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Member of the European Parliament · Portugal EPP

Paulo Cunha

MEP for Portugal · European People's Party · Partido Social Democrata · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Paulo Cunha (EPP, Portugal) has declared 70 lobby meetings this term - rank 311 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 82 of 185 within European People's Party.

66% 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%.

70
declared meetings
current term
70
records since 2019
full dataset
66%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
311/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
82/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Paulo Cunha, this term
70
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 3 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 33.3% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 10 in Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 8 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkOctober 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2025: 40% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 33.3% 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: 10 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Paulo Cunha 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

Public affairs & consultancy (17), Technology & digital (14), Chemicals & manufacturing (11)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (39), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (3), Petitions (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Sep 2026BELGIAN-PORTUGUESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCEMemberBreakfast on Europe-Africa partnership - Critical Raw Materials, Energy
2 Sep 2026WheringMemberInnovation, technology and competitiveness in the textile sector
2 Sep 2026EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) MemberRevision of the Tobacco Products Directive
21 Jul 2026EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) MemberSpectrum usage rights
1 Jul 2026Semear Futuro em Cabo Verde | ONGDMemberEducation and development policies in Cape Verde
1 Jul 2026Cellnex Telecom S.A. MemberEuropean connectivity, industry and regulatory dynamics
30 Jun 2026Magellan Circle - European Affairs Consultancy LDAMemberPreparation of an event on textile industry
30 Jun 2026Vinces Consulting MemberWorking breakfast - Energia e Competitividade Industrial
24 Jun 2026NOVE MemberFanatics presentation - Circularity
23 Jun 2026eBay EU liaison office MembereBay x Circular Fashion Federation - Policy Dinner - Enabling innovation in circular fashion
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
18 Jun 2026FuelsEurope MemberFuels Industry
10 Jun 2026Novartis International AG MemberBiotech Act
10 Jun 2026APICCAPSMemberFashion and Textile Industry
9 Jun 2026Associação Técnica da Indústria de Cimento MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
4 Jun 2026InfoCert SpA MemberEuropean Business Wallets
3 Jun 2026Carbon Capture & Storage Association MemberCarbon Capture and Storage
22 May 2026Volkswagen AutoEuropaMemberAutomotive industry
12 May 2026Aula Europe MemberAutomotive industry
12 May 2026EuratexMemberTextile Industry
29 Apr 2026Shopify Inc. MemberDigital Omnibus regulation
23 Apr 2026Repsol, S.A. ; Aula Europe MemberCO2 standards for cars and vans & renewable fuels
22 Apr 2026Euroepan Steel Association (Eurofer)MemberSteel industry
21 Apr 2026Rogério Alves & AssociadosMemberCaso SACOFIL
21 Apr 2026Magellan Circle - European Affairs Consultancy LDA ANIVEC CENITMemberEuropean and Portuguese industrial competitiveness
21 Apr 2026Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS)MemberEvent H2020 PilotSTRATEGY - CO2 storage project
8 Apr 2026Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. ; Associação Portuguesa de Empresas de Distribuição (APED)MemberRetail sector regulation
8 Apr 2026European Boating Industry ; Brunswick Group Limited srl MemberBoating Industry
24 Mar 2026APDA - Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de ÁguasMemberPresentation
18 Mar 2026American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union MemberDigital Omnibus
17 Mar 2026SONAE; NOS ; EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) MemberDigital Omnibus

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Paulo Cunha 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
99%
voted with the EPP majority
on 522 final texts
6
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Paulo Cunha537 final votes
87%10%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 522 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Paulo Cunha 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 EPP majority51699%
Voted differently61%

Final texts where Paulo Cunha differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
19 June 2025B10-0277/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
6 May 2025A10–0068/2025 – Ondřej Knotek – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
2 April 2025A10-0036/2025 – Željana Zovko – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
19 December 2024A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 September 2024B10-0021/2024 - Proposition de résolutionForAgainst
18 September 2024B10-0020/2024 - Proposition de résolutionForAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

14 counterpart entrys in Paulo Cunha'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.