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Marco Squarta, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Italy ECR

Marco Squarta

MEP for Italy · European Conservatives & Reformists · FRATELLI D' ITALIA · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Marco Squarta (ECR, Italy) has declared 17 lobby meetings this term - rank 519 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 46 of 81 within European Conservatives & Reformists.

94% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

17
declared meetings
current term
17
records since 2019
full dataset
94%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
519/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
46/81
rank in ECR

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Compared with the averages

Marco Squarta, this term
17
Parliament average
85
ECR average
56

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: 7 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 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: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJanuary 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkFebruary 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2026: 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: 7 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Marco Squarta 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

Media & publishing (9), Consumer & retail (3), Finance (2)

Meetings by committee topic

Culture and Education (12), Economic and Monetary Affairs (2), DEEA (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
17 Jun 2026McDonald’s Global Franchising Limited MemberADVSM directive revision, advertisement and food marketing
2 Jun 2026British American Tobacco Shadow rapporteurEu Youth Strategy - considerations on SANT opinion
24 Feb 2026Unipol Gruppo Shadow rapporteurCompetition policy dossier
22 Oct 2025Unipol Gruppo MemberIntroductive meeting about the company's activies
10 Sep 2025YoutubeMemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about audiovisual legislative revision and protections of minors online
22 Jan 2025Motion Picture Association EMEA MemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about networking fees, geoblocking, copyright directive
27 Nov 2024The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA MemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about main dossiers of interest in Europe
26 Nov 2024Withub SPA MemberIntroduction meeting and explanation of activities
24 Oct 2024Philip Morris International Inc. MemberIntroduction meeting and brief discussion on the European dossiers of interest
23 Oct 2024MFE - MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V MemberDiscussion about implementation of EMFA and DMA
Show 7 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Oct 2024SHEIN Group MemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about DSA and CULT initiatives
22 Oct 2024Spotify MemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about artificial intelligence and copyright directive
22 Oct 2024Netflix International B.V. MemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about geo-blocking regulation
9 Oct 2024Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe MemberIntroduction meeting and discussion about audiovisual legislative framework
8 Oct 2024Warner Music Group MemberIntroduction meeting and general discussion about AI act and copyright directive
23 Sep 2024YARA BELGIUM S.A. MemberGeneral introduction and future strategies
18 Sep 2024MFE - MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V MemberIntroduction meeting and general discussion about past and future of media

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Marco Squarta 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.

76%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
399
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the ECR majority
on 378 final texts
18
differed from ECR
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Marco Squarta537 final votes
50%9%15%26%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 378 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Marco Squarta 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 ECR majority36095%
Voted differently185%

Final texts where Marco Squarta differed from the ECR majority

DateTextTheir voteECR majority
17 June 2026A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolutionForAbstained
16 June 2026A10-0147/2026 – Lukas Mandl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0098/2026 – Danuše Nerudová – Commission proposalAbstainedAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0052/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026A10-0054/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026A10-0059/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
11 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
22 January 2026B10-0063/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
18 December 2025RC-B10-0567/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 December 2025A10-0240/2025 – Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

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