
Member of the European Parliament · Portugal The Left
Catarina Martins
MEP for Portugal · The Left · Bloco de Esquerda · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Catarina Martins (The Left, Portugal) has declared 53 lobby meetings this term - rank 369 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 22 of 45 within The Left.
57% 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 51%.
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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 September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 13 in Nov 2024.
Busiest month: 13 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Catarina Martins meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre | 2 |
| Frente Polisario | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union | 1 |
| CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal | 1 |
| Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 1 |
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
Most-met sectors
Human rights & humanitarian (11), Health & pharma (9), Environment & climate (4)
Meetings by committee topic
Public Health (19), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (14), Industry, Research and Energy (6), Employment and Social Affairs (3), DCAR (1), Economic and Monetary Affairs (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 2026 | Front Line Defenders ↗ | Member | human rights |
| 25 Feb 2026 | European Junior Doctors Association ↗ | Member | healthcare workforce crisis |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Alzheimer Europe ↗ | Member | Alzheimer strategy |
| 29 Jan 2026 | ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre ↗ | Member | Soberania digital e proteção de dados |
| 29 Jan 2026 | *Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento | Member | Ajuda Pública ao Desenvolvimento |
| 23 Sep 2025 | FEM EMPOWER Portugal | Member | women's rights |
| 3 Sep 2025 | APIB - Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil | Shadow rapporteur | COP30 |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Tabaqueira II | Member | pubic health |
| 2 Sep 2025 | my voice my choice | Member | ECI - abortion rights |
| 27 May 2025 | Midia Ninja | Shadow rapporteur | COP30 |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2025 | Voz do Autista | Member | Autism |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Frente Polisario | Member | Western Sahara |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Frente Polisario | Member | Western Sahara |
| 19 Feb 2025 | International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations ↗ | Member | Global Health Strategy |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Reseau Français de Coopération Décentralosée pour la Palestine | Member | Occupied Jerusalem |
| 18 Feb 2025 | CIM Douro | Member | Cohesion funds |
| 18 Feb 2025 | European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions ↗ | Member | workers rights |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Child Rights International Network ↗ | Member | hazardous chemicals |
| 5 Feb 2025 | European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations ↗ | Member | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union ↗ | Member | medicine shortages |
| 3 Feb 2025 | Alliance contre le tabac ↗ | Member | smoke free environment |
| 3 Feb 2025 | European Recycling Industries' Confederation ↗ | Member | Plastic recycling |
| 30 Jan 2025 | ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre ↗ | Member | Free Software |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Childhood Cancer International Europe | Member | childhood cancer |
| 16 Jan 2025 | DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) ↗ | Member | women's health |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Coletivo Peru Solidário | Member | Proteção ambiental |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso | Member | Minas |
| 10 Dec 2024 | CPME | Member | health workforce crisis |
| 5 Dec 2024 | SINFAP / SNBS | Member | firefighters and forest vigilance |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Rede Ex Aequo | Member | LGBTQU+ rights |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Catarina Martins held the seat, 537 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 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 366 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Catarina Martins 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 Catarina Martins differed from the The Left majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | The Left majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0150/2026 – Leoluca Orlando – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0133/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Draft Council decision | For | Against |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0145/2026 – Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0132/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision | Against | Abstained |
| 19 May 2026 | A10-0130/2026 – Borys Budka – Council draft | For | Abstained |
| 30 April 2026 | RC-B10-0195/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0079/2026 – Evelyn Regner – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0053/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
12 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
4 counterpart entrys in Catarina Martins's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “*Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento” - likely *Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento (1 counterpart entry)
- “ONPOC” - likely Organizacion NACIONAL DE PUEBLOS ORIGINARIOS DE COLOMBIA (1 counterpart entry)
- “Tabaqueira II” - likely Tabaqueira II (1 counterpart entry)
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.