Member of the European Parliament · Romania S&D
Dragoş Benea
MEP for Romania · Socialists & Democrats · Partidul Social Democrat · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Dragoş Benea (S&D, Romania) has declared 2 lobby meetings this term - rank 638 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 131 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
0% 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 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: 1 in Jun 2025.
Busiest month: 1 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Dragoş Benea meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| British American Tobacco | 1 |
| Marie Bjerre, Minister for European Affairs of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU | 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
Meetings by committee topic
Regional Development (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2025 | British American Tobacco | Member | The role and importance of the tobacco industry in Romania's economy |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Marie Bjerre, Minister for European Affairs of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU | Committee chair | Advancing Regional Development and Reducing Disparities: Strategic Priorities during Denmark’s EU Council Presidency |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Dragoş Benea 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 362 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Dragoş Benea 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 Dragoş Benea differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0061/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 27 November 2025 | A10-0224/2025 – Marieke Ehlers – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 26 November 2025 | B10-0506/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 13 November 2025 | A10-0197/2025 – Jörgen Warborn – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 11 September 2025 | RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) | Abstained | For |
6 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
1 counterpart entry in Dragoş Benea's declarations appears to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “British American Tobacco” - likely British American Tobacco (1 counterpart entry)
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