Member of the European Parliament · Spain EPP
Javier Zarzalejos
MEP for Spain · European People's Party · Partido Popular · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Javier Zarzalejos (EPP, Spain) has declared 149 lobby meetings this term - rank 130 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.8× the average member, and 40 of 185 within European People's Party.
13% 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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 22 in Oct 2024.
Busiest month: 22 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Javier Zarzalejos meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates | 4 |
| Anti-money-laundering authority | 3 |
| European Data Supervisor | 3 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2 |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries | 2 |
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
Technology & digital (15), Human rights & humanitarian (4), Business federations & chambers (2)
Meetings by committee topic
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (139), Legal Affairs (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | Snap, Inc. ↗ | Rapporteur | Meeting with Snap Inc |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros (CECA) ↗ | Member | Meeting with CECA (Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros) |
| 17 Jun 2026 | DG JUST Director-General | Committee chair | Meeting with DG JUST Director-General |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Meeting with Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection | Member | Meeting with Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Basque Parliament | Member | Meeting with the Basque Parliament Committee on Democratic Quality |
| 12 May 2026 | Internet Watch Foundation ↗ | Rapporteur | Meeting with Internet Watch Foundation |
| 5 May 2026 | News Corp | Rapporteur | Meeting with News Corp |
| 5 May 2026 | PRISONERS DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ↗ | Member | Meeting with Prisoners Defenders |
| 5 May 2026 | Rapporteur | Meeting with Google (Spain) | |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union | Committee chair | Meeting with Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union, Ambassador Celeste |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | AMBER Alert Europe ↗ | Rapporteur | Meeting with AMBER Alert Europe Foundation |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Council of Europe | Committee chair | Meeting with General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on migration, Lord German |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Government of the Canary Islands | Committee chair | Meeting with the Vice President of the Government of the Canary Islands |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DG MENA | Committee chair | Meeting with the Director for the Gulf region at DG MENA |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Embassy of Israel in Spain | Member | Meeting with the Head of Mission of the Embassy of Israel in Spain |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Minister of Justice of Lithuania | Committee chair | Meeting with Minister of Justice of Lithuania |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Minister of Interior of Lithuania | Committee chair | Meeting with Minister of Interior of Lithuania |
| 3 Mar 2026 | European Judicial Training Network ↗ | Committee chair | Meeting with the European Judicial Training Network |
| 24 Feb 2026 | MEDEF | Committee chair | Meeting with MEDEF |
| 4 Feb 2026 | META | Rapporteur | Meeting with META |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Eurojust | Committee chair | Meeting with Eurojust president |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Minister of Justice of Poland | Committee chair | Meeting with Minister of Justice of Poland |
| 16 Dec 2025 | US Embassy to the EU | Committee chair | Meeting with US Ambassador to the EU |
| 10 Dec 2025 | ANAR Foundation | Member | Meeting with ANAR Foundation |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Portuguese Minister of the Presidency | Committee chair | Meeting with Portuguese Minister of the Presidency |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Moldavian Minister of Internal Affairs | Committee chair | Meeting with Moldavian Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 8 Dec 2025 | United Nations | Committee chair | Meeting with UN High Commission for Human Rights |
| 27 Nov 2025 | European Public Prosecutor Office | Committee chair | Meeting with EPPO candidate |
| 25 Nov 2025 | EU Authority for Anti-Money Laundering | Committee chair | Meeting with AMLA Board candidate |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers | Committee chair | Meeting with the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Javier Zarzalejos 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 502 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Javier Zarzalejos 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 Javier Zarzalejos differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0187/2026 – Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0147/2026 – Lukas Mandl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 21 May 2026 | A10-0121/2026 – Isabella Lövin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0098/2026 – Danuše Nerudová – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 28 April 2026 | A9-0147/2022 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0010/2026 – Lina Gálvez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | A10-0239/2025 – Aura Salla – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
10 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
15 counterpart entrys in Javier Zarzalejos's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “EuroCOP” - likely EuroCOP (2 counterpart entrys)
- “META” - likely Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Philip Morris” - likely Philip Morris International Inc. (2 counterpart entrys)
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.