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Member of the European Parliament · Romania S&D

Maria Grapini

MEP for Romania · Socialists & Democrats · Partidul Umanist Social Liberal · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Maria Grapini (S&D, Romania) has declared 49 lobby meetings this term - rank 380 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 100 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

59% 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%.

49
declared meetings
current term
61
records since 2019
full dataset
59%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
380/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
100/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Maria Grapini, this term
49
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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 8 in Mar 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkNovember 2025: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% 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: 8 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Maria Grapini 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 (11), Consumer & retail (6), Energy (4)

Meetings by committee topic

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (7), Agriculture and Rural Development (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Sep 2026FanaticsMemberCircular Economy
2 Jul 2026FORVIA MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
1 Jul 2026Techem MemberEnergy on the Single Market
8 Jun 2026Asahi CE&Europe Services s.r.o MemberMeeting on PPWR
8 Jun 2026Emerson Electric Co. MemberMeeting with Emerson
3 Jun 2026Uber MemberDigital Fairness Act
1 Jun 2026Mimi GroupMemberMeeting on EU Integration
1 Jun 2026AbbVie Memberhealthcare
22 May 2026Alliance Digitale MemberDigital Omnibus
21 Apr 2026ANIVECMembertextile industry
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
20 Apr 2026ANAFRICMemberMeat and livestock industry
26 Feb 2026Cosmetics Europe MemberChemical Products and Cosmetics
16 Feb 2026AISRMemberNoile Tehnici Genomice
11 Feb 2026AISEMemberChemical Products
27 Jan 2026IDEPMemberRelations with Moldova
19 Jan 2026Liquid Gas Europe Memberrenewable liquid gases
26 Nov 2025Apple Inc. MemberDigital Fairness Act
26 Nov 2025Blockchain for EuropeMemberDigital Economy Platform
11 Nov 2025DZ Consulting MemberWorkforce Dialogue
6 Nov 2025NAFOMemberForest Issues
11 Jun 2025Asociatia parcailor pentru camioane din EUROPAMemberIntalnire ESPORG
13 May 2025Wi-Fi AllianceMemberWI-FI MEETING
26 Mar 2025ACT | The App Association MemberSME START-UP
25 Mar 2025CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES PROVIDERS IN EUROPE MemberCloud infrastructure
17 Mar 2025Dante International S.A. Membere-comert
12 Mar 2025CropLife International MemberCropLife Europe’s 2030
11 Mar 2025AIM - European Brands Association MemberINDUSTRIA BUNURILOR DE CONSUM
4 Mar 2025501014996661-58; Sazerac'sMemberPiata Agricola
4 Mar 2025204793610436- 15; Aliénor MemberAgricultura
3 Mar 2025FEDERATIA PATRONALA A ENERGIEI Memberobiectivele Federației Patronale a Energiei.

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Maria Grapini 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.

88%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
467
final texts voted on
of 537
90%
voted with the S&D majority
on 465 final texts
45
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Maria Grapini537 final votes
77%13%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 465 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Maria Grapini 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 majority42090%
Voted differently4510%

Final texts where Maria Grapini differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0170/2026 – Joachim Streit – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
18 June 2026B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

8 counterpart entrys in Maria Grapini'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.