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Member of the European Parliament · Slovakia Non-attached

Erik Kaliňák

MEP for Slovakia · Non-attached · SMER-Sociálna demokracia · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Erik Kaliňák (Non-attached, Slovakia) has declared 2 lobby meetings this term - rank 645 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 11 other MEPs.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 17 of 28 among non-attached members.

50% 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 52%.

2
declared meetings
current term
2
records since 2016
full dataset
50%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
645/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 11 others
17/28
rank in Non-attached

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Compared with the averages

Erik Kaliňák, this term
2
Parliament average
100
Non-attached average
25

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: 1 in Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%01July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 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 linkJune 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkOctober 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%01July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 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 linkJune 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkOctober 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%01202420252026
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 20240-
Nov 20240-
Dec 20240-
Jan 20250-
Feb 20250-
Mar 20250-
Apr 20250-
May 20250-
Jun 20250-
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 20250-
Oct 20250-
Nov 20250-
Dec 20250-
Jan 20260-
Feb 20260-
Mar 20260-
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 202610%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20261100%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 1 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Erik Kaliňák meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
FuelsEurope1
X International Unlimited Company1

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

This list counts this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Energy (1), Technology & digital (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
21 Oct 2026FuelsEurope⁠↗MemberFuels
24 Jun 2026X International Unlimited CompanyMemberAI

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Erik Kaliňák 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.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
565
final texts voted on
of 606

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Erik Kaliňák606 final votes
47%29%17%
For 284Against 176Abstained 105No vote recorded 41

With and against the group

Not shown. This needs a political group whose members took a clear majority position on a text, which is not available for every member - members sitting with no group are excluded, because there is no group line to compare against.

Unlinked but matchable

1 counterpart entry in Erik Kaliňák's declarations appears 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.