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Member of the European Parliament · Spain S&D

Laura Ballarín Cereza

MEP for Spain · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista Obrero Español · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Laura Ballarín Cereza (S&D, Spain) has declared 190 lobby meetings this term - rank 91 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.2× the average member, and 23 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

49% 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%.

190
declared meetings
current term
270
records since 2019
full dataset
49%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
91/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
23/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Laura Ballarín Cereza, this term
190
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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: 19 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 19 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 17 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 6 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 11 declared meetingsJune 2025: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 12 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 11 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 13 declared meetingsJune 2026: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 19 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Laura Ballarín Cereza 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 (41), Consumer & retail (15), Human rights & humanitarian (15)

Meetings by committee topic

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (122), Industry, Research and Energy (45), Foreign Affairs (12), D-US (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Jul 2026ONCEMemberPublic procurement, accessible labelling and online gambling
1 Jul 2026European Tech Alliance ; Mozilla Corporation MemberDFA
22 Jun 2026TemuMemberE-commerce and European Product Act
19 Jun 2026Asociación Española de AnunciantesMemberDFA
11 Jun 20265Rights Foundation MemberProtection of minors online
9 Jun 2026CUPRA/SEATMemberIndsutrial Accelerator Act
4 Jun 2026FTI Consulting Belgium MemberDigital and consumer protection legislation
3 Jun 2026Asociación española de videojuegos (AEVI)MemberProtection of minors in videogames
2 Jun 2026BSA | The Software Alliance MemberCloud and AI Development Act
1 Jun 2026Strava Inc.MemberDFA and protection of minors online
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jun 2026European Recycling Industries' Confederation MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
28 May 2026Unione Italiana del Lavoro MemberStandardisation regulation
27 May 2026Eurochild AISBL MemberProtection of minors online
26 May 2026Sony Interactive Entertainment EuropeMemberVideogames and DFA
26 May 2026DOT Europe MemberProtection of minors online
21 May 2026World Federation of Advertisers MemberDFA
13 May 2026Camara de Comercio de ValenciaMemberSingle market and e-commerce
13 May 2026European Solar Manufacturing Council MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
8 May 2026Apple Inc.MemberProtection of minors online
7 May 2026Amazon Europe Core SARL MemberDFA
5 May 2026Electronic Arts Inc.MemberDFA
5 May 2026Micro, petita i mitjana empresa de Catalunya (PIMEC)MemberLate payments and single market
4 May 2026Mozilla Corporation MemberDFA
4 May 2026FORVIA MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
29 Apr 2026European Digital RightsMemberProtection of minors online
23 Apr 2026European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)MemberDFA and Protection of minors online
22 Apr 2026Ericsson MemberTelecommunications
20 Apr 2026Kids UnpluggedMemberProtection of minors online
20 Apr 2026Human Rights Watch MemberBurkina Faso, Sahel and West Africa
10 Apr 2026Bahá'í International Community MemberEU-Africa Relations

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Laura Ballarín Cereza 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.

66%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
363
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 361 final texts
5
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Laura Ballarín Cereza537 final votes
59%7%32%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 361 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Laura Ballarín Cereza 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 S&D majority35699%
Voted differently51%

Final texts where Laura Ballarín Cereza differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 November 2025B10-0506/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 July 2025B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 May 2025A10-0075/2025 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

Unlinked but matchable

47 counterpart entrys in Laura Ballarín Cereza'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.