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Pernando Barrena Arza
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As of 7 November 2026, Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left, Spain) has declared 31 lobby meetings this term - rank 467 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 5 other MEPs.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 30 of 45 in the Left group.
22% 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%.
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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 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: 5 in Dec 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 2 | 0% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Oct 2024 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2024 | 2 | 50% |
| Dec 2024 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Jan 2025 | 3 | 20% |
| Feb 2025 | 3 | 0% |
| Mar 2025 | 4 | 0% |
| Apr 2025 | 3 | 33.3% |
| May 2025 | 4 | 25% |
| Jun 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2025 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | - |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | - |
| Mar 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Apr 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| May 2026 | 0 | - |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2026 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 5 declared in December 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Pernando Barrena Arza meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Cuban Embassy | 3 |
| World Organisation Against Torture | 2 |
| DEM Party | 2 |
| Frente Polisario | 2 |
| Unió de Pagesos de Catalunya | 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
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
Human rights & humanitarian (6), Agriculture & food (1)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Foreign Affairs (14), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (7)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | L’Association européenne pour la défense des droits et des libertés↗ | Member | General information about the activity of the NGO |
| 17 Mar 2026 | EU-LAT Network/Red EU-LAT↗ | Member | General information about the activity of the NGO |
| 16 May 2025 | Basque Artificial Intelligence Center | Member | General information about their work |
| 15 May 2025 | UNESCO Etxea | Member | General information |
| 6 May 2025 | Cuban Embassy | Member | Current political situation |
| 6 May 2025 | European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy↗ | Member | Talk about the current political situation in Armenia |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Asamblea de Cooperación Por la Paz | Member | Current situation |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Basque Food Cluster | Member | General information about their work |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado↗ | Member | Current situation |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Media Luna Roja; Sahara Mundu Bat | Member | General information about the work of the NGOs |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2025 | Konfekoop; PICUM | Member | General information about the work of the NGO |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Venezuelan Embassy | Member | Current political situation |
| 5 Mar 2025 | Cuban Embassy | Member | Current political situation |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Frente Polisario | Member | Current political situation |
| 14 Feb 2025 | Aita Mari | Member | Current situation |
| 5 Feb 2025 | Scottish National Party | Member | Current political situation |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Virginia Laparra; Human Rights Defender's Protection Observatory; World Organisation against Torture↗ | Member | Speak about Virginia Laparra's case |
| 28 Jan 2025 | DEM party | Member | Speak about the current situation for the Kurdish people |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Embassy of Argelia | Member | Speak about the current situation in the country |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Serviccio Social Pasionista (SSPAS); World Organisation against Torture↗ | Member | Human rights defender to speak about her situation in Nayib Bukele's Exception State |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Colectivo Perú Solidario | Member | Present the conclusions of the international meeting of collectives of Peruvians Abroad (PEX) |
| 9 Dec 2024 | Zaporeak NGO | Member | Listen to their concerns |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Plataforma Regularización Ya | Member | Listen to their concerns |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Plataforma para la Llengua | Member | Listen to their concerns |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Cofradía de pescadores de Vizcaya y Gipúzcoa | Member | Listen to their concerns |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Unió de Pagesos de Catalunya↗ | Member | Listen to their concerns |
| 26 Sep 2024 | CONSELHO INDIGENISTA MISSIONARIO↗ | Member | Listen to their concerns |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Eginaren Eginez | Member | Listen to the concerns of the regional collective of disabled people |
| 10 Sep 2024 | Cuban Embassy | Member | Exchange of views on the new term |
| 19 Jul 2024 | Palestinian Journalists syndicate | Member | Get to know each other due to the beginning of the term |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Pernando Barrena Arza 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 427 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Pernando Barrena Arza 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 Pernando Barrena Arza differed from The Left majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | The Left majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2026 | Motion for a resolution on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up B10-0386/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 September 2026 | The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security A10-0205/2026 · Paulo do Nascimento Cabral · Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 9 July 2026 | The feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness A10-0167/2026 · Ľudovít Ódor · Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | The Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United… A10-0181/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Proposal for a Council decision | Abstained | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0189/2026 · Adam Bielan · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | C10-0139/2026 - Commission proposal | Abstained | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | Competition policy – annual report 2025 A10-0171/2026 · Stéphanie Yon-Courtin · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 July 2026 | The Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2026 of the European Union for the financial year 2026 entering the surplus of the financial year 2025 A10-0180/2026 · Andrzej Halicki · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 18 June 2026 | Motion for a resolution on deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich B10-0294/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 18 June 2026 | Motion for a resolution Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso B10-0303/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
40 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
1 counterpart entry in Pernando Barrena Arza's declarations appears to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “PICUM” - likely Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (1 counterpart entry)
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