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Member of the European Parliament · Portugal S&D

Francisco Assis

MEP for Portugal · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Francisco Assis (S&D, Portugal) has declared 95 lobby meetings this term - rank 234 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 64 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

43% 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%.

95
declared meetings
current term
95
records since 2019
full dataset
43%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
234/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
64/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Francisco Assis, this term
95
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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 11 in Nov 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 9 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 6 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 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: 11 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Francisco Assis 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

Most-met sectors

Human rights & humanitarian (18), Finance (3), Media & publishing (3)

Meetings by committee topic

Human Rights (47), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (16), Economic and Monetary Affairs (13), Foreign Affairs (5), DACP (2), International Trade (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Sep 2026EIOPAShadow rapporteurPEPP
15 Jul 2026Academic researcherMemberHuman Rights and democracy in Guiné-Bissau
15 Jul 2026Representatives from civil societyMemberFundamental freedoms in Guiné-Bissau
30 Jun 2026International Federation for Rights and DevelopmentsMemberGenocide in El-Obeid (Sudan)
25 Jun 2026EIOPAShadow rapporteurPan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)
24 Jun 2026International Dalit Solidarity Network MemberCaste discrimination in South Asia
23 Jun 2026International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) and Viva SaludMemberSituation of Human Rights in the Philippines
11 Jun 2026European Public Real Estate Association Shadow rapporteurPan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)
10 Jun 2026Sakharov Fellow from East TimorMemberEU's role in strengthening civil society in East Timor
10 Jun 2026Global Campus of Human RightsMemberCooperation between the European Parliament and the global academic community dedicated to the promotion of Human Rights
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Jun 2026Minority Rights Group International MemberSituation of Human Rights in Egypt
8 Jun 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Shadow rapporteurPan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)
1 Jun 2026Better Finance (Transparency Register nº 24633926420-79); Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs Shadow rapporteurPan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)
13 May 2026Euronext ; Insurance Europe Shadow rapporteurPan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)
6 May 2026H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abu Zeid, Egyptian Ambassador to the European Union and BelgiumMemberEU-Egypt relations
5 May 2026Prisioners Defenders and members of the Cuban oppositionMemberSituation of political prisioners in Cuba
22 Apr 2026Bureau du Tibet MemberThe situation of Human Rights in Tibet
14 Apr 2026International Dalit Solidarity Network MemberCaste discrimination in South Asia
7 Apr 2026TotalEnergies SE MemberSituation of Human Rights in Mozambique
10 Mar 2026Iranian oppositionMemberDevelopments in the Middle East
10 Mar 2026DEM-PARTİMemberThe military intervention in Iran and the position of Kurdish people
25 Feb 2026Osez le féminismeMemberChild Sexual Abuse, Gender Base Violence
24 Feb 2026European Newspaper Publishers' Association MemberDigital Omnibus
11 Feb 2026ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre MemberChat Control, Digital Omnibus, Digital Sovereignty
4 Feb 2026AMBER Alert Europe Memberprotection of children and child rights
3 Feb 2026Brazilian AmbassadorShadow rapporteurEU-Mercosur Agreement
28 Jan 2026President of UNITA – Adalberto Costa JúniorMemberSituation of Human Rights and Democracy in Angola
27 Jan 2026EEAS Managing Director for MultilateralMemberEU external action on Human Rights
20 Jan 2026spiritsEUROPE MemberPolítica comercial/Acordo UE-Mercosul
13 Jan 2026Representatives form the Iranian democratic oppositionMemberSituation of Human Rights in Iran

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Francisco Assis 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.

80%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
438
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 436 final texts
7
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Francisco Assis537 final votes
75%18%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 436 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.

Voted with the S&D majority42998%
Voted differently72%

Final texts where Francisco Assis differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
18 June 2026B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAbstainedAgainst
13 November 2025A10-0194/2025 – Evelyn Regner – Commission proposalAgainstFor
10 July 2025RC-B10-0328/2025 – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
19 September 2024RC-B10-0023/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
19 September 2024RC-B10-0022/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

11 counterpart entrys in Francisco Assis'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.