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Member of the European Parliament · Portugal S&D

Carla Tavares

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

As of 8 November 2026, Carla Tavares (S&D, Portugal) has declared 50 lobby meetings this term - rank 400 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 7 other MEPs.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 104 of 135 in the S&D group.

37% 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%.

50
declared meetings
current term
50
records since 2016
full dataset
37%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
400/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 7 others
104/135
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Carla Tavares, this term
50
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: 1 declared meeting in Nov 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 5 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%05July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew 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 linkJune 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%05July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew 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 linkJune 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%05202420252026
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 20240-
Oct 20240-
Nov 20240-
Dec 20241100%
Jan 202510%
Feb 202540%
Mar 2025420%
Apr 202510%
May 20250-
Jun 202510%
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025350%
Oct 2025528.6%
Nov 2025250%
Dec 20251100%
Jan 2026533.3%
Feb 2026450%
Mar 2026266.7%
Apr 20260-
May 202610%
Jun 2026366.7%
Jul 2026450%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20263100%
Oct 202640%
Nov 202610%

Busiest month: 5 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Carla Tavares meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
European Institute of Peace4
Magellan Circle - European Affairs Consultancy LDA2
European Court of Auditors2
Eurojust2
Tabaqueira2

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 (3), Consumer & retail (2), Public affairs & consultancy (2)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Budgets (28), Budgetary Control (5), Economic and Monetary Affairs (3), Development (2), Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (1), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
5 Nov 2026European Women's Lobby Plataforma Portuguesa para os Direitos das MulheresMemberExchange of views on the next MFF
14 Oct 2026Comunidade Intermunicipal da Península de SetúbalMemberExchange of views on the next MFF
13 Oct 2026Comunidade Intermunicipal do DouroMemberExchange of views on the next MFF
7 Oct 2026German Federal Foreign OfficeMemberExchange of views on the next MFF
1 Oct 2026ESN Portugal; European Employer's InstituteMemberExchange of views on the next MFF
30 Sep 2026ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação⁠↗MemberEvent 'Data Platform'
9 Sep 2026Mota-Engil, SGPS, S.A.⁠↗MemberExchange of view on EU ETS
9 Sep 2026European Institute of Peace⁠↗MemberFollow-up on previous meeting, Global Europe
23 Jul 2026European Institute of Peace⁠↗MemberExchange of views on the next MFF
13 Jul 2026Magellan Circle - European Affairs Consultancy LDAMemberExchange of views on the next MFF
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 Jul 2026Gerald Loacker, Austria's ECA candidateShadow rapporteurIntroduction
2 Jul 2026European Institute of Peace⁠↗MemberIntroduction
25 Jun 2026Confederação Nacional dos Jovens Agricultores e do Desenvolvimento Rural⁠↗MemberExchange of views on the next MFF
23 Jun 2026European Institute of Peace⁠↗MemberExchange of views on the next MFF
23 Jun 2026European Federation of Management Consultancies AssociationsMemberIntroduction
11 May 2026Youth AgendaMemberIntroduction
23 Mar 2026TabaqueiraRapporteurExchange of views on the next MFF
16 Mar 2026The Global Disinformation Index⁠↗; Cassa Depositi e Prestiti s.p.a.⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the next MFF
11 Feb 2026European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy⁠↗MemberIntroduction
10 Feb 2026European Court of AuditorsMemberExchange of views on ECA Opinions
5 Feb 2026Confederação Empresarial de PortugalMemberExchange of views on several topics
3 Feb 2026SGI Europe⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the next MFF
29 Jan 2026HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the next MFF
26 Jan 2026Fórum Académico para a Informação e Representação Externa; EUSPARapporteurExchange of views on the next MFF
26 Jan 2026UITP - International Association of Public Transport⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views on the next MFF and urban mobility
21 Jan 2026European Court of AuditorsMemberIntroduction
14 Jan 2026EurojustMemberIntroduction
1 Dec 2025RESEAU DE UNIVERSITES DES CAPITALES DE L'EUROPE⁠↗RapporteurExchange of views
26 Nov 2025European Cigar Manufacturers Association⁠↗MemberIntroduction
10 Nov 2025International Organization for Migration (IOM)MemberExchange of views on the next MFF

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Carla Tavares 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.

93%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
554
final texts voted on
of 606
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 553 final texts
3
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Carla Tavares606 final votes
82%8%9%
For 498Against 51Abstained 5No vote recorded 52

With and against the group

On the 553 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Carla Tavares 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 majority55099%
Voted differently31%

Final texts where Carla Tavares differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
29 April 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium– EGF/2025/008/BE/Liberty A10-0084/2026 · Matthias Ecke · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
9 July 2025Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list B10-0315/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
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

Unlinked but matchable

3 counterpart entries in Carla Tavares's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

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.