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Member of the European Parliament · Romania EPP

Daniel Buda

MEP for Romania · European People's Party · Partidul Naţional Liberal · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Daniel Buda (EPP, Romania) has declared 77 lobby meetings this term - rank 284 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 75 of 185 within European People's Party.

49% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

77
declared meetings
current term
79
records since 2019
full dataset
49%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
284/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
75/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Daniel Buda, this term
77
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 9 in Feb 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 9 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 7 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 6 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% 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: 9 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Daniel Buda 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

Agriculture & food (22), Public affairs & consultancy (4), Chemicals & manufacturing (3)

Meetings by committee topic

Agriculture and Rural Development (62), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (6), Legal Affairs (3), D-IL (2), Housing Crisis in the EU (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jul 2026copa cogecaRapporteurAnimal welfare during transport
9 Jul 2026YARA BELGIUM S.A. Shadow rapporteurCMO
8 Jul 2026copa*cogecaShadow rapporteurCMO
25 Jun 2026Rud Pedersen Public Affairs Brussels ; Canada Grains Council MemberFood and Feed Omnibus
9 Jun 2026Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of JapanMemberFuture of agricultural policy
20 May 2026BASF SE CropLife EuropeMemberFood and Feed Omnibus
19 May 2026Farm Europe Shadow rapporteurCAP, CMO, fertiliser crisis
18 May 2026Asociatia Alianta Industriei Semintelor din RomaniaMemberNew genomic techniques
11 May 2026Assemblée des Régions Européennes Fruitières, Légumières et Horticoles Shadow rapporteurCMO
14 Apr 2026Union Européenne du Commerce du Bétail et des Métiers de la Viande RapporteurAnimal welfare during transport
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Apr 2026Austrian Chamber of AgricultureShadow rapporteurCMO in the context of the future programming period
8 Apr 2026Deutscher Bauernverband RapporteurAnimal welfare during transport
25 Mar 2026PROFEL - European Association of Fruit and Vegetable Processors MemberFruit and vegetable sector
19 Mar 2026PepsiCo MemberUnfair trading practices
17 Mar 2026logos public affairs ; YARA BELGIUM S.A. MemberCBAM and impact on the fertiliser industry
11 Mar 2026FuelsEurope MemberEnergy
11 Mar 2026Euro Foie Gras MemberOrganizarea Comuna a Pietelor
11 Mar 2026AVECRapporteurAnimal transport
26 Feb 2026INTERBEV; INAPORCMemberFuture of the livestock sector and agriculture in the next MFF
26 Feb 2026CNIELMemberMERCOSUR
26 Feb 2026ANVOLRapporteurAnimal transport
19 Feb 2026ASPROCAN; ASINCAMemberMercosur
2 Feb 2026Forward Global MemberFuture of the livestock sector
27 Jan 2026Institute for Development and Expertise of ProjectsMemberConstituirea Camerei de Comerț Trilaterale România–Ucraina–Republica Moldova
27 Jan 2026Umweltorganisation WWF Central and Eastern Erurope MemberSustainable future for agricultural areas
8 Dec 2025Federation of Associations for Hunting & Conservation of the EU MemberLarge Carnivores
3 Dec 2025PepsiCo Memberlocal agriculture production
25 Nov 2025Diplomatic Mission of the State of Israel in RomaniaMemberExchange of views on agricultural aspects
11 Nov 2025UNPR – Uniunea Națională a Patronatului Român UniRomSider - Uniunea Producatorilor de Otel CIROM -organizația patronală din industria cimentului și a altor produse mineraleMemberThe Romanian business environment
6 Nov 2025FertaWoolMemberAgriculture sector

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Daniel Buda 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.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
497
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the EPP majority
on 493 final texts
6
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Daniel Buda537 final votes
83%9%7%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 493 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Daniel Buda 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 EPP majority48799%
Voted differently61%

Final texts where Daniel Buda differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AgainstFor
7 May 2025A10-0075/2025 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
28 November 2024RC-B10-0173/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 September 2024B10-0021/2024 - Proposition de résolutionForAgainst
18 September 2024B10-0020/2024 - Proposition de résolutionForAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Daniel Buda'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.