
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%.
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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 João Cotrim de Figueiredo meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| European Forum for Manufacturing | 2 |
| NOS | 2 |
| ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | 2 |
| European Association Automotive Suppliers | 2 |
| IQM Finland Oy | 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 (17), Chemicals & manufacturing (8), Energy (8)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union | Member | International trade - Meeting requested by the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Embassy of Israel in Portugal | Member | Update on the Middle East - meeting requested by the Embassy of Israel in Portugal |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Everpure, Inc. | Member | Data centre energy efficiency |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Computer and Communications Industry Association ↗ | Member | Digital regulatory environment |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Novartis International AG ↗ | Member | Competitividade europeia, investigação e inovação, reforço do Mercado Único e a agenda de segurança económica |
| 12 May 2026 | ATP - Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal | Member | Competitiveness and international trade |
| 6 May 2026 | Mariupol City Council | Member | Reconstruction of Mariupol and models applicable to Ukraine |
| 5 May 2026 | Crusoe Energy Systems, LLC | Member | Sustainable AI infrastructure |
| 14 Apr 2026 | IQM Finland Oy ↗ | Member | European competitiveness |
| 9 Apr 2026 | SwitcH2 B.V. | Member | Projeto Atlântico (um projeto de produção flutuante de amônia verde offshore atualmente em desenvolvimento em Portugal) |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | SONAE ↗ | Member | Agenda europeia em matéria digital |
| 17 Mar 2026 | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | Member | Apresentação da ESNA Data Platform |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Associação Portuguesa da Química, Petroquímica e Refinação ↗ | Member | Competitividade e Descarbonização – o Futuro da Indústria Química Portuguesa |
| 24 Feb 2026 | ACT | The App Association ↗ | Member | Startups - opportunities and challenges within the European digital landscape |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Confederação Nacional da Agricultura | Member | Próximo Quadro Financeiro Plurianual e nova Política Agrícola Comum |
| 4 Feb 2026 | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | Member | EU Startup & Scaleup Strategy |
| 18 Nov 2025 | European Technology Platform for organic food and farming ↗ | Member | Research and innovation in organic and agroecological practices |
| 18 Nov 2025 | european competitive telecommunications association ↗ | Member | Digital Networks Act |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Clean Air Task Force, Inc. ↗ | Member | Grid Package & Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 5 Nov 2025 | The European Steel Association ↗ | Member | EU steel market |
| 5 Nov 2025 | European Association Automotive Suppliers ↗ | Member | Automotive industry |
| 16 Sep 2025 | FuelsEurope ↗ | Member | Fuels |
| 16 Sep 2025 | Trane Technologies ↗ | Member | Waste-heat recovery in EU energy efficiency policy |
| 15 Sep 2025 | EUROPA-LINK Development GmbH | Member | Apollo-Link Project |
| 15 Sep 2025 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited ↗ | Member | Mobility, particularly sustainable and clean mobility |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Microsoft Corporation ↗ | Member | Digital policy |
| 11 Jul 2025 | Floene, S.A. ↗ | Member | Energy |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Vantage Towers AG ↗ | Member | Telecom infrastructure |
| 3 Jul 2025 | TotalEnergies SE ↗ | Member | Simplification |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Dow Europe GmbH ↗ | Member | Chemical 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where João Cotrim de Figueiredo differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | Against |
| 21 May 2026 | A10-0083/2026 – Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0058/2026 – Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0037/2026 – Dainius Žalimas – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0105/2026 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0043/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposal | Against | For |
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:
- “ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação” - likely ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação (2 counterpart entrys)
- “ATP - Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal” - likely ATP - Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal (1 counterpart entry)
- “Bosch” - likely Robert Bosch GmbH (1 counterpart entry)
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.