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Paolo Borchia

MEP for Italy · Patriots for Europe · Lega · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Paolo Borchia (PfE, Italy) has declared 7 lobby meetings this term - rank 589 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 61 of 85 within Patriots for Europe.

88% 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%.

7
declared meetings
current term
8
records since 2019
full dataset
88%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
589/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
61/85
rank in PfE

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Compared with the averages

Paolo Borchia, this term
7
Parliament average
85
PfE average
30

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 Mar 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 1 declared meetingOctober 2024: 1 declared meetingNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 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: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkMarch 2025: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 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: 2 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Paolo Borchia meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Eni S.p.A.2
MUST & Partners1
Assarmatori1
Edison Spa1
Associazione Energia da Biomasse Solide1

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

Energy (4), Public affairs & consultancy (1), Transport & automotive (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026Eni S.p.A. Shadow rapporteurExchange of view
8 Jul 2026Edison Spa Shadow rapporteurEXCHANGE OF VIEW
19 Mar 2025VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIAMemberEXCHANGE OF VIEWS
18 Mar 2025MUST & Partners MemberEXCHANGE OF VIEWS
6 Nov 2024Assarmatori ; Associazione Energia da Biomasse Solide MemberEXCHANGE OF VIEWS
22 Oct 2024ENEL SpA MemberEXCHANGE OF VIEWS
25 Sep 2024Eni S.p.A. MemberEXCHANGE OF VIEWS
8 Feb 2022UtilitaliaShadow rapporteurRevision of RED II

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Paolo Borchia 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.

98%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
526
final texts voted on
of 537
82%
voted with the PfE majority
on 498 final texts
88
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Paolo Borchia537 final votes
45%32%21%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 498 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Paolo Borchia 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 PfE majority41082%
Voted differently8818%

Final texts where Paolo Borchia differed from the PfE majority

DateTextTheir votePfE majority
9 July 2026A10-0167/2026 – Ľudovít Ódor – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
7 July 2026A10-0170/2026 – Joachim Streit – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0106/2026 – Nacho Sánchez Amor – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0141/2026 – Andreas Schieder – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
21 May 2026RC-B10-0247/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
20 May 2026A10-0107/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
19 May 2026A10-0130/2026 – Borys Budka – Council draftAbstainedFor

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