Member of the European Parliament · Greece S&D
Nikolas Farantouris
MEP for Greece · Socialists & Democrats · PASOK-KINAL · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Nikolas Farantouris (S&D, Greece) has declared 3 lobby meetings this term - rank 623 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 129 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
67% 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%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 2 in Feb 2025.
Busiest month: 2 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Nikolas Farantouris meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| SDG Watch Europe | 1 |
| WWF European Policy Programme | 1 |
| UN/UNDP Representation Office in Brussels | 1 |
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
Meetings by committee topic
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (3)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2025 | SDG Watch Europe ↗ | Rapporteur | SDGs state of play |
| 12 Feb 2025 | UN/UNDP Representation Office in Brussels | Rapporteur | SDGs state of play |
| 14 Jan 2025 | WWF European Policy Programme ↗ | Member | Various environmental topics |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Nikolas Farantouris 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 392 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Nikolas Farantouris 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.
Final texts where Nikolas Farantouris differed from their group's majority at the time
| Date | Text | Their vote | Group majority (their group at the time) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0104/2026 – Dimitris Tsiodras, Piotr Müller – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0072/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision | Abstained | Against |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0044/2026 – Nils Ušakovs – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 28 April 2026 | A9-0147/2022 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Abstained | Against |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0105/2026 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0043/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 11 February 2026 | A10-0005/2026 – Michał Szczerba – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
41 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.