
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%.
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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: 2 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 9 in Sep 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 1 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 100% |
| Oct 2024 | 3 | 100% |
| Nov 2024 | 2 | 100% |
| Dec 2024 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2025 | 6 | 100% |
| Feb 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Mar 2025 | 2 | 100% |
| Apr 2025 | 0 | - |
| May 2025 | 4 | 75% |
| Jun 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Jul 2025 | 5 | 80% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 80% |
| Oct 2025 | 6 | 50% |
| Nov 2025 | 4 | 75% |
| Dec 2025 | 4 | 25% |
| Jan 2026 | 5 | 60% |
| Feb 2026 | 4 | 71.4% |
| Mar 2026 | 5 | 80% |
| Apr 2026 | 4 | 75% |
| May 2026 | 2 | 100% |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | 100% |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 4 | 75% |
| Oct 2026 | 9 | 100% |
| Nov 2026 | 2 | 100% |
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Human Rights Watch↗; European Digital Rights↗; Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe↗; Amnesty International Limited↗ | Member | Update on Interest group on spyware |
| 4 Nov 2026 | EUMANS↗ | Member | Kids Act, privacy |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 5Rights Foundation↗ | Member | Kids Act |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Strava Inc.↗; Duolingo, Inc.↗ | Member | Protection of minors |
| 13 Oct 2026 | QuotaClimat↗ | Member | Introductory meeting, AVMSD |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries↗ | Member | Platform policy, protection of minors, spyware, election integration |
| 7 Oct 2026 | The European Video on Demand Coalition↗ | Member | AVSMD |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries↗ | Member | Update on protection of minors, Kids Act, spyware notifications |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Video Games Europe↗ | Member | Kids Act |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Apple Inc.↗ | Member | New features for protecting children on apps |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | SHARE Foundation↗; European Digital Rights↗; Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe↗; Amnesty International Limited↗ | Member | Interest group on spyware update |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe↗ | Member | Event of AVSMD review |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Groupement Européen des Sociétés d’Auteurs et Compositeurs (GESAC) | Member | CCS in the age of AI |
| 10 Sep 2026 | FremantleMedia Group Limited↗ | Member | Agora and AVSMD |
| 10 Sep 2026 | European Association for Viewers Interests↗ | Member | AVSMD and Agora |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Child Helpline International↗ | Member | online recruitment of children by criminal organizations |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Discord Inc.↗ | Member | Protection of minors, age assurance |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Amnesty International Limited↗ | Member | Spyware case in Spain |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Computer and Communications Industry Association↗ | Member | AVSMD and piracy |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Human Rights Watch↗ | Member | EU dual use regulation |
| 20 May 2026 | NGO Shipbreaking Platform↗; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique↗ | Member | Follow-up event on deliberate sinking of polluting ships |
| 7 May 2026 | Òmnium Cultural↗; International Press Institute↗; European Digital Rights↗; Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe↗ | Member | Informal meeting on future initiatives of the IG against spyware abuse |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe↗ | Member | Exchange of views on AVMSD |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Giacomo Mazzone | Member | Update on EU digital sovereignty related initiatives |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Amnesty International Limited↗ | Member | New spyware technologies |
| 8 Apr 2026 | EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision↗ | Member | AVSMD |
| 25 Mar 2026 | The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BVBA↗ | Member | AVMSD, protection of minors online |
| 16 Mar 2026 | IIDEA - Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association | Rapporteur | Impact of videogames on young people |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries↗ | Member | Spyware; AI Glasses |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Fondazione Reggio Children | Member | Evento 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Sandro Ruotolo differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 2026 | Motion 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 resolution | For | Against |
| 15 September 2026 | Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve A10-0230/2026 · Pierfrancesco Maran · Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 22 January 2026 | Drones 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 resolution | Abstained | For |
| 17 December 2025 | European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs A10-0243/2025 · Christophe Gomart · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia A10-0230/2025 · Hana Jalloul Muro · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 May 2025 | The 2023 and 2024 Commission Reports on Kosovo A10-0075/2025 · Riho Terras · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 12 March 2025 | RC-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) | Abstained | For |
| 27 November 2024 | Motion for a resolution on election of the Commission B10-0196/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
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:
- “Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd.” - likely Center for Countering Digital Harm Ltd. (2 counterpart entries)
- “Fondazione Reggio Children” - likely Fondazione Reggio Children (2 counterpart entries)
- “Spiral Studio” - likely Spiral Studio (2 counterpart entries)
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.