
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%.
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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 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.
Busiest month: 11 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Francisco Assis meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| International Dalit Solidarity Network | 3 |
| International Federation for Rights and Developments | 3 |
| TotalEnergies SE | 2 |
| Brot für die Welt | 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
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 2026 | EIOPA | Shadow rapporteur | PEPP |
| 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 |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | International Dalit Solidarity Network ↗ | Member | Caste discrimination in South Asia |
| 7 Apr 2026 | TotalEnergies SE ↗ | Member | Situation of Human Rights in Mozambique |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Iranian opposition | Member | Developments in the Middle East |
| 10 Mar 2026 | DEM-PARTİ | Member | The military intervention in Iran and the position of Kurdish people |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Osez le féminisme | Member | Child Sexual Abuse, Gender Base Violence |
| 24 Feb 2026 | European Newspaper Publishers' Association ↗ | Member | Digital Omnibus |
| 11 Feb 2026 | ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre ↗ | Member | Chat Control, Digital Omnibus, Digital Sovereignty |
| 4 Feb 2026 | AMBER Alert Europe ↗ | Member | protection of children and child rights |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Brazilian Ambassador | Shadow rapporteur | EU-Mercosur Agreement |
| 28 Jan 2026 | President of UNITA – Adalberto Costa Júnior | Member | Situation of Human Rights and Democracy in Angola |
| 27 Jan 2026 | EEAS Managing Director for Multilateral | Member | EU external action on Human Rights |
| 20 Jan 2026 | spiritsEUROPE ↗ | Member | Política comercial/Acordo UE-Mercosul |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Representatives form the Iranian democratic opposition | Member | Situation 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Francisco Assis differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 13 November 2025 | A10-0194/2025 – Evelyn Regner – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 10 July 2025 | RC-B10-0328/2025 – Motion for a resolution | Against | For |
| 19 September 2024 | RC-B10-0023/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 19 September 2024 | RC-B10-0022/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
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:
- “International Federation for Rights and Developments” - likely International Federation for Rights and Developments (2 counterpart entrys)
- “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)
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.