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Member of the European Parliament · Hungary EPP

Eszter Lakos

MEP for Hungary · European People's Party · Tisztelet és Szabadság Párt · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Eszter Lakos (EPP, Hungary) has declared 120 lobby meetings this term - rank 212 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 2 other MEPs.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 58 of 185 in the EPP group.

75% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

120
declared meetings
current term
120
records since 2016
full dataset
75%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
212/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 2 others
58/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Eszter Lakos, this term
120
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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: 21 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%021July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 21 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 7 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 6 declared meetingsApril 2026: 1 declared meetingMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 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 linkSeptember 2025: 60% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%021July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 21 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 7 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 6 declared meetingsApril 2026: 1 declared meetingMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 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 linkSeptember 2025: 60% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%021202420252026
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 20247100%
Oct 20242191.7%
Nov 20241182.4%
Dec 20244100%
Jan 2025766.7%
Feb 20251070%
Mar 2025771.4%
Apr 20251100%
May 20251100%
Jun 202510%
Jul 2025480%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025560%
Oct 20250-
Nov 2025633.3%
Dec 2025250%
Jan 20263100%
Feb 2026566.7%
Mar 2026687.5%
Apr 20261100%
May 20262100%
Jun 2026933.3%
Jul 2026250%
Aug 2026250%
Sep 2026366.7%
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 21 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Eszter Lakos 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

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

Energy (21), Think tanks & research (19), Health & pharma (15)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Industry, Research and Energy (89), Security and Defence (5)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Sep 2026Forum Atomique Européen⁠↗MemberEU energy policy
23 Sep 2026GLOBSEC⁠↗MemberEU defence policy, foreign affairs, energy security
10 Sep 2026CLEPA - European Association of Automotive SuppliersMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
28 Aug 2026ValeoMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
6 Aug 2026Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles⁠↗MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
15 Jul 2026MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company⁠↗MemberEU energy, industrial, and climate policies
8 Jul 2026UK Mission to the EUShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
30 Jun 2026Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
25 Jun 2026Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives ERICShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
25 Jun 2026Contemporary Amperex Technology HungaryMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Jun 2026Vereniging Universiteiten van NederlandShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
23 Jun 2026Pomorskie Regional EU OfficeShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
19 Jun 2026NestaShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
17 Jun 2026Wizz Air Group⁠↗MemberAviation sector
12 Jun 2026Tesla Motors Netherlands B.V.⁠↗MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
8 Jun 2026Corvinus University of BudapestShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
13 May 2026Robert Bosch GmbH⁠↗MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
5 May 2026European Regions Research and Innovation Network⁠↗Shadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
21 Apr 2026Eurelectric aisbl⁠↗MemberRevision of the TEN-E regulation
26 Mar 2026Quebec Ministry of Higher EducationMemberEU research & innovation policy
19 Mar 2026European Association of Research and Technology Organisations⁠↗Shadow rapporteurEU research & innovation policy
11 Mar 2026VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd⁠↗; RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB⁠↗; Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO⁠↗Shadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
5 Mar 2026SINTEF AS⁠↗Shadow rapporteurEU research & innovation policy
3 Mar 2026Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurEU research & innovation policy
3 Mar 2026Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionExchange of view on security-linked R&I
26 Feb 2026Schwarz Unternehmens­kommunikation International GmbH⁠↗MemberEU energy policy
25 Feb 2026Embassy of Canada to HungaryMemberEU-Canada relations
23 Feb 2026National Society of Conservationists -Friends of the Earth Hungary (Magyar Termeszetvedok Szovetsege)⁠↗MemberEU climate & energy policy
5 Feb 2026University of Lorraine; ASD-Eurospace⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionExchange of view on security-linked R&I
2 Feb 2026Airbus⁠↗MemberDefence industrial policies

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Eszter Lakos 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.

62%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
407
final texts voted on
of 606
84%
voted with the EPP majority
on 405 final texts
65
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Eszter Lakos606 final votes
58%33%
For 351Against 22Abstained 34No vote recorded 199

With and against the group

On the 405 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Eszter Lakos 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 majority34084%
Voted differently6516%

Final texts where Eszter Lakos differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0379/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0380/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
15 September 2026Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund A10-0202/2026 · Pascal Canfin · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the Commission Implementing Decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0335/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission Implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0336/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87705 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0334/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
7 July 2026A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector A10-0169/2026 · Matthias Ecke · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026The implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum A10-0187/2026 · Lukas Mandl and Pierfrancesco Maran · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) A10-0161/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the CouncilAbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entries in Eszter Lakos'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 13 entries; the other 10 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.