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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%.

53
declared meetings
current term
53
records since 2019
full dataset
57%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
369/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
22/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Catarina Martins, this term
53
Parliament average
85
The Left average
58

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 13 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 12 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 1 declared meetingApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkMay 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 13 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Catarina Martins 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

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
5 Mar 2026Front Line Defenders Memberhuman rights
25 Feb 2026European Junior Doctors Association Memberhealthcare workforce crisis
24 Feb 2026Alzheimer Europe MemberAlzheimer strategy
29 Jan 2026ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre MemberSoberania digital e proteção de dados
29 Jan 2026*Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o DesenvolvimentoMemberAjuda Pública ao Desenvolvimento
23 Sep 2025FEM EMPOWER PortugalMemberwomen's rights
3 Sep 2025APIB - Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do BrasilShadow rapporteurCOP30
2 Sep 2025Tabaqueira IIMemberpubic health
2 Sep 2025my voice my choiceMemberECI - abortion rights
27 May 2025Midia NinjaShadow rapporteurCOP30
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
26 Feb 2025Voz do AutistaMemberAutism
21 Feb 2025Frente PolisarioMemberWestern Sahara
20 Feb 2025Frente PolisarioMemberWestern Sahara
19 Feb 2025International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations MemberGlobal Health Strategy
18 Feb 2025Reseau Français de Coopération Décentralosée pour la PalestineMemberOccupied Jerusalem
18 Feb 2025CIM DouroMemberCohesion funds
18 Feb 2025European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions Memberworkers rights
6 Feb 2025Child Rights International Network Memberhazardous chemicals
5 Feb 2025European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations MemberChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
4 Feb 2025Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union Membermedicine shortages
3 Feb 2025Alliance contre le tabac Membersmoke free environment
3 Feb 2025European Recycling Industries' Confederation MemberPlastic recycling
30 Jan 2025ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre MemberFree Software
16 Jan 2025Childhood Cancer International EuropeMemberchildhood cancer
16 Jan 2025DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) Memberwomen's health
11 Dec 2024Coletivo Peru SolidárioMemberProteção ambiental
11 Dec 2024Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do BarrosoMemberMinas
10 Dec 2024CPMEMemberhealth workforce crisis
5 Dec 2024SINFAP / SNBSMemberfirefighters and forest vigilance
5 Dec 2024Rede Ex AequoMemberLGBTQU+ 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.

80%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
395
final texts voted on
of 537
94%
voted with the The Left majority
on 366 final texts
22
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Catarina Martins537 final votes
38%23%12%26%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the The Left majority34494%
Voted differently226%

Final texts where Catarina Martins differed from the The Left majority

DateTextTheir voteThe Left majority
18 June 2026B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0150/2026 – Leoluca Orlando – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0133/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Draft Council decisionForAgainst
16 June 2026A10-0145/2026 – Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
20 May 2026A10-0132/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decisionAgainstAbstained
19 May 2026A10-0130/2026 – Borys Budka – Council draftForAbstained
30 April 2026RC-B10-0195/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
30 April 2026A10-0079/2026 – Evelyn Regner – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0053/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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:

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.