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Member of the European Parliament · Greece Non-attached

Maria Zacharia

MEP for Greece · Non-attached · Plefsi Eleftherias · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Maria Zacharia (Non-attached, Greece) has declared 12 lobby meetings this term - rank 566 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 7 other MEPs.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 9 of 28 among non-attached members.

17% 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%.

12
declared meetings
current term
12
records since 2016
full dataset
17%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
566/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 7 others
9/28
rank in Non-attached

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Compared with the averages

Maria Zacharia, this term
12
Parliament average
100
Non-attached average
25

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: 1 declared meeting in Nov 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 2 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%02July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew 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 linkOctober 2024: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkNovember 2025: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJanuary 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkNovember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%02July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew 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 linkOctober 2024: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkNovember 2025: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJanuary 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkNovember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%02202420252026
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 20240-
Oct 2024250%
Nov 20240-
Dec 20240-
Jan 202510%
Feb 202510%
Mar 202520%
Apr 20250-
May 20250-
Jun 20250-
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 20250-
Oct 20250-
Nov 2025250%
Dec 20250-
Jan 202610%
Feb 20260-
Mar 20260-
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 20260-
Jul 202610%
Aug 20260-
Sep 202610%
Oct 20260-
Nov 202610%

Busiest month: 2 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Maria Zacharia 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

This list counts this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Agriculture & food (1), Labour & trade unions (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026Πανελλήνια Ομοσπονδία Ενώσεων Υπαλλήλων Πυροσβεστικού ΣώματοςMemberDiscussion on Working Rights
30 Sep 2026Animal Equality UKMemberExchange of views
14 Jul 2026Union of Armenians in GreeceMemberExchage of views on developments of EU-Armenia relations
26 Jan 2026Union of Armenians in GreeceMemberDiscussion regarding the Armenian Community and Armenia’s EU Path
26 Nov 2025Animal Advocacy & Food TransitionMemberDiscussion on EU Animal Welfare and Food System Reforms
26 Nov 2025EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗MemberExchange of views
18 Mar 2025Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness - European CommissionMemberDiscussion on Labor Issues
5 Mar 2025Representatives of the Board of the European Dockworkers AssociationMemberDiscussion on Port Workers' Issues
10 Feb 2025General Secretary of UNI-EUROPAMemberDiscussion on Employment Issues
5 Jan 2025Swiss Franc Borrowers' Association MembersMemberSwiss Franc Loan Fraud Discussion
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
29 Oct 2024President of the Federation of Animal Welfare Organizations of GreeceMemberAnimal Protection
10 Oct 2024European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy⁠↗MemberSituation in Armenia

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Maria Zacharia 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.

99%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
603
final texts voted on
of 606

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Maria Zacharia606 final votes
37%41%21%
For 226Against 249Abstained 128No vote recorded 3

With and against the group

Not shown. This needs a political group whose members took a clear majority position on a text, which is not available for every member - members sitting with no group are excluded, because there is no group line to compare against.

Unlinked but matchable

1 counterpart entry in Maria Zacharia'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.