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Member of the European Parliament · Spain EPP

Gabriel Mato

MEP for Spain · European People's Party · Partido Popular · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Gabriel Mato (EPP, Spain) has declared 161 lobby meetings this term - rank 118 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.9× the average member, and 38 of 185 within European People's Party.

6% 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%.

161
declared meetings
current term
170
records since 2019
full dataset
6%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
118/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
38/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Gabriel Mato, this term
161
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 18 in Nov 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 13 declared meetingsJune 2025: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 18 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 12 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 9 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 14 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 18 declared in November 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Gabriel Mato meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Human Rights Defenders4
SPG4
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung2
CAISSE DES DEPOTS2
The EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry2

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

Agriculture & food (8), Human rights & humanitarian (3), Think tanks & research (3)

Meetings by committee topic

International Trade (57), DLAT (32), Fisheries (15), Foreign Affairs (14), Agriculture and Rural Development (12), D-CL (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
29 Jun 2026Ministry of Commerce of PakistanMemberMeeting with Mr Bilal Shahid
25 Jun 2026Human Right Director of Ayuda en AcciónDelegation chairMeeting with Alberto Casado
24 Jun 2026Cantabria Delegation in BrusselsMemberMeeting with The Cantabria Government Delegation in Brussels
23 Jun 2026Director of Corporate Affairs at CECA and the responsible for the Brussels officeMemberMeeting with Javier Figaredo and Adrien Boudet
16 Jun 2026The Andean ParliamentDelegation chairMeeting with the delegation of the Andean Parliament
10 Jun 2026South American DelegationDelegation chairMeeting with Suju
9 Jun 2026Piemonte Region of INTAMemberMeeting with the President of the Piemonte Region (INTA)
9 Jun 2026Human Rights defender of VenezuelaDelegation chairMeeting with Sairam Rivas
9 Jun 2026Vice-president and president of AnafricMemberMeeting with Antonio Jove Ris and José Friguls Joé
4 Jun 2026AmChamMemberMeeting with AmCham representative
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Jun 2026Neova GroupMemberMeeting with Neova Group representatives
3 Jun 2026Valls Companys GroupMemberMeeting with Valls Companys Group respresentatives
3 Jun 2026The Chancellor of GuatemalaDelegation chairMeeting with Ramiro Martinez
2 Jun 2026The Chancellor of Costa RicaDelegation chairMeeting with Manuel Tovar Rivera.
12 May 2026The ODCA Vice-president and Human Rights representativeDelegation chairObservatory Meeting
12 May 2026iEthanol, the European Industrial and Beverage Ethanol Association MemberMeeting with iEthanol
7 May 2026UNWRADelegation chairMeeting with UNWRA Palestine
6 May 2026Peruvian NGO´sDelegation chairMeeting with Cooper Action and Red Muqui
21 Apr 2026The Venezuelan OmbudsmanDelegation chairMeeting with the venezuelan human rights delegation
20 Apr 2026South Korean embassyMemberMeeting with the South Korean embassy
9 Apr 2026FEDIOLCommittee chairMeeting with FEDIOL
24 Mar 2026ACITMemberMeeting with Canary Association of Tobacco Manufacturers (ACIT)
19 Mar 2026GALPMemberMeeting with Local Fisheries Action Groups (GALP)
17 Mar 2026President of ASCAV and Vice President of ASCAVMemberMeeting with Doris Borrego and Javier Valentín
17 Mar 2026McDonald’sMemberMeeting with Representative
12 Mar 2026Executive Director of the EU‑LAC FoundationDelegation chairMeeting with Alberto Brunori
11 Mar 2026CDCMemberMeeting – EU-LAC Cooperation (CDC)
10 Mar 2026SPGCommittee chairMeeting with Copa-Cogeca
10 Mar 2026Director of the OEI Office in ColombiaDelegation chairMeeting with Donatella Montaldo
4 Mar 2026EU Ambassador to MexicoMemberMeeting with Gautier Mignot

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Gabriel Mato 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.

89%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
483
final texts voted on
of 537
96%
voted with the EPP majority
on 479 final texts
18
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Gabriel Mato537 final votes
79%9%10%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 479 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Gabriel Mato 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 majority46196%
Voted differently184%

Final texts where Gabriel Mato differed from the EPP majority

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

Unlinked but matchable

28 counterpart entrys in Gabriel Mato's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

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