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Member of the European Parliament · Spain S&D

Iratxe García Pérez

MEP for Spain · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista Obrero Español · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Iratxe García Pérez (S&D, Spain) has declared 135 lobby meetings this term - rank 150 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.6× the average member, and 41 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

8% 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%.

135
declared meetings
current term
741
records since 2019
full dataset
8%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
150/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
41/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Iratxe García Pérez, this term
135
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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 14 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 12 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 10 declared meetingsJune 2025: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 14 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 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: 14 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Iratxe García Pérez meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Party of European Socialists4
EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION3
Partito Democratico3
PES3
Young European Socialists3

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 (5), Labour & trade unions (5), Transport & automotive (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jun 2026Democratic Party in Czech RepublicMemberState of play in the Czech Republic
2 Jun 2026SPDMemberState of play in Germany
2 Jun 2026Basque Country GovernmentMemberEuskadi in the EU
19 May 2026UK GovernmentMemberTrade
19 May 2026Moldovan GovernmentMemberCurrent situation in Moldova
12 May 2026Member of the Spanish CongressMemberThe situation in La Rioja
12 May 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION MemberThe 28th Regime
6 May 2026Member of the Spanish SenateMemberThe situation in Castilla y León
5 May 2026Austrian Ministry of FinanceMemberMFF
5 May 2026First Vice-President of the Government of SpainMemberState of affairs in Spain
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
22 Apr 2026Socialist Party of AlbaniaMemberSocialist Alliances
21 Apr 2026ORGANIZACION NACIONAL DE CIEGOS DE ESPAÑA ; Fundación Secretariado Gitano MemberNGOs and the ESF+ in the new MFF
18 Apr 2026My Voice, My ChoiceMemberGlobal Progressive Mobilisation
17 Apr 2026Former President of the Senate of Chile; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of UruguayMemberGlobal Progressive Mobilisation
16 Apr 2026Brazilian Worker's PartyMemberProgressive Alliance of Parties
14 Apr 2026Democratic Party of Iranian KurdistanMemberMinorities in Iran
26 Mar 2026Romanian PSDMemberState of affairs in Romania
26 Mar 2026DPS MontenegroMemberAccession and state of democracy in Montenegro
18 Mar 2026President of the Parliament of MoldovaMemberEuropean accession and rule of law in Moldova
18 Mar 2026Member of the Luxembourg Socialist PartyMemberCooperation between socialists movements of Europe
12 Mar 2026Government of SpainMemberRegional Elections in Spain
11 Mar 2026PASOKMemberPASOK congress
9 Mar 2026Ambassador of GreeceMemberDemocratic participation in Greece
4 Mar 2026Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist PartyMemberElections in Bulgaria
4 Mar 2026Giovani Democratico (Young Democrats)MemberInvolvement of young socialists in Italy
4 Mar 2026Representatives of Emilia-Romagna (Partito Democratico)MemberSocialism in Italy
26 Feb 2026European Council on Refugees and Exiles ; Amnesty International Limited MemberPerspectives on migration
26 Feb 2026Embassy of PalestineMemberMonitoring of the situation in Palestine
11 Feb 2026Finnish Minister of European AffairsMemberThe Union's political agenda
6 Feb 2026Mladinski svet SlovenijeMemberDemocratic Dialogue with the Youth

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Iratxe García Pérez 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.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
495
final texts voted on
of 537
100%
voted with the S&D majority
on 493 final texts
2
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Iratxe García Pérez537 final votes
84%8%8%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 493 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Iratxe García Pérez 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 majority491100%
Voted differently20%

Final texts where Iratxe García Pérez differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
10 March 2026A10-0020/2026 – Jörgen Warborn – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
9 July 2025B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

9 counterpart entrys in Iratxe García Pérez'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.