2025975%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251040%
Oct 2025771.4%
Nov 2025775%
Dec 20251357.1%
Jan 2026683.3%
Feb 2026480%
Mar 202612100%
Apr 20261169.2%
May 20261050%
Jun 2026560%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20264100%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 26 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Brando Benifei 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

Technology & digital (41), Think tanks & research (17), Business federations & chambers (16)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (47), International Trade (41), Delegation for relations with the United States (19), Legal Affairs (8), Constitutional Affairs (7), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Oct 2026Assoutenti Lombardia APS⁠↗RapporteurEvent
21 Oct 2026European Academies Science Advisory Council⁠↗MemberEVENT with accademia dei Lincei
21 Oct 2026Corint Media GmbH⁠↗Membermeeting on digital omnibus
21 Oct 2026Assarmatori⁠↗Membermeeting
29 Jun 2026garagErasmus foundation⁠↗Membermeeting with Garag Erasmus
25 Jun 2026SEARCH ON MEDIA GROUP SRL⁠↗MemberEvent
25 Jun 2026Anthropic, PBC⁠↗MemberMeeting with Anthropic
24 Jun 2026Reset Tech GmbHMemberMeeting with Reset Tech
24 Jun 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiariesMemberAI governance
29 May 2026Cloudflare⁠↗MemberMeeting on cybersecurity and AI, AI agents, and compensation for rightsholders
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
28 May 2026TeslaMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
28 May 2026ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical⁠↗MemberVisit of ExxonMobil's methane emissions monitoring center
27 May 2026American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union⁠↗MemberUpdate on EU-US trade deal
27 May 2026United States Mission to the EUDelegation chairDiscussion with U.S.-based global standards development organizations
27 May 2026Cheniere EnergyMemberU.S: LNG Production and Exports to Europe
12 May 2026Eurasia Group Ltd.MemberEU trade policy
8 May 2026Autodesk, Inc.⁠↗MemberAI Applications in Sustainability and AI Safety
5 May 2026US mission to the EU - staff congress delegationDelegation chairMeeting with Staff delegation on economic security
5 May 2026European Environmental Bureau⁠↗MemberMeeting on Critical Raw Material in Latin America
29 Apr 2026Animal Law Italia ETS⁠↗MemberMisure speculari sugli standard UE di benessere animale negli allevamenti, durante il trasporto e al macello
28 Apr 2026European Aluminium AISBL⁠↗MemberCBAM scope extension
27 Apr 2026Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America⁠↗Delegation chairOrganisation reception event on TPLF
23 Apr 2026spiritsEUROPE⁠↗MemberEU US trade
22 Apr 2026CONSORZIO PER LA TUTELA DEL FORMAGGIO GRANA PADANOMemberEU trade policy
20 Apr 2026Tools for HumanityMemberNuova tecnologia sviluppata: AI - distinguere esseri umani da bot, senza compromettere la privacy degli utenti.
15 Apr 2026ADPA - European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus provisions
14 Apr 2026LEGACOOP AGRO­ALIMENTARE - Associazione Nazionale delle Cooperative Agroittico­alimentari per lo Sviluppo Rurale e CostieroMemberTema abitazione
13 Apr 2026DIGITALEUROPE⁠↗; noyb - European Center for Digital Rights⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus provisions
9 Apr 2026European DIGITAL SME Alliance⁠↗; EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionDigital Omnibus provisions
9 Apr 2026Mission of the United Kingdom to the EUShadow rapporteurSteel overcapacity

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Brando Benifei 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.

78%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
486
final texts voted on
of 606
100%
voted with the S&D majority
on 484 final texts
2
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Brando Benifei606 final votes
72%20%
For 438Against 42Abstained 6No vote recorded 120

With and against the group

On the 484 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Brando Benifei 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 majority482>99%
Voted differently2<1%

Final texts where Brando Benifei differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
16 December 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia A10-0230/2025 · Hana Jalloul Muro · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 March 2025RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

Unlinked but matchable

26 counterpart entries in Brando Benifei's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 26 entries; the other 22 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.