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Elio di Rupo

MEP for Belgium · Socialists & Democrats · Parti Socialiste · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Elio di Rupo (S&D, Belgium) has declared 38 lobby meetings this term - rank 444 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 112 of 135 in the S&D group.

21% 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 52%.

38
declared meetings
current term
38
records since 2016
full dataset
21%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
444/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
112/135
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Elio di Rupo, this term
38
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

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: 7 in Jan 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 6 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 1 declared meetingNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkOctober 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 6 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 1 declared meetingNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkOctober 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%07202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20240-
Oct 202410%
Nov 2024325%
Dec 202420%
Jan 2025725%
Feb 202510%
Mar 2025628.6%
Apr 2025333.3%
May 20250-
Jun 20250-
Jul 202520%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20250-
Oct 2025616.7%
Nov 20251100%
Dec 202510%
Jan 202610%
Feb 202610%
Mar 2026250%
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 20260-
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 202610%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 7 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Elio di Rupo meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Ambassadeur Kosovo2
Agriconsulting Europe SA1
Search for Common Ground1
European Digital Rights1
EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits1

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 (3), Agriculture & food (1), Business federations & chambers (1)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Foreign Affairs (19), Security and Defence (9), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (4), Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Oct 2026Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Kosovo with the European UnionMemberKosovo
25 Mar 2026European Transport Workers' Federation⁠↗Shadow rapporteurMobilé militaire
24 Mar 2026Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EUShadow rapporteurMobilité militaire
4 Feb 2026Ambassadeur KosovoShadow rapporteurSituation Kosovo
26 Jan 2026PDKI - Representative to the EPMemberSituation Iran
9 Dec 2025Ecrivain/philosophe - Droits humainsMemberRendez-vous avec Olivier Oghena
5 Nov 2025European Digital Rights⁠↗MemberProtection des mineurs en ligne
15 Oct 2025European Coordination of Committees and Associations for PalestineMemberSituation à Gaza et actions de l'UE
15 Oct 2025Fédération Wallonne de l'AgricultureMemberAccord UE Mercosur
14 Oct 2025Candid Public Affairs GmbH⁠↗MemberPeace in the Middle East
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Oct 2025the Platform - Israeli NGOs for Human RightsMemberPerspectives and insights from Israeli civil society on the situation in Israel-Palestine
1 Oct 2025osmoseMemberOrganisation éventuelle conférence
1 Oct 2025Ambassadeur Maroc auprès de l'UEMemberRélations entre le Maroc et l'UE + actualités au Maroc
1 Jul 2025AESAMemberSecurity and Defence
1 Jul 2025AIADMemberDefence and Security
28 Apr 2025European Space AgencyMemberRéunion
10 Apr 2025ASD-Eurospace⁠↗MemberWhite paper on the Future of European Defence
7 Apr 2025consul honoraire SerbieShadow rapporteurRendez-vous consul Serbie - Développement recente Serbie
26 Mar 2025APEDAFMemberInclusion scolaire des enfants sourds et des enjeux sociétaux
20 Mar 2025EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionEuroMed Rights, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, and Amnesty International - EP's position on macro-financial assistance to Egypt
6 Mar 2025Ambassadeur AzerbaijanMemberRencontre Ambassadeur
6 Mar 2025European Movement International⁠↗MemberDossier LIBE à venir
5 Mar 2025Ambassadeur ArmenieMemberRencontre Ambassadeur
4 Mar 2025solsoc; CNCD 11.11.11MemberLoi Omnibus
3 Feb 2025Ambassor EgypteMemberMeeting Ambassador Egypte
29 Jan 2025Ambassador AlgeriaMemberMeeting Ambassador Algeria
21 Jan 2025FEBMemberEchange attentes entreprises
21 Jan 2025Minister of Foreign Affairs - EgypteMemberRapport Egypte AMF
17 Jan 2025Stéphane Burton - Sabena Aerospace; Thierry Du Pres-Werson - Agoria belgospaceMemberDossier SEDE
16 Jan 2025Nationale Loterij / Loterie Nationale⁠↗MemberRendez-vous Arnaud Hermesse

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Elio di Rupo 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.

88%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
537
final texts voted on
of 606
95%
voted with the S&D majority
on 535 final texts
26
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Elio di Rupo606 final votes
78%9%11%
For 472Against 52Abstained 13No vote recorded 69

With and against the group

On the 535 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Elio di Rupo 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 S&D majority50995%
Voted differently265%

Final texts where Elio di Rupo differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
22 October 2026Amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards revised benchmark values for the heat and fuel benchmarks for the period from 2026 to 2030 A10-0276/2026 · Adam Jarubas · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
20 October 2026Suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste… A10-0266/2026 · Ingeborg Ter Laak · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
20 October 2026Suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and… A10-0267/2026 · Ingeborg Ter Laak · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
7 October 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
8 July 2026The Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States A10-0198/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Draft Council decisionAgainstFor
8 July 2026The Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United… A10-0181/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Proposal for a Council decisionAgainstFor
8 July 2026In view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico A10-0182/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
16 June 2026The role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security A10-0148/2026 · Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
30 April 2026RC-B10-0216/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0216/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026Amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical… A10-0104/2026 · Dimitris Tsiodras and Piotr Müller · Commission proposalAgainstFor

16 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

5 counterpart entries in Elio di Rupo's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 5 entries; the other 2 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.