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João Cotrim de Figueiredo, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Portugal Renew

João Cotrim de Figueiredo

MEP for Portugal · Renew Europe · Iniciativa Liberal · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, João Cotrim de Figueiredo (Renew, Portugal) has declared 82 lobby meetings this term - rank 272 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 51 of 77 within Renew Europe.

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

82
declared meetings
current term
82
records since 2019
full dataset
51%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
272/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
51/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

João Cotrim de Figueiredo, this term
82
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 22 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 12 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 80% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkNovember 2025: 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: 22 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who João Cotrim de Figueiredo meets most

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 (17), Chemicals & manufacturing (8), Energy (8)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European UnionMemberInternational trade - Meeting requested by the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union
7 Jul 2026Embassy of Israel in PortugalMemberUpdate on the Middle East - meeting requested by the Embassy of Israel in Portugal
30 Jun 2026Everpure, Inc.MemberData centre energy efficiency
29 Jun 2026Computer and Communications Industry Association MemberDigital regulatory environment
11 Jun 2026Novartis International AG MemberCompetitividade europeia, investigação e inovação, reforço do Mercado Único e a agenda de segurança económica
12 May 2026ATP - Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de PortugalMemberCompetitiveness and international trade
6 May 2026Mariupol City CouncilMemberReconstruction of Mariupol and models applicable to Ukraine
5 May 2026Crusoe Energy Systems, LLCMemberSustainable AI infrastructure
14 Apr 2026IQM Finland Oy MemberEuropean competitiveness
9 Apr 2026SwitcH2 B.V.MemberProjeto Atlântico (um projeto de produção flutuante de amônia verde offshore atualmente em desenvolvimento em Portugal)
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
19 Mar 2026SONAE MemberAgenda europeia em matéria digital
17 Mar 2026ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, AssociaçãoMemberApresentação da ESNA Data Platform
10 Mar 2026Associação Portuguesa da Química, Petroquímica e Refinação MemberCompetitividade e Descarbonização – o Futuro da Indústria Química Portuguesa
24 Feb 2026ACT | The App Association MemberStartups - opportunities and challenges within the European digital landscape
10 Feb 2026Confederação Nacional da AgriculturaMemberPróximo Quadro Financeiro Plurianual e nova Política Agrícola Comum
4 Feb 2026ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, AssociaçãoMemberEU Startup & Scaleup Strategy
18 Nov 2025European Technology Platform for organic food and farming MemberResearch and innovation in organic and agroecological practices
18 Nov 2025european competitive telecommunications association MemberDigital Networks Act
18 Nov 2025Clean Air Task Force, Inc. MemberGrid Package & Industrial Accelerator Act
5 Nov 2025The European Steel Association MemberEU steel market
5 Nov 2025European Association Automotive Suppliers MemberAutomotive industry
16 Sep 2025FuelsEurope MemberFuels
16 Sep 2025Trane Technologies MemberWaste-heat recovery in EU energy efficiency policy
15 Sep 2025EUROPA-LINK Development GmbHMemberApollo-Link Project
15 Sep 2025Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited MemberMobility, particularly sustainable and clean mobility
9 Sep 2025Microsoft Corporation MemberDigital policy
11 Jul 2025Floene, S.A. MemberEnergy
8 Jul 2025Vantage Towers AG MemberTelecom infrastructure
3 Jul 2025TotalEnergies SE MemberSimplification
2 Jul 2025Dow Europe GmbH MemberChemical industry

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while João Cotrim de Figueiredo 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.

81%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
439
final texts voted on
of 537
94%
voted with the Renew majority
on 427 final texts
24
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

João Cotrim de Figueiredo537 final votes
70%7%18%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 427 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and João Cotrim de Figueiredo 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 Renew majority40394%
Voted differently246%

Final texts where João Cotrim de Figueiredo differed from the Renew majority

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

Unlinked but matchable

15 counterpart entrys in João Cotrim de Figueiredo'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.