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Member of the European Parliament · Belgium S&D

Elio di Rupo

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

As of 12 September 2026, Elio di Rupo (S&D, Belgium) has declared 37 lobby meetings this term - rank 422 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 109 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

22% 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%.

37
declared meetings
current term
37
records since 2019
full dataset
22%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
422/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
109/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Elio di Rupo, this term
37
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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: 7 in Jan 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 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 meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 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: 7 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Elio di Rupo meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Ambassadeur Kosovo2
FORUM EUROPEEN DE BIOETHIQUE DE STRASBOURG1
Agriconsulting Europe SA1
Search for Common Ground1
European Digital Rights1

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 (2), Agriculture & food (1), Chemicals & manufacturing (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Foreign Affairs (18), Security and Defence (9), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (4), DMAG (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
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
13 Oct 2025the Platform - Israeli NGOs for Human RightsMemberPerspectives and insights from Israeli civil society on the situation in Israel-Palestine
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
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
16 Jan 2025EurospacelabMemberDossier SEDE - M. Depère

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Elio di Rupo 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.

89%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
481
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the S&D majority
on 479 final texts
22
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Elio di Rupo537 final votes
79%9%10%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 479 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 majority45795%
Voted differently225%

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

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

Unlinked but matchable

5 counterpart entrys in Elio di Rupo'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.