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Irene Montero

MEP for Spain · The Left · PODEMOS · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Irene Montero (The Left, Spain) has declared 21 lobby meetings this term - rank 498 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 35 of 45 within The Left.

10% 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%.

21
declared meetings
current term
21
records since 2019
full dataset
10%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
498/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
35/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Irene Montero, this term
21
Parliament average
85
The Left average
58

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, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 4 in May 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 2 declared meetingsnew 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: 4 declared in May 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Irene Montero meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits1
OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE1
Oficina Internacional de Derechos Humanos - Acción Colombia1
Afectados de la Sareb1
Asociación Río Aragón y Plataforma en Defensa de l'Ebre1

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 (3)

Meetings by committee topic

Foreign Affairs (2), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2), Housing Crisis in the EU (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Sep 2026Reunión con familiares y representación legal de Fergie ChambersMemberReunión con familiares y representación legal de Fergie Chambers
7 Sep 2026OIDHACOMemberReunión con la delegación de organizaciones colombianas LGBTIQ+ y de derechos de las mujeres
19 Feb 2026Frente PolisarioMemberReunión con Frente Polisario
11 Feb 2026EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits MemberDerechos fundamentales LGTBIQ+
26 Jan 2026European Left AllianceMemberReunión Partido Europeo
21 Jan 2026MalasmadresMemberReunión colectivo mujeres
15 Jan 2026Frente Polisario, Media luna rojaMemberDiversas reuniones con Ong y actores de la causa Saharaui
10 Dec 2025Zero PortMemberReunión afectados ampliación El Prat
10 Dec 2025Plataforma de afectados por las hipotecasCommittee chairReunión con la PAH
3 Nov 2025PBI ColombiaMemberReunión con PBI Colombia y comunidad de paz sobre aumento de la violencia, especialmente contra las mujeres
Show 11 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Nov 2025LazarilloMemberReunión con asociación Lazarillo sobre cuidados de infancia con enfermedades
15 Oct 2025OncobierzoMemberPeti sobre cáncer
12 Sep 2025Bomberos ForestalesMemberMedioambiente
10 Sep 2025Comité de Empresa de bomberos forestales de Comunidad de MMemberVisita Base de incendios de Alcalá de Henares y reunión con el Comité de Empresa de bomberos forestales de Comunidad de Madrid.
4 Sep 2025International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)MemberReunión Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
28 May 2025Afectados de la SarebMemberAfectados de la Sareb
21 May 2025Plataforma Si a la Tierra VivaMemberReunión con Plataforma Si a la Tierra Viva
13 May 2025OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE MemberConsorcio de ONG que trabaja con la población refugiada saharaui en Tinduf, Argelia.
3 May 2025Asociación Río Aragón y Plataforma en Defensa de l'EbreMemberMedioambiente
30 Apr 2025Plataforma Cívica Luz Ya para la Cañada RealMemberPlataforma Cívica Luz Ya para la Cañada Real
30 Apr 2025Misión México ante la UEMemberActualización situación política relaciones UE-México

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Irene Montero 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.

90%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
472
final texts voted on
of 537
89%
voted with the The Left majority
on 440 final texts
49
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Irene Montero537 final votes
41%31%15%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 440 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Irene Montero 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 The Left majority39189%
Voted differently4911%

Final texts where Irene Montero differed from the The Left majority

DateTextTheir voteThe Left majority
18 June 2026B10-0294/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 June 2026B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 June 2026C10-0108/2026 – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0150/2026 – Leoluca Orlando – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0133/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Draft Council decisionForAgainst
21 May 2026A10-0121/2026 – Isabella Lövin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
20 May 2026A10-0132/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decisionAgainstAbstained
30 April 2026A10-0079/2026 – Evelyn Regner – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0085/2026 – Daniel Freund – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026A10-0053/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

1 counterpart entry in Irene Montero's declarations appears 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.