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Jüri Ratas

MEP for Estonia · European People's Party · Isamaa · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Jüri Ratas (EPP, Estonia) has declared 81 lobby meetings this term - rank 308 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 5 other MEPs.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 79 of 185 in the EPP group, a place shared with 2 other members.

45% 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%.

81
declared meetings
current term
81
records since 2016
full dataset
45%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
308/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 5 others
79/185
rank in EPP
tied with 2 others

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Compared with the averages

Jüri Ratas, this term
81
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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: 2 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 66.7% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 9 in Sep 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%09July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 5 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 7 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 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 2024: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2026: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%09July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 5 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 7 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 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 2024: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2026: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%09202420252026
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 202410%
Aug 20240-
Sep 2024450%
Oct 2024450%
Nov 2024360%
Dec 2024480%
Jan 2025333.3%
Feb 202510%
Mar 2025250%
Apr 20250-
May 2025540%
Jun 202550%
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251100%
Oct 20250-
Nov 2025550%
Dec 202510%
Jan 2026450%
Feb 2026425%
Mar 2026728.6%
Apr 2026425%
May 2026520%
Jun 20260-
Jul 2026250%
Aug 20260-
Sep 2026955.6%
Oct 2026570%
Nov 2026266.7%

Busiest month: 9 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 Jüri Ratas 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

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

Energy (7), Environment & climate (6), Business federations & chambers (5)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Industry, Research and Energy (9)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
5 Nov 2026EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionEU Emissions Trading System
4 Nov 2026Hydro; American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionEU Emissions Trading System
21 Oct 2026Association des grandes entreprises françaises / Association of large French companies⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionEU Emissions Trading System
20 Oct 2026International Air Transport Association⁠↗; Airlines for Europe⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionEU Emissions Trading System
15 Oct 2026Eesti Elektritööstuse Liit; Confederation of Finnish Industries EK⁠↗; Carbon Capture & Storage Association⁠↗; PSARapporteur for opinionEU Emissions Trading System
7 Oct 2026European Chemical Employers Group⁠↗; Chemical Industry Federation of Finland (Kemian­teollisuus ry)⁠↗MemberPISA results and European competitiveness
6 Oct 2026SpaceXMemberSpaceX's Starlink satellite service: 2 GHz mobile satellite service procedure and the EU Space Act
30 Sep 2026FuelsEurope⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionETS review
28 Sep 2026Greenful Group OÜMemberTekstiilijäätmete väärindamisest ehitusmaterjaliks
18 Sep 2026Eesti Keemiatööstsue Liit⁠↗Rapporteur for opinionETS review
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Sep 2026CEFIC - European Chemical Industry CouncilRapporteur for opinionEU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
16 Sep 2026Deputy Chief of Mission at the Mission of Japan to the EUMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act (IAA)
15 Sep 2026Negative Emissions Platform⁠↗MemberETS Review and Permanent Carbon Removal
15 Sep 2026TeslaMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
10 Sep 2026Viru Keemia Grupp AS⁠↗MemberETS
10 Sep 2026Eesti Energia Aktsiaselts⁠↗MemberEU ETS Review
8 Jul 2026Ragn Sells AS⁠↗MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
7 Jul 2026Embassy of Israel to EstoniaMemberRelations of Israel and European Union
25 May 2026Joosepi Talu OÜMemberMarjakasvatus ja kohaliku põl­lu­ma­jan­dus­toot­mise areng
25 May 2026HexTech Solutions OÜMemberJul­geo­le­ku­teh­no­loo­gia ja Euroopa koostöövõimalused
18 May 2026Elvora+MemberSüvageotermaal­energia projekt Eestis
8 May 2026Helsinki EU Office (vastuutaho Uudenmaan liitto)⁠↗Membertransport, infrastructure projects, CEF, European Competitiveness Fund and Horizon Europe
6 May 2026Sihtasutus TAIPMembervaimse tervise innovatsioon ja psühhedeelsed ravimid
21 Apr 2026Ragn Sells AS⁠↗MemberETS
14 Apr 2026Association of Finnish Cities and MunicipalitiesMemberEuropean Competitiveness Fund (ECF)
13 Apr 2026Eesti Lastekaitse LiitMemberEesti Turvalise Interneti Keskuse projekti Targalt internetis
8 Apr 2026Cleantech EstoniaMemberETS
25 Mar 2026Confideration of Finnish IndustriesMemberMFF and competitiveness
25 Mar 2026Eesti Erametsaliit⁠↗MemberMFF
19 Mar 2026The European Hydrogen Skills AllianceMemberHydrogen skills

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Jüri Ratas 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.

98%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
604
final texts voted on
of 606
99%
voted with the EPP majority
on 599 final texts
4
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Jüri Ratas606 final votes
89%11%
For 540Against 64Abstained 0No vote recorded 2

With and against the group

On the 599 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Jüri Ratas 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 majority59599%
Voted differently41%

Final texts where Jüri Ratas differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
17 September 2026The impact of social media and the online environment on young people A10-0220/2026 · Sandro Ruotolo · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
15 September 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures A10-0201/2026 · Mohammed Chahim · Commission proposalAgainstFor
26 November 2025The protection of minors online A10-0213/2025 · Christel Schaldemose · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 July 2025Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list B10-0318/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

11 counterpart entries in Jüri Ratas's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 11 entries; the other 8 are not listed.

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.