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Member of the European Parliament · Croatia S&D

Tonino Picula

MEP for Croatia · Socialists & Democrats · Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Tonino Picula (S&D, Croatia) has declared 74 lobby meetings this term - rank 336 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 7 other MEPs.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 88 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.

9% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

74
declared meetings
current term
102
records since 2016
full dataset
9%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
336/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 7 others
88/135
rank in S&D
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

Tonino Picula, this term
74
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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 7 in Dec 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 7 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 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 link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%07July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 7 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 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 link2024202520260%50%100%07202420252026
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 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20240-
Oct 20240-
Nov 202420%
Dec 202470%
Jan 202520%
Feb 202550%
Mar 202540%
Apr 202520%
May 202540%
Jun 202520%
Jul 202520%
Aug 20250-
Sep 202530%
Oct 202520%
Nov 202510%
Dec 202540%
Jan 2026333.3%
Feb 202610%
Mar 2026711.1%
Apr 2026616.7%
May 202630%
Jun 202640%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 2026425%
Oct 2026633.3%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 7 declared in December 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Tonino Picula meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
CRTA3
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom2
Biljana Djordjevic2
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro2
Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union2

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

Democracy & civil society (3), Human rights & humanitarian (3), Finance (1)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Foreign Affairs (61), Security and Defence (4)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Oct 2026Taipei Representative Office in the EU and BelgiumMemberMeeting
14 Oct 2026Junior Chamber International Europe e.V.⁠↗; Chief Negotiator of Kosovo with the EUMemberMeeting
13 Oct 2026North Macedonia's Special Envoy to the EU; CRTA⁠↗MemberMeeting
12 Oct 2026Ambassador of France to CroatiaMemberMeeting
9 Oct 2026UK Ambassador to Croatia; Ambassador of Sweden to CroatiaMemberMeeting
1 Oct 2026CRTA⁠↗MemberMeeting
29 Sep 2026UNICEFMemberMeeting
15 Sep 2026Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS)MemberMeeting
8 Sep 2026Reporters sans frontières⁠↗MemberMeeting
1 Sep 2026Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European UnionMemberMeeting
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jun 2026Democratic Party of Socialists of MontenegroMemberMeeting
11 Jun 2026Mission of Japan to the EUMemberMeeting
9 Jun 2026Sakharov FellowMemberMeeting
5 Jun 2026Serb National Council Political AcademyRapporteurMeeting
20 May 2026Member of European Court of AuditorsMemberMeeting
7 May 2026Eunoia Horizons s.r.o. Progresivní analytické centrumMemberMeeting
5 May 2026Meeting with Croatian Minority Representatives; CyberagenturRapporteurMeeting
24 Apr 2026Serb National CouncilRapporteurMeeting
23 Apr 2026CRTA⁠↗RapporteurMeeting
20 Apr 2026Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of CroatiaMemberMeeting
16 Apr 2026Center of Excellence in FinanceMemberMeeting
15 Apr 2026Pulse of Europe - Media Trips to EUMemberMeeting
9 Apr 2026European Centre for Press and Media FreedomMemberMeeting
27 Mar 2026Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the Republic of Croatia; Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of CroatiaMemberMeeting
25 Mar 2026Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro; Green–Left FrontMemberMeeting
24 Mar 2026Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the European UnionRapporteurMeeting
23 Mar 2026Transatlantic Policy Network⁠↗MemberMeeting
19 Mar 2026Taipei Representative Office in the EU and BelgiumMemberMeeting
16 Mar 2026Student representatives from SerbiaRapporteurMeeting
4 Mar 2026European Centre for Press and Media FreedomMemberMeeting

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Tonino Picula 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
583
final texts voted on
of 606
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 581 final texts
9
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Tonino Picula606 final votes
86%9%
For 519Against 56Abstained 8No vote recorded 23

With and against the group

On the 581 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Tonino Picula 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 majority57298%
Voted differently92%

Final texts where Tonino Picula differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
7 October 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
8 July 2026The Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States A10-0198/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
8 July 2026The Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United… A10-0181/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Proposal for a Council decisionAgainstFor
8 July 2026In view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico A10-0182/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 March 2026The housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing A10-0025/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 February 2026The European Central Bank – annual report 2025 A10-0002/2026 · Johan Van Overtveldt · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
22 October 2025The institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations A10-0177/2025 · Sandro Gozi · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
9 July 2025Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list B10-0315/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 March 2025The European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 A10-0023/2025 · Maravillas Abadía Jover · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

6 counterpart entries in Tonino Picula's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 6 entries; the other 2 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.