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Nicolas Bay

MEP for France · European Conservatives & Reformists · Identité Libertés · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Nicolas Bay (ECR, France) has declared 56 lobby meetings this term - rank 385 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 2 other MEPs.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 30 of 84 in the ECR group.

5% 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%.

56
declared meetings
current term
56
records since 2016
full dataset
5%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
385/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 2 others
30/84
rank in ECR

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Compared with the averages

Nicolas Bay, this term
56
Parliament average
100
ECR average
64

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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 7 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 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 link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 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 link2024202520260%50%100%07202420252026
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 2024333.3%
Oct 202410%
Nov 202420%
Dec 202430%
Jan 20250-
Feb 20251100%
Mar 202510%
Apr 202560%
May 20250-
Jun 202530%
Jul 202510%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025250%
Oct 202570%
Nov 202510%
Dec 202540%
Jan 20260-
Feb 202670%
Mar 202650%
Apr 202620%
May 202670%
Jun 20260-
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 7 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Nicolas Bay meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'Afrique4
Acteurs institutionnels, politiques, religieux et humanitaires2
Parlementaires, fonctionnaires et diplomates des pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes2
TotalEnergies SE1
FRANCE VAPOTAGE1

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

Consumer & retail (2), Energy (2)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (7), International Trade (7), Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (6), Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (6), Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (1), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 May 2026Ambassadrice de France au MexiqueMemberRencontre avec l'ambassadrice de France au Mexique
26 May 2026Parlementaires, fonctionnaires et diplomates des pays d'Amérique latine et des CaraïbesMemberRendez-vous avec des parlementaires, fonctionnaires et diplomates des pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes
25 May 2026Parlementaires, fonctionnaires et diplomates des pays d'Amérique latine et des CaraïbesMemberRendez-vous avec des parlementaires, fonctionnaires et diplomates des pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes
14 May 2026Acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'AfriqueMemberRencontres avec des acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'Afrique
13 May 2026Acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'AfriqueMemberRencontres avec des acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'Afrique
12 May 2026Acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'AfriqueMemberRencontres avec des acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'Afrique en royaume d'Eswatini
11 May 2026Acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'AfriqueMemberRencontres avec des acteurs institutionnels, parlementaires et diplomatiques des pays d'Afrique en royaume d'Eswatini
17 Apr 2026Acteurs institutionnels, politiques, religieux et humanitairesMemberRencontres avec des acteurs institutionnels, politiques, religieux et humanitaires
16 Apr 2026Acteurs institutionnels, politiques, religieux et humanitairesMemberRencontres avec des acteurs institutionnels, politiques, religieux et humanitaires
30 Mar 2026M. Tarek DahrougMemberRencontre avec l'ambassadeur d'Egypte en France
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Mar 2026M. Reda ChamiMemberRencontre avec l'ambassadeur du Maroc auprès des institutions européennes
11 Mar 2026M. Ferhat Mehenni, président du gouvernement kabyle en exilMemberRencontre avec des représentants de la communauté kabyle
5 Mar 2026M. Bertrand CourteMemberRendez-vous avec le président du MEDEF de Nouvelle-Calédonie
4 Mar 2026M. Florian Colas, directeur général des douanes françaisesMemberRendez-vous avec le directeur général des douanes françaises
25 Feb 2026Association Viet TanMemberRépression politique et numérique au Vietnam
24 Feb 2026Association européenne des casinosMemberAvenir du mandat d'Europol
24 Feb 2026Vice-président du El Salvador - Félix UlloaMemberRelations UE-El Salvador
23 Feb 2026Banamart Groupe SolvegMemberSIA - Problématique autour des règlements concernant la production de bananes des Antilles
23 Feb 2026Conseil Interprofessionnel du Rhum Traditionnel des DOMMemberSIA - Rendez-vous à propos de l'avenir du marché des spiritueux
23 Feb 2026La production locale réunie (groupe d'agriculteurs, industriels et pêcheurs réunionnais)MemberSIA - Rendez-vous avec les différents représentants de l'industrie, de l'agriculture et de la pêche de la Réunion
4 Feb 2026Heritage FoundationMemberRelations UE-US
12 Dec 2025ministre italienne de la Famille et de la NatalitéMemberGPA, PMA, natalité et politiques familiales
10 Dec 2025Pape Léon XIVMemberAvenir de l’Europe et situation des chrétiens dans le monde
8 Dec 2025FNSEA NormandieMemberAccord avec les pays du Mercosur - Avenir de l’agriculture en France et en Europe
3 Dec 2025Ministre argentin de la dérégulationMemberRelations UE-Argentine - Accord UE-Mercosur
18 Nov 2025Ambassadeur du SoudanMemberSituation au Soudan
22 Oct 2025Ambassadeur des Emirats arabes unisMemberSituation au Moyen-Orient et dangers autour des « Frères musulmans »
17 Oct 2025Ambassadeur du Vatican au LibanMemberSituation des chrétiens d'Orient
17 Oct 2025Ambassadeur d'Italie au LibanMemberSituation au Moyen-Orient et relations diplomatiques
17 Oct 2025Vice-président du Conseil du LibanMemberSituation des chrétiens au Moyen-Orient

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Nicolas Bay 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.

91%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
564
final texts voted on
of 606
66%
voted with the ECR majority
on 540 final texts
183
differed from ECR
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Nicolas Bay606 final votes
47%32%14%
For 285Against 196Abstained 83No vote recorded 42

With and against the group

On the 540 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Nicolas Bay 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 majority35766%
Voted differently18334%

Final texts where Nicolas Bay differed from the ECR majority

DateTextTheir voteECR majority
22 October 2026RC-B10-0476/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0476/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
21 October 2026The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 A10-0272/2026 · Nils Ušakovs and Michalis Hadjipantela · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
21 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland – EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and… A10-0273/2026 · Aura Salla · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 October 2026RC-B10-0443/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0443/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the pilot project on European Schools Alliances B10-0436/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland – EGF/2026/003 FI/Valmet Automotive A10-0243/2026 · Nicolae Ștefănuță · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/Cora A10-0241/2026 · Hélder Sousa Silva · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive… A10-0242/2026 · Sandra Gómez López · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
16 September 2026Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure A10-0212/2026 · Rasa Juknevičienė · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy A10-0221/2026 · Romana Jerković · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

3 counterpart entries in Nicolas Bay'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.