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Julien Sanchez

MEP for France · Patriots for Europe · Rassemblement national · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Julien Sanchez (PfE, France) has declared 17 lobby meetings this term - rank 536 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 42 of 85 in the PfE group, a place shared with 2 other members.

11% 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 52%.

17
declared meetings
current term
17
records since 2016
full dataset
11%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
536/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 3 others
42/85
rank in PfE
tied with 2 others

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Compared with the averages

Julien Sanchez, this term
17
Parliament average
100
PfE average
32

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 4 in Sep 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%04July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 1 declared meetingOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 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: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%04July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 1 declared meetingOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 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: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%04202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 202410%
Oct 202420%
Nov 202410%
Dec 2024333.3%
Jan 20251100%
Feb 20250-
Mar 20250-
Apr 20250-
May 20250-
Jun 20250-
Jul 202520%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20250-
Oct 20250-
Nov 20250-
Dec 20250-
Jan 20260-
Feb 20260-
Mar 20260-
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 20260-
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 202640%
Oct 202630%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 4 declared in September 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Julien Sanchez meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises2
Chambre d'Agriculture du Gard2
Yumin PAN, Consul Général de Chine à Strasbourg2
Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution1
Agriculteurs, Coordination Rurale1

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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Business federations & chambers (2), Consumer & retail (1)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Budgets (9), Budgetary Control (2), Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2), Delegation for relations with the United States (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 Oct 2026Ambassade d'Israël en FranceMemberEntretien avec M. Asaf MORAN, Ministre Plénipotentiaire près l'Ambassade d'Israël en France, à sa demande, 3 ans jour pour jour après le 7 octobre 2023
7 Oct 2026Fédération des buralistes du Bas-Rhin Confédération des buralistesMemberRencontre avec la Confédération des buralistes et son antenne du Bas-Rhin, organisée par ma collègue Virginie JORON
2 Oct 2026Ambassade des Etats-Unis en FranceMemberEntretien avec Mia ter Haar, cheffe des affaires politiques intérieures à l'Ambassade des Etats-Unis, à sa demande, en tant que membre de la Délégation pour les relations avec les USA
30 Sep 2026Confédération des buralistesMemberAfterwork avec la Confédération des buralistes
18 Sep 2026Chambre d'Agriculture du GardMemberPrésence à l'apéritif de la Feria de Pentecôte de la Chambre d'Agriculture du Gard
15 Sep 2026Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD)MemberEchange conjoint avec la Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD) organisé par ma collègue Valérie DELOGE (commission AGRI) à leur demande au sujet notamment de la révision de la directive 2019/633 sur les pratiques commerciales déloyales
10 Sep 2026Heng Aik Yeow, Ambassadeur de Singapour en Belgique et dans l'UE, et son équipeMemberDéjeuner de la délégation de la commission CONT avec l'Ambassadeur de Singapour avant la mission de la commission CONT à Singapour
10 Jul 2025Yumin PAN, Consul Général de Chine à StrasbourgMemberRDV à Strasbourg avec le Consul Général de Chine à Strasbourg à sa demande (en ma qualité de membre titulaire de la délégation du Parlement Européen pour les relations avec la République Populaire de Chine)
3 Jul 2025MEDEF 30MemberPrésence à la 10e édition de Place à l'Entreprise
10 Jan 2025Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises⁠↗MemberPrésence aux Voeux de la Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises du Gard à l'invitation de la CPME 30
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
15 Dec 2024Sapeurs-pompiers de Beaucaire et du GardMemberCérémonie de la Sainte Barbe des pompiers de Beaucaire
13 Dec 2024Ambassadeur du Salvador en Belgique et auprès de l'UEMemberRencontre avec l'Ambassadeur du Salvador en Belgique et auprès de l'Union Européenne, S.E. Javier Helaman Reyes, à ma demande, pour évoquer les modalités de la lutte contre la criminalité entreprise par le Président du Salvador
4 Dec 2024Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises⁠↗MemberDéjeuner de travail entre une délégation de députés européens RN et la Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CPME) qui rencontre tour à tour à Bruxelles chaque groupe politique
26 Nov 2024Agriculteurs, Coordination RuraleMemberRencontre avec une délégation d'agriculteurs notamment de la coordination rurale manifestant ce jour-là à Strasbourg, afin de leur apporter notre soutien face au MERCOSUR (danger pour notre souveraineté alimentaire mais aussi pour la santé publique)
18 Oct 2024Dirigeants des plus grandes entreprises du Gard choisis par la CCI; Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du GardMemberRencontre organisée par la Chambre de Commerce et d Industrie du Gard entre le TOP 30; (dirigeants des plus grandes entreprises du Gard) et l ensemble des parlementaires du Gard (députés, sénateurs, députés français au Parlement Européen)
8 Oct 2024Yumin PAN, Consul Général de Chine à StrasbourgMemberRDV au Parlement Européen avec le Consul Général de Chine à Strasbourg à sa demande (en ma qualité de membre titulaire de la délégation du Parlement Européen pour les relations avec la République Populaire de Chine)
6 Sep 2024Chambre d'Agriculture du GardMemberRencontres de la Chambre d'Agriculture du Gard avec l'ensemble des parlementaires du Gard (députés, sénateurs, députés français au Parlement Européen)

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Julien Sanchez held the seat, 606 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.

94%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
556
final texts voted on
of 606
96%
voted with the PfE majority
on 530 final texts
19
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Julien Sanchez606 final votes
44%35%12%8%
For 267Against 215Abstained 74No vote recorded 50

With and against the group

On the 530 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Julien Sanchez 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 PfE majority51196%
Voted differently194%

Final texts where Julien Sanchez differed from the PfE majority

DateTextTheir votePfE majority
20 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 9 July 2026 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the certification methodologies for carbon farming activities B10-0471/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
15 September 2026Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund A10-0202/2026 · Pascal Canfin · Commission proposalAbstainedAgainst
21 May 2026Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap A10-0083/2026 · Eleonora Meleti and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
12 February 2026Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy A10-0260/2025 · João Oliveira · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
12 February 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women A10-0010/2026 · Lina Gálvez · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
20 January 2026Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises A10-0257/2025 · Leire Pajín · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
13 November 2025Council directive on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) A10-0194/2025 · Evelyn Regner · Commission proposalAbstainedAgainst
8 October 2025The Protocol (2025–2029) on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community A10-0159/2025 · Ton Diepeveen · Draft Council decisionAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0372/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
11 September 2025Amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive A10-0140/2025 · Alex Agius Saliba · Commission proposalForAbstained

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

Unlinked but matchable

1 counterpart entry in Julien Sanchez's declarations appears 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.