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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 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%.

74
declared meetings
current term
74
records since 2019
full dataset
80%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
298/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
77/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Sandro Ruotolo, this term
74
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 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: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
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
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Mar 2026Òmnium Cultural ; International Press Institute ; Human Rights Watch ; Committee to Protect Journalists ; Access Now Europe ; ARTICLE 19 MemberInterest group on spyware meeting
25 Feb 2026Save the Children Europe ; Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries ; European Association for viewers Interests RapporteurProtection of minors online
13 Feb 2026European Centre for Press and Media FreedomMemberProject on safety of journalists
4 Feb 2026Oidhaco - International Office for Human Rights Action on ColombiaMemberHuman rights in Colombia
3 Feb 2026Groupement Européen des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs ; European Composer and Songwriter Alliance MemberEvent on buyout
26 Jan 2026Save the Children Europe MemberEvent organisation
26 Jan 2026EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) MemberEvent organisation on EMFA
20 Jan 2026Apple Inc. MemberDigital Fairness Act
15 Jan 2026Centre for Media Pluralism and Media FreedomMemberEvent organisation on EMFA
12 Jan 2026Child Helpline InternationalRapporteurChildren support helpline
11 Dec 2025Spiral StudioMemberLibertà di stampa
11 Dec 2025Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd.MemberAI companion/Chatbot, AVMSD revision
2 Dec 2025Fondazione Reggio ChildrenMemberIstruzione bambini
1 Dec 2025Maison du Peuple d’Europe (MPE) - Europees Volkshuis (EVH) MemberMigration policies
26 Nov 2025Google RapporteurAge verification systems, platforms policy
26 Nov 2025Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe MemberAgoraEU
7 Nov 2025European University InstituteMemberSecond annual forum on digital regulation
4 Nov 2025Wikimedia Europe (WMEU) RapporteurPosition on draft INI
20 Oct 2025S-Info ProjectMemberEvent organisation
15 Oct 2025Spiral StudioMembercrisi 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.

74%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
391
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 390 final texts
6
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Sandro Ruotolo537 final votes
65%27%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the S&D majority38498%
Voted differently62%

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

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
22 January 2026A10-0270/2025 – Reinis Pozņaks – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
17 December 2025A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 May 2025A10-0075/2025 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 March 2025RC-B10-0146/2025/REV1 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
27 November 2024B10-0196/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

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:

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.