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Iuliu Winkler, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Romania EPP

Iuliu Winkler

MEP for Romania · European People's Party · Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Iuliu Winkler (EPP, Romania) has declared 102 lobby meetings this term - rank 215 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 61 of 185 within European People's Party.

41% 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%.

102
declared meetings
current term
128
records since 2019
full dataset
41%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
215/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
61/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Iuliu Winkler, this term
102
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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 10 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 100% 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: 10 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Iuliu Winkler meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe3
EUROPEAN AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL2
adidas AG2
Copa Cogeca2
Embassy of Israel in Bucharest2

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

Chemicals & manufacturing (7), Energy (5), Agriculture & food (4)

Meetings by committee topic

International Trade (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Sep 2026Albright Stonebridge Group LLC MemberTrading prospects for the European Union
16 Jul 2026Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the EUMemberEU-Türkiye Relations
7 Jul 2026Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the European Union and NATOMemberEU - Morocco Relations
18 Jun 2026PHINIA MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act Implementation
10 Jun 2026APINDO- Asosiasi Pengusaha IndonesiaMemberImplementation of CEPA
4 Jun 2026S.C. Verde Magnesium S.R.L. MemberCBAM Policies
20 May 2026Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the European UnionMemberEU-Indonesia CEPA Dialogue
19 May 2026FORVIA MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act Implementation
5 May 2026Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe MemberNational minority rights in the European Union
29 Apr 2026Meat & Livestock AustraliaMemberEU-Australia Relations
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
28 Apr 2026Cambodian Inter-Parliamentary DelegationMemberEU-Cambodia Relations
22 Apr 2026Mission of China to the EUMemberEU-China relations
22 Apr 2026adidas AG MemberImplementation of CEPA
17 Mar 2026Roche RomaniaMemberForesight of Pharmaceutical Innovations
10 Mar 2026CRH plc MemberCBAM policies
10 Mar 2026Fertilizers Europe MemberETS policies
5 Mar 2026Asociația Obștească "Asociația Investitorilor din România"MemberRomania - Moldova Investments
3 Mar 2026Wizz Air Group MemberAir passenger rights
26 Feb 2026Mission of Moldova to the EUMemberMoldova-Romania Relations
25 Feb 2026Institute for Development and Expertise of ProjectsMemberMoldova-Romania Relations
24 Feb 2026German Chamber of Industry and CommerceMemberRomania Germany Economic Relations
11 Feb 2026New Zealand Mission to the European Union and NATOMemberEU-New Zealand Trade Relations
5 Feb 2026Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of BelgiumMemberEU-Philippines FTA
20 Jan 2026Mission of China to the European UnionMemberEU-China trade and economic relations
20 Jan 2026UK Mission to the European UnionMemberEU-UK Trade Relations
16 Jan 2026EUROPEAN AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MemberEU - Australia trade relationships
26 Nov 2025Australian Mission to the European Union and NATOMemberEU-Australia Trade Agreement
26 Nov 2025Mission of P.R. China to the EUMemberEU-China Relations
25 Nov 2025Fleishman-HillardMemberEnergy security of Europe
25 Nov 2025Mission of Malaysia to the European UnionMemberEU-Malaysia Relations

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Iuliu Winkler 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
485
final texts voted on
of 537
96%
voted with the EPP majority
on 481 final texts
19
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Iuliu Winkler537 final votes
79%10%10%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 481 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Iuliu Winkler 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 majority46296%
Voted differently194%

Final texts where Iuliu Winkler differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
26 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalForAgainst
22 January 2026B10-0063/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
25 November 2025A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025A10-0231/2025 – Tineke Strik – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 September 2025A10-0154/2025 - Michael Gahler - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AbstainedFor
10 July 2025B10-0319/2025 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
9 July 2025A10-0125/2025 – Robert Biedroń, Nikolas Farantouris – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
18 June 2025A10-0100/2025 – Ana Catarina Mendes – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AgainstFor
8 May 2025A10-0059/2025 - Karin Karlsbro - Proposition de la CommissionAbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

8 counterpart entrys in Iuliu Winkler'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.