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Member of the European Parliament · Italy S&D

Sandro Ruotolo

MEP for Italy · Socialists & Democrats · Partito Democratico · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Sandro Ruotolo (S&D, Italy) has declared 94 lobby meetings this term - rank 273 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 6 other MEPs.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 73 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.

84% 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%.

94
declared meetings
current term
94
records since 2016
full dataset
84%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
273/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 6 others
73/135
rank in S&D
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

Sandro Ruotolo, this term
94
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

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: 2 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 9 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%09July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 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 linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%09July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 9 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 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 linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%09202420252026
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 20241100%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20249100%
Oct 20243100%
Nov 20242100%
Dec 20240-
Jan 20256100%
Feb 20251100%
Mar 20252100%
Apr 20250-
May 2025475%
Jun 2025250%
Jul 2025580%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025580%
Oct 2025650%
Nov 2025475%
Dec 2025425%
Jan 2026560%
Feb 2026471.4%
Mar 2026580%
Apr 2026475%
May 20262100%
Jun 20265100%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 2026475%
Oct 20269100%
Nov 20262100%

Busiest month: 9 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Sandro Ruotolo 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

Media & publishing (35), Human rights & humanitarian (22), Technology & digital (18)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Culture and Education (15), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026Human Rights Watch⁠↗; European Digital Rights⁠↗; Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe⁠↗; Amnesty International Limited⁠↗MemberUpdate on Interest group on spyware
4 Nov 2026EUMANS⁠↗MemberKids Act, privacy
15 Oct 20265Rights Foundation⁠↗MemberKids Act
14 Oct 2026Strava Inc.⁠↗; Duolingo, Inc.⁠↗MemberProtection of minors
13 Oct 2026QuotaClimat⁠↗MemberIntroductory meeting, AVMSD
13 Oct 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries⁠↗MemberPlatform policy, protection of minors, spyware, election integration
7 Oct 2026The European Video on Demand Coalition⁠↗MemberAVSMD
7 Oct 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries⁠↗MemberUpdate on protection of minors, Kids Act, spyware notifications
6 Oct 2026Video Games Europe⁠↗MemberKids Act
6 Oct 2026Apple Inc.⁠↗MemberNew features for protecting children on apps
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Oct 2026SHARE Foundation⁠↗; European Digital Rights⁠↗; Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe⁠↗; Amnesty International Limited⁠↗MemberInterest group on spyware update
29 Sep 2026Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe⁠↗MemberEvent of AVSMD review
28 Sep 2026Groupement Européen des Sociétés d’Auteurs et Compositeurs (GESAC)MemberCCS in the age of AI
10 Sep 2026Fremantle­Media Group Limited⁠↗MemberAgora and AVSMD
10 Sep 2026European Association for Viewers Interests⁠↗MemberAVSMD and Agora
30 Jun 2026Child Helpline International⁠↗Memberonline recruitment of children by criminal organizations
23 Jun 2026Discord Inc.⁠↗MemberProtection of minors, age assurance
23 Jun 2026Amnesty International Limited⁠↗MemberSpyware case in Spain
10 Jun 2026Computer and Communications Industry Association⁠↗MemberAVSMD and piracy
2 Jun 2026Human Rights Watch⁠↗MemberEU dual use regulation
20 May 2026NGO Shipbreaking Platform⁠↗; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique⁠↗MemberFollow-up event on deliberate sinking of polluting ships
7 May 2026Òmnium Cultural⁠↗; International Press Institute⁠↗; European Digital Rights⁠↗; Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe⁠↗MemberInformal meeting on future initiatives of the IG against spyware abuse
23 Apr 2026Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe⁠↗MemberExchange of views on AVMSD
22 Apr 2026Giacomo MazzoneMemberUpdate on EU digital sovereignty related initiatives
14 Apr 2026Amnesty International Limited⁠↗MemberNew spyware technologies
8 Apr 2026EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision⁠↗MemberAVSMD
25 Mar 2026The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BVBA⁠↗MemberAVMSD, protection of minors online
16 Mar 2026IIDEA - Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment AssociationRapporteurImpact of videogames on young people
11 Mar 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries⁠↗MemberSpyware; AI Glasses
3 Mar 2026Fondazione Reggio ChildrenMemberEvento gioveni e istruzione

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Sandro Ruotolo 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
458
final texts voted on
of 606
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 457 final texts
8
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Sandro Ruotolo606 final votes
67%8%24%
For 405Against 46Abstained 7No vote recorded 148

With and against the group

On the 457 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Sandro Ruotolo 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 S&D majority44998%
Voted differently82%

Final texts where Sandro Ruotolo differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives B10-0465/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
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
22 January 2026Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges A10-0270/2025 · Reinis Pozņaks · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
17 December 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs A10-0243/2025 · Christophe Gomart · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia A10-0230/2025 · Hana Jalloul Muro · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 May 2025The 2023 and 2024 Commission Reports on Kosovo A10-0075/2025 · Riho Terras · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 March 2025RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
27 November 2024Motion for a resolution on election of the Commission B10-0196/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entries in Sandro Ruotolo's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 6 of the 13 entries; the other 7 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.