Member of the European Parliament · Italy S&D
Cecilia Strada
MEP for Italy · Socialists & Democrats · Partito Democratico · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Cecilia Strada (S&D, Italy) has declared 100 lobby meetings this term - rank 255 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 71 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.
65% 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%.
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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 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: 8 in Oct 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 1 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 75% |
| Oct 2024 | 8 | 50% |
| Nov 2024 | 4 | 25% |
| Dec 2024 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Jan 2025 | 5 | 100% |
| Feb 2025 | 4 | 75% |
| Mar 2025 | 7 | 71.4% |
| Apr 2025 | 3 | 100% |
| May 2025 | 5 | 66.7% |
| Jun 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Jul 2025 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 88.9% |
| Oct 2025 | 2 | 100% |
| Nov 2025 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Dec 2025 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 2 | 100% |
| Feb 2026 | 5 | 60% |
| Mar 2026 | 7 | 28.6% |
| Apr 2026 | 6 | 50% |
| May 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Oct 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 8 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Cecilia Strada 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
Human rights & humanitarian (52), Media & publishing (5), Health & pharma (4)
Meetings by committee or delegation this term
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (30), Development (14), Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (14), Delegation for relations with Palestine (14), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (7), Employment and Social Affairs (5)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Oxfam | Member | Tavola rotonda sugli effetti dell'occupazione israeliana nella vita quotidiana palestinese, con focus specifico sulle questioni economiche, commercio con le colonie e problemi relativi alla ricostruzione del territorio di Gaza |
| 9 Oct 2026 | COORDINAMENTO ITALIANO SOSTEGNO DONNE AFGHANE↗ | Member | Update on the situation for women in Afghanistan and possible initiatives to push forward |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Pax Christi International↗ | Member | Exchange of views on the current situation in the Occupied West Bank |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Oficina Internacional de Derechos Humanos - Acción Colombia↗ | Member | Situation of human rights in Colombia, with particular focus on women, LGBTQI+, land property and drug-related issues in the country also in view of the upcoming LIBE mission to Colombia |
| 1 Sep 2026 | UNDP, OCHA, UN Women, WFP and UNRWA | Rapporteur for opinion | UN stakeholders' meeting in view of the work as Rapporteur on the DEVE opinion on the situation of international law and the risk to multilateralism, democracy and the EU |
| 15 Jul 2026 | ASSOCIATION FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL CARE International Aisbl CONCORD Europe Danish Refugee Council Brussels International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies International Rescue Committee Inc Mines Advisory Group Norwegian Refugee Council Europe Protect Humanitarians Save the Children Europe Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies | Rapporteur for opinion | Stakeholders' meeting in view of the work as Rapporteur on the DEVE opinion on the situation of international law and the risk to multilateralism, democracy and the EU |
| 7 Jul 2026 | EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits↗ | Member | Exchange of views on the state of play of the implementation of the Migration Pact; the human right monitoring mechanisms in EU funding; latest developments concerning Palestine including outcomes of the Board of Peace |
| 12 May 2026 | World Food Programme | Member | Exchange with the WFP Country Director for Syria on the latest developments in Syria and the impact of the regional crisis |
| 23 Apr 2026 | ASSOCIATION FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL↗ | Rapporteur for opinion | Update on the campaign to demand an end to the use of antipersonnel mines and defend the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, in light of the current attacks against international law and multilateralism |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro↗ | Member | Joint exchange with the Mediterranean Subsaharan Migration Trade Union Network on challenges for international solidarity among social actors, the pathways to strengthen legal migration and the fight against labour exploitation of migrants |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | COORDINAMENTO ITALIANO SOSTEGNO DONNE AFGHANE | Member | scambio di vedute sulla situazione delle donne in Afghanistan, l'apartheid di genere, le politiche di discriminazione e il ruolo delle società civile |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Hind Rajab Foundation | Member | Exchange on the core mission of the foundation to pursue legal actions against perpetrators of crimes against Palestinians, and the importance to fight the impunity culture which currently allows such crimes to persist. |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Cooperatives Europe | Member | focus sul ruolo delle imprese cooperative come attori strategici e partner per l'attuazione dell'Azione Esterna dell’UE |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Comitato 3 ottobre Accoglienza Onlus↗ | Member | Exchange on the Right to Identification of Missing Migrants & EU DNA Database |
