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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 14 September 2026, Tonino Picula (S&D, Croatia) has declared 66 lobby meetings this term - rank 325 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 83 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

6% 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 51%.

66
declared meetings
current term
94
records since 2019
full dataset
6%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
325/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
83/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Tonino Picula, this term
66
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: 2 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 7 in Dec 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 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: 2 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 50% 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: 7 declared in December 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Tonino Picula meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
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
CRTA1

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

Human rights & humanitarian (3), Finance (1), