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Jacek Protas, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Poland EPP

Jacek Protas

MEP for Poland · European People's Party · Koalicja Obywatelska · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Jacek Protas (EPP, Poland) has declared 4 lobby meetings this term - rank 613 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 154 of 185 within European People's Party.

100% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

4
declared meetings
current term
4
records since 2019
full dataset
100%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
613/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
154/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Jacek Protas, this term
4
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: 1 in Nov 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 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: 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: 1 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Jacek Protas meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
ORLEN S.A.2
Czepczyński Family Foundation2

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

Energy (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Dec 2025Czepczyński Family Foundation MemberPrzedstawienie nowego projektu pn. „ABC Sławnych Polaków”, dalszy rozwój projektu „ABC Emocji” oraz o nasze działania w Ukrainie, które nabierają tempa
4 Nov 2025Orlen S.A. MemberMeeting with representatives of the Management Board of ORLEN S.A. and the team for EU regulations at ORLEN S.A.
10 Dec 2024Czepczyński Family Foundation MemberEducation for the Youngest, EU Funding, and International Cooperation – Foundation's Activities at the Local and European Level
20 Nov 2024Orlen S.A. MemberMeeting with representatives of the Management Board of ORLEN S.A. and the team for EU regulations at ORLEN S.A.

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Jacek Protas 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.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
494
final texts voted on
of 537
94%
voted with the EPP majority
on 490 final texts
29
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Jacek Protas537 final votes
82%7%8%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 490 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Jacek Protas 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 majority46194%
Voted differently296%

Final texts where Jacek Protas differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0106/2026 – Nacho Sánchez Amor – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
16 June 2026A10-0147/2026 – Lukas Mandl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 May 2026A10-0121/2026 – Isabella Lövin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst

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