
Member of the European Parliament · Italy S&D
Sandro Ruotolo
MEP for Italy · Socialists & Democrats · Partito Democratico · official EP profile
As of 14 September 2026, Sandro Ruotolo (S&D, Italy) has declared 74 lobby meetings this term - rank 298 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 77 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
80% 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%.
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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 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: 9 in Sep 2024.
Busiest month: 9 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
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
Most-met sectors
Media & publishing (32), Human rights & humanitarian (15), Technology & digital (9)
Meetings by committee topic
Culture and Education (15), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026 | Òmnium Cultural ↗; International Press Institute ↗; Human Rights Watch ↗; Committee to Protect Journalists ↗; Access Now Europe ↗; ARTICLE 19 ↗ | Member | Interest group on spyware meeting |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Save the Children Europe ↗; Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries ↗; European Association for viewers Interests ↗ | Rapporteur | Protection of minors online |
| 13 Feb 2026 | European Centre for Press and Media Freedom | Member | Project on safety of journalists |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Oidhaco - International Office for Human Rights Action on Colombia | Member | Human rights in Colombia |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Groupement Européen des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs ↗; European Composer and Songwriter Alliance ↗ | Member | Event on buyout |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Save the Children Europe ↗ | Member | Event organisation |
| 26 Jan 2026 | EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) ↗ | Member | Event organisation on EMFA |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Apple Inc. ↗ | Member | Digital Fairness Act |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom | Member | Event organisation on EMFA |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Child Helpline International | Rapporteur | Children support helpline |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Spiral Studio | Member | Libertà di stampa |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd. | Member | AI companion/Chatbot, AVMSD revision |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Fondazione Reggio Children | Member | Istruzione bambini |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Maison du Peuple d’Europe (MPE) - Europees Volkshuis (EVH) ↗ | Member | Migration policies |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Google ↗ | Rapporteur | Age verification systems, platforms policy |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe ↗ | Member | AgoraEU |
| 7 Nov 2025 | European University Institute | Member | Second annual forum on digital regulation |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Wikimedia Europe (WMEU) ↗ | Rapporteur | Position on draft INI |
| 20 Oct 2025 | S-Info Project | Member | Event organisation |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Spiral Studio | Member | crisi della stampa; libertà di stampa |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Sandro Ruotolo 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 390 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January 2026 | A10-0270/2025 – Reinis Pozņaks – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | For |
| 17 December 2025 | A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 May 2025 | A10-0075/2025 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 12 March 2025 | RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 27 November 2024 | B10-0196/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
Unlinked but matchable
12 counterpart entrys 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 Hate Ltd. (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Fondazione Reggio Children” - likely Fondazione Reggio Children (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Spiral Studio” - likely Spiral Studio (2 counterpart entrys)
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.