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Member of the European Parliament · Portugal EPP

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

MEP for Portugal · European People's Party · Aliança Democrática · official EP profile

The black box: in the seat since this term began, on 16 July 2024 - and no lobby meeting on record at all: none this term, and none in the record back to 2016. It records an absence of declarations, not a finding of a rule breach. How the label is counted.

As of 6 November 2026, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP, Portugal) has no lobby meetings on record for the current term under Article 7 of the MEP Code of Conduct.

For comparison, 20 of Portugal's 21 MEPs have declared at least one meeting this term, and the Parliament-wide average is 100 per member.

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral sits on the Fisheries and Agriculture and Rural Development committees, where declaration duties apply to rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs in particular.

0
declared meetings
current term
0
records since 2016
full dataset
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all counterpart entries linked
no entries this term to link
674/720
rank, all MEPs
joint last - 47 MEPs declared none
170/185
rank in EPP
joint last - 16 declared none

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Transparency this term

No declared meetings were recorded for Paulo do Nascimento Cabral from July 2024 to November 2026, so there is no monthly chart of meetings and Register links.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Paulo do Nascimento Cabral 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.

89%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
553
final texts voted on
of 606
98%
voted with the EPP majority
on 548 final texts
9
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral606 final votes
81%10%9%
For 488Against 60Abstained 5No vote recorded 53

With and against the group

On the 548 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Paulo do Nascimento Cabral 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 majority53998%
Voted differently92%

Final texts where Paulo do Nascimento Cabral differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in certain fishing tackle (D110163/04 – 2026/2714(RPS)) B10-0344/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
17 June 2026Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) A10-0161/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
16 June 2026European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded A10-0145/2026 · Loránt Vincze and Charles Goerens · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission Implementing Decision of renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize NK603 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0562/2025 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
6 May 2025The control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023 A10-0068/2025 · Ondřej Knotek · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
2 April 2025The Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period… A10-0036/2025 · Željana Zovko · Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
19 December 2024A European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women A10-0030/2024 · Lina Gálvez · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 September 2024Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyproconazole and spirodiclofen in or on certain products B10-0021/2024 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
18 September 2024Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products B10-0020/2024 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst