Member of the European Parliament · Portugal S&D
Francisco Assis
MEP for Portugal · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Francisco Assis (S&D, Portugal) has declared 108 lobby meetings this term - rank 242 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 66 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.
41% 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%.
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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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 4 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 25% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 11 in Nov 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Oct 2024 | 4 | 60% |
| Nov 2024 | 11 | 38.5% |
| Dec 2024 | 4 | 50% |
| Jan 2025 | 4 | 25% |
| Feb 2025 | 9 | 44.4% |
| Mar 2025 | 6 | 42.9% |
| Apr 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| May 2025 | 3 | 0% |
| Jun 2025 | 2 | 0% |
| Jul 2025 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Oct 2025 | 2 | 0% |
| Nov 2025 | 4 | 25% |
| Dec 2025 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 5 | 60% |
| Mar 2026 | 2 | 0% |
| Apr 2026 | 3 | 100% |
| May 2026 | 3 | 50% |
| Jun 2026 | 10 | 45.5% |
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 0% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Oct 2026 | 4 | 20% |
| Nov 2026 | 4 | 25% |
Busiest month: 11 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Francisco Assis meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Brot für die Welt | 3 |
| International Dalit Solidarity Network | 3 |
| International Federation for Rights and Developments | 3 |
| TotalEnergies SE | 2 |
| EU-LAT Network/Red EU-LAT | 2 |
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 (26), Democracy & civil society (3), Media & publishing (3)
Meetings by committee or delegation this term
Human Rights (52), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (21), Economic and Monetary Affairs (15), Foreign Affairs (5), Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (3), International Trade (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Bahá’í International Community | Delegation chair | OACPS-EU JPA |
| 5 Nov 2026 | OIDHACO | Member | The Colombian Peace Process on its 10th aniversary |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Eurojust | Rapporteur | Eurojust Regulation |
| 4 Nov 2026 | International Campaign for Tibet↗ | Member | The situation of Human Rights in Tibet |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Représentation Permanente de la France auprès de L'Union Européenne; Representação Permanente de Portugal junto da União Europeia | Rapporteur | Proposal for a Regulation on Eurojust |
| 13 Oct 2026 | World Uyghur Congress↗ | Member | Situation of the Uyghur minority in China |
| 8 Oct 2026 | PWC | Rapporteur | DAC (recast) |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Institute for Peace and Democracy | Member | Human Rights in Azerbaijan |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Plataforma Portuguesa para os Direitos das Mulheres | Member | Conclusões da investigação nacional do projeto MOTERIS sobre o espaço cívico das organizações de direitos das mulheres |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Brot für die Welt↗ | Member | Labour and Human Rights in Cambodia |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | European Tech Alliance↗ | Rapporteur | DAC (recast) |
| 28 Sep 2026 | DG-JUST | Rapporteur | Proposal for a Regulation on Eurojust |
| 4 Sep 2026 | EIOPA | Shadow rapporteur | PEPP |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Eurojust | Rapporteur | Proposal for a Regulation on Eurojust |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Academic researcher | Member | Human Rights and democracy in Guiné-Bissau |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Representatives from civil society | Member | Fundamental freedoms in Guiné-Bissau |
| 30 Jun 2026 | International Federation for Rights and Developments | Member | Genocide in El-Obeid (Sudan) |
| 25 Jun 2026 | EIOPA | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) |
| 24 Jun 2026 | International Dalit Solidarity Network↗ | Member | Caste discrimination in South Asia |
| 23 Jun 2026 | International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) and Viva Salud | Member | Situation of Human Rights in the Philippines |
| 11 Jun 2026 | European Public Real Estate Association↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Sakharov Fellow from East Timor | Member | EU's role in strengthening civil society in East Timor |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Global Campus of Human Rights | Member | Cooperation between the European Parliament and the global academic community dedicated to the promotion of Human Rights |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Minority Rights Group International↗ | Member | Situation of Human Rights in Egypt |
| 8 Jun 2026 | EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Better Finance (Transparency Register nº 24633926420-79); Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) |
| 13 May 2026 | Euronext↗; Insurance Europe↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) |
| 6 May 2026 | H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abu Zeid, Egyptian Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium | Member | EU-Egypt relations |
| 5 May 2026 | Prisioners Defenders and members of the Cuban opposition | Member | Situation of political prisioners in Cuba |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Bureau du Tibet↗ | Member | The situation of Human Rights in Tibet |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Francisco Assis 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 504 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Francisco Assis 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 Francisco Assis differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | C10-0258/2026 - Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 8 October 2026 | Motion for a resolution on the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network B10-0424/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 7 October 2026 | A 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) | For | Abstained |
| 17 September 2026 | RC-B10-0394/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0394/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 18 June 2026 | Motion for a resolution on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba B10-0285/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | Council 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 Council | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2020/262 as regards the general arrangements for excise duty in respect of tobacco and tobacco related products A10-0160/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 13 November 2025 | Council directive on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) A10-0194/2025 · Evelyn Regner · Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 10 July 2025 | RC-B10-0328/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0328/2025 · Motion for a resolution | Against | For |
| 19 September 2024 | RC-B10-0023/2024 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0023/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
1 further instance is not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
11 counterpart entries in Francisco Assis's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “International Federation for Rights and Developments” - likely International Federation for Rights and Developments (2 counterpart entries)
- “AIMMAP” - likely ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS INDUSTRIAIS METALÚRGICOS METALOMECÂNICOS E AFINS DE PORTUGAL (1 counterpart entry)
- “BSA | The Software Alliance” - likely Business Software Alliance (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 11 entries; the other 7 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.