| 31 Mar 2026 | ASSOCIATION FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL↗ | Member | Preparatory call in view of the remote participation as keynote speaker to an event on the renewed use of antipersonnel mines, recent EU withdrawals from the Ottawa Treaty and the alarming announced plans to procure and deploy landmines in Europe |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (FLAI Federazione di categoria della CGIL) | Member | Nuovo regolamento rimpatri, impatto sui diritti dei lavoratori stranieri impiegati nel settore agroalimentare e le conseguenze in termini di violazioni, discriminazione e restringimento degli spazi di integrazione e regolarizzazione |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro | Member | Call in vista della visita di una rete sindacale delle migrazioni del Mediterraneo e dell’Africa subsahariana prevista per fine aprile; focus su tema della protezione dei diritti dei migranti e politiche di integrazione e regolarizzazione |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Egyptian Initiative for personal rights | Member | Exchange on the recent developments affecting migrants and refugees in Egypt and to exchange views on the EU–Egypt Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership in this context |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Danish Refugee Council Brussels | Member | Exchange on the situation in Syria, with a specific focus on migratory flows and the socio-economic situation in certain areas of the country |
| 17 Mar 2026 | 7amleh-The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media↗ | Member | Role of EU Funding and Export of High-Risk AI Systems in Escalating Human Rights Violations in Palestine and the Region |
| 3 Mar 2026 | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | Member | Exchange session with UNRWA on Palestine and the EU–UNRWA partnership |
| 26 Feb 2026 | B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories↗ | Member | Roundtable on the Israeli draft legislation on death penalty |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Save the Children Europe↗ | Member | Exchange on the Balkan migratory route and the impact of migration on children |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Kurdistan Regional Government's Mission to the European Union | Member | Exchange on the latest developments in the Kurdistan region |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Association for Civil Rights in Israel | Member | exchange on current legislative policy developments, in particular the death penalty law and the international NGOs law, besides an insight on civil liberties for everyone living in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories |
| 3 Feb 2026 | B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories↗ | Member | situation in the occupied palestinian territories |
| 15 Jan 2026 | EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits↗; ActionAid↗ | Member | 2024 ECA recommendations concerning the identification, mitigation and redress of human rights risks and violation in EU-funded prokects |
| 13 Jan 2026 | End Female Genital Mutilation - European Network↗ | Member | Discussion on the organization of an event on female genitale mutiltation |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Mental Health Europe - Santé Mentale Europe↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Exchange on mental health issues, with a gender-based focus and recommendations to improve the access to care |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Mines Advisory Group | Member | Exchange on the critical importance of continued EU support for humanitarian mine action, which steps to ensure EU funding under the next MFF and the alarming trend of withdrawal from international conventions banning mines in Europe |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Cecilia Strada 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 559 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Cecilia Strada 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 Cecilia Strada differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 2026 | Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives B10-0465/2026 · Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 16 September 2026 | Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure A10-0212/2026 · Rasa Juknevičienė · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 8 July 2026 | The 2025 Commission report on Ukraine A10-0172/2026 · Michael Gahler · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 18 June 2026 | Motion for a resolution on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland B10-0295/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 28 April 2026 | Applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council A9-0147/2022 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence… A10-0073/2026 · Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 22 January 2026 | Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges A10-0270/2025 · Reinis Pozņaks · Motion for a resolution | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | The implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 A10-0253/2025 · David McAllister · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 21 January 2026 | The implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 A10-0265/2025 · Thijs Reuten · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 18 December 2025 | RC-B10-0571/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0571/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
20 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
21 counterpart entries in Cecilia Strada's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “ARCI APS” - likely ARCI APS (1 counterpart entry)
- “ASSOCIATION FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL CARE International Aisbl CONCORD Europe Danish Refugee Council Brussels International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies International Rescue Committee Inc Mines Advisory Group Norwegian Refugee Council Europe Protect Humanitarians Save the Children Europe Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies” - likely ASSOCIATION FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL (1 counterpart entry)
- “Association for Civil Rights in Israel” - likely Association for Civil Rights in Israel (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 21 entries; the other 18 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.