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Pilar del Castillo Vera

MEP for Spain · European People's Party · Partido Popular · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP, Spain) has declared 64 lobby meetings this term - rank 331 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 89 of 185 within European People's Party.

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%.

64
declared meetings
current term
79
records since 2019
full dataset
67%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
331/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
89/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Pilar del Castillo Vera, this term
64
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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 10 in Feb 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 7 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 10 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Pilar del Castillo Vera 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

Technology & digital (26), Energy (7), Chemicals & manufacturing (5)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (58), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (4), Petitions (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
17 Jun 2026AT&T, Inc. ; European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
9 Jun 2026Open Fiber Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
3 Jun 2026Zendal HealthMemberIndustrial policy
6 May 2026Cisco Systems Inc. MemberDigital Policy
5 May 2026PANASONIC EUROPE BV MemberDigital and industrial Policy
29 Apr 2026Orange Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
22 Apr 2026Ericsson Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
16 Apr 2026Cellnex Telecom S.A. Shadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
14 Apr 2026BERECShadow rapporteurDigital Networks Act
8 Apr 2026Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG Shadow rapporteurDigital Policy
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Apr 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries Shadow rapporteurDigital policy
7 Apr 2026Twilio Inc. Shadow rapporteurDigital policy
24 Mar 2026European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association Shadow rapporteurDigital policy
17 Mar 2026Google Shadow rapporteurDigital policy
10 Mar 2026Eurelectric aisbl MemberDigital Policy
10 Mar 2026American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union MemberPolicy priorities
24 Feb 2026OrangeShadow rapporteurDigital Policy
10 Feb 2026Netflix International B.V.; Microsoft Corporation MemberDigital policy
27 Jan 2026Colt Technology Services MemberDigital policy
21 Jan 2026European Aluminium AISBL MemberIndustrial policy
17 Dec 2025The Kraft Heinz Company MemberInternational Trade
2 Dec 2025BP GlobalMemberEnergy Policy
26 Nov 2025Ericsson MemberDigital Policy
11 Nov 2025GSMA Europe MemberDigital Policy
4 Nov 2025Vodafone Belgium SA MemberDigital policy
4 Nov 2025Equinix (EMEA) Holdings B.V. MemberDigital Infrastructure Policy
4 Nov 2025ACCIONA, S.A. MemberEnergy policy
4 Nov 2025AFCAR - Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair in EuropeMemberData Policy
22 Oct 2025Syensqo SA MemberChemical industry policy
22 Oct 2025Motion Picture Association EMEA MemberDigital policy, geo-blocking

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Pilar del Castillo Vera 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.

76%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
419
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the EPP majority
on 415 final texts
19
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Pilar del Castillo Vera537 final votes
68%9%22%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 415 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Pilar del Castillo Vera 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 majority39695%
Voted differently195%

Final texts where Pilar del Castillo Vera differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
7 July 2026A10-0187/2026 – Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 June 2026A10-0147/2026 – Lukas Mandl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026B10-0186/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 April 2026A9-0147/2022 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposalAgainstFor
10 March 2026A10-0019/2026 – Axel Voss – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025B10-0559/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 December 2025A10-0239/2025 – Aura Salla – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
26 November 2025B10-0503/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

10 counterpart entrys in Pilar del Castillo Vera'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.