Member of the European Parliament · Portugal EPP
Sebastião Bugalho
MEP for Portugal · European People's Party · Partido Social Democrata · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Sebastião Bugalho (EPP, Portugal) has declared 48 lobby meetings this term - rank 409 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 106 of 185 in the EPP group.
51% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to 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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 8 in Oct 2024.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 62.5% |
| Oct 2024 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Nov 2024 | 2 | 0% |
| Dec 2024 | 4 | 25% |
| Jan 2025 | 5 | 40% |
| Feb 2025 | 5 | 40% |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | - |
| Apr 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| May 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Jun 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2025 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 0% |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Dec 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Mar 2026 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| May 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 100% |
| Oct 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 8 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Sebastião Bugalho meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| TotalEnergies SE | 2 |
| Apple Inc. | 2 |
| CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal | 1 |
| Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates | 1 |
| NOS | 1 |
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 (6), Human rights & humanitarian (3), Agriculture & food (2)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Foreign Affairs (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | CENTROMARCA – ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE EMPRESAS DE PRODUTOS DE MARCA↗ | Member | Review EU Unfair Trading Practices |
| 22 Sep 2026 | The British Chambers of Commerce↗ | Member | EU-UK relations |
| 21 Sep 2026 | European Institute of Peace↗ | Member | Geopolitical challenges |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Representative of Taiwan in the EU | Member | EU-Taiwan relations |
| 12 May 2026 | L'Oeuvre d'Orient | Rapporteur | Meeting with a Lebanese delegation from L'Oeuvre d'Orient |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Representation of Taiwan in the EU | Member | EU-Taiwan relations |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas | Member | As ordens no panorama interinstitucional português |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Human rights defenders venezuela | Member | Democratic transition in Venezuela |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Apple Inc.↗ | Member | DMA |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates↗ | Member | Omnibus |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Feb 2026 | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | Member | Startups |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Apple Inc.↗ | Member | IMCO Priorities for 2026 |
| 19 Nov 2025 | European Union of Private Hospitals↗ | Member | Presentation of FactBook - Shaping Europe’s Health |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Tabaqueira | Member | Fiscalidade dos produtos de tabaco |
| 21 May 2025 | Missão do Tibete UE | Member | Situation in Tibet |
| 19 May 2025 | Knauf Insulation↗ | Member | Future of housing |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Caritas Europa↗ | Member | Human rights situation in the world |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Associação Técnica da Indústria de Cimento↗ | Member | Indústria Cimenteira |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Dragos Tudorache | Member | Technology and Defence |
| 5 Feb 2025 | Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML)↗ | Member | Concorrência |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Representatives of the DEM Party | Member | EU-Turkey relations |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Eyyup Doru | Member | The political situation in Turkey |
| 31 Jan 2025 | ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre↗ | Member | Free Software |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Marta García - International Airlines Group | Member | Views on the future of aviation |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Ghazi Ben Ahmed | Member | Situation in Tunisia |
| 22 Jan 2025 | TotalEnergies SE↗ | Member | Human Rights situation in Mozambique |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Inês Nolasco - Vodafone | Member | IMCO priorities |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Moadh Gannouchi; Takouoi Kheriji; Ridha Driss | Member | Briefing on the health situation of Rached Ghannouchi, elected Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament |
| 5 Dec 2024 | TotalEnergies SE↗ | Member | Human Rights situation in Mozambique |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Louis Bout; Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung↗ | Member | Situation in Australia, New Zealand, and Korea |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Sebastião Bugalho 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 525 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Sebastião Bugalho 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 Sebastião Bugalho differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | The mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Malta and Italy regarding the storm Harry in January 2026 and to Portugal and… A10-0274/2026 · Lucia Yar · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 7 October 2026 | The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland – EGF/2026/003 FI/Valmet Automotive A10-0243/2026 · Nicolae Ștefănuță · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 8 July 2026 | Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in certain fishing tackle (D110163/04 – 2026/2714(RPS)) B10-0344/2026 · Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 21 January 2026 | The Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in… A10-0248/2025 · Jaroslav Bžoch · Draft Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2025 | Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville A10-0101/2025 · Charles Goerens · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 18 September 2024 | Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyproconazole and spirodiclofen in or on certain products B10-0021/2024 · Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 18 September 2024 | Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products B10-0020/2024 · Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
Unlinked but matchable
2 counterpart entries in Sebastião Bugalho's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação” - likely ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação (1 counterpart entry)
- “L'Oeuvre d'Orient” - likely OEUVRE D'ORIENT (1 counterpart entry)
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.