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Pilar del Castillo Vera

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

As of 8 November 2026, Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP, Spain) has declared 68 lobby meetings this term - rank 355 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 94 of 185 in the EPP group.

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 52%.

68
declared meetings
current term
83
records since 2016
full dataset
67%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
355/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
94/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Pilar del Castillo Vera, this term
68
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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: 10 in Feb 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%010July 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: 4 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 meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%010July 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: 4 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 meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%010202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20240-
Oct 20240-
Nov 20240-
Dec 20240-
Jan 2025366.7%
Feb 20251053.8%
Mar 2025557.1%
Apr 2025460%
May 2025366.7%
Jun 2025533.3%
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 202520%
Oct 2025888.9%
Nov 2025683.3%
Dec 2025250%
Jan 20262100%
Feb 2026233.3%
Mar 20264100%
Apr 2026785.7%
May 20262100%
Jun 2026375%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 10 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

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

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

Technology & digital (29), Energy (7), Chemicals & manufacturing (5)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Industry, Research and Energy (62), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (4), Petitions (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
17 Jun 2026Connect Europe⁠↗; AT&T, Inc.⁠↗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
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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 6,412 roll-call votes while Pilar del Castillo Vera 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.

77%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
479
final texts voted on
of 606
96%
voted with the EPP majority
on 474 final texts
21
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Pilar del Castillo Vera606 final votes
69%9%21%
For 416Against 57Abstained 6No vote recorded 127

With and against the group

On the 474 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 majority45396%
Voted differently214%

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

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
7 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/Cora A10-0241/2026 · Hélder Sousa Silva · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
15 September 2026Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve A10-0230/2026 · Pierfrancesco Maran · Commission proposalAgainstFor
7 July 2026The implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum A10-0187/2026 · Lukas Mandl and Pierfrancesco Maran · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026The 2025 Commission report on Kosovo A10-0166/2026 · Riho Terras · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 June 2026Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries A10-0147/2026 · Lukas Mandl · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94637 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0186/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
29 April 2026The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 A10-0042/2026 · Anna Strolenberg · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 April 2026Applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council A9-0147/2022 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposalAgainstFor
10 March 2026Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges A10-0019/2026 · Axel Voss · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission Implementing Decision authorising the placing on the market of food, food ingredients and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0559/2025 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

9 counterpart entries in Pilar del Castillo Vera's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 9 entries; the other 6 are not listed.

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.