
Member of the European Parliament · Portugal EPP
Hélder Sousa Silva
MEP for Portugal · European People's Party · Partido Social Democrata · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP, Portugal) has declared 69 lobby meetings this term - rank 315 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 83 of 185 within European People's Party.
33% 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: 2 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 8 in Mar 2025.
Busiest month: 8 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Hélder Sousa Silva meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| NOS | 2 |
| Sony Music Entertainment | 2 |
| Rolls-Royce | 1 |
| CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal | 1 |
| School of International Futures Ltd | 1 |
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
Media & publishing (5), Finance (4), Technology & digital (4)
Meetings by committee topic
Culture and Education (33), Budgets (16), Security and Defence (11), D-BR (9), DCAM (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | Eupportunity – European Affairs Consultancy | Member | Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Apresentar a visão da empresa sobre este assunto |
| 2 Sep 2026 | EU Strategy ↗ | Member | Apresentação do estudo The TDM Equation, a new economic study |
| 14 Jul 2026 | BID- Banco interamericano de Desenvolvimento | Delegation chair | Apresentação de atividades, acordo UE Mercosul e MMF |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Euronext ↗ | Rapporteur for opinion | budgetary assessment on the Amending Regulations |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Digital Currencies Governance Group Limited ↗ | Rapporteur for opinion | the EU Market Integration Package |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Fastweb SpA | Rapporteur for opinion | Revisão mandato ENISA e CSA II |
| 11 Jun 2026 | EMEE (European Music Exporters Exchange) | Shadow rapporteur | AgoraEU |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Culture Next | Member | Capitais Europeias da Cultura - preparação da próxima Culture Next Summit |
| 9 Jun 2026 | MMG Brasil | Delegation chair | Reforço dos laços comerciais e de investimento entre o Brasil e a União Europeia |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Sony Music Entertainment ↗ | Rapporteur | Inteligência Artificial nos Setores Culturais e Criativos |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 2026 | DASSAULT AVIATION ↗ | Member | European strategic autonomy in combat aviation and sovereign defence industrial instruments |
| 30 Apr 2026 | The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA ↗ | Member | Online Piracy; Audiovisual Media Services Directive – AVMSD; Impact of AI in Cultural and Creative sectors. |
| 20 Mar 2026 | SAB | Member | about EU Space Security |
| 20 Mar 2026 | EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) ↗ | Member | an event organisation about Auto Radios and the Digital Network Act |
| 19 Mar 2026 | LIDE Bélgica | Delegation chair | Apresentação da LIDE e Plano de actividades |
| 18 Mar 2026 | FIPRA International SRL | Member | The European Union Civil Protection Mechanism |
| 17 Mar 2026 | NOS ↗ | Member | Revisão da AVMSD e Cybersecurity Act 2 |
| 13 Mar 2026 | GEOSAT | Member | about EU Space programmes, next MFF |
| 29 Jan 2026 | European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) | Member | Exchange views on the EIT's future as an independent EU agency un light of the ongoing FP10 discussions |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Vestas Wind Systems A/S ↗ | Member | Discuss the vulnerabilities of the EU energy infrastructure and the need to mitigate against current and future security risks. |
| 8 Dec 2025 | International Union of Cinema | Member | AgoraEU and Online Piracy |
| 20 Nov 2025 | European Festivals Association ↗ | Member | Presentation |
| 19 Nov 2025 | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) | Member | EU policies impacting in the music sector, in particular in the field of Artificial Intelligence |
| 15 Oct 2025 | ONE Youth Ambassadors | Member | Discuss policy recommendations on the next MFF and Global Europe Instrument |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Euranet Plus | Member | Apresentação da network de estações de rádio públicas e privadas de vários países da UE |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Fórum Académico para a Informação e Representação Externa (FAIRE) e European Students' Union (ESU) | Member | Apresentação da FAIRE e da ESU; Alianças de Universidades Europeias. |
| 30 Sep 2025 | SONAE ↗ | Member | Discutir a proposta da Comissão Europeia relativa aos novos recursos próprios, em particular o ‘Corporate Resource for Europe’ (CORE). |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Emergent ↗ | Member | Discussion around the EU preparedness agenda, the next MFF, and EU defence against CBRN threats |
| 15 Sep 2025 | EUROPEAN PRODUCERS CLUB | Member | Novo Programa AgoraEU |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Tabaqueira II | Member | Fiscalidade do tabaco e novos recursos próprios |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Hélder Sousa Silva 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 443 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Hélder Sousa Silva 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 Hélder Sousa Silva differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0344/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0134/2026 – Saskia Bricmont – Draft Council decision | Against | For |
| 6 May 2025 | A10–0068/2025 – Ondřej Knotek – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
Unlinked but matchable
16 counterpart entrys in Hélder Sousa Silva's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “A ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre” - likely ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre (1 counterpart entry)
- “AEPO-ARTIS” - likely Association of European Performers’ Organisations (1 counterpart entry)
- “EMEE (European Music Exporters Exchange)” - likely European Music Exporters Exchange (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.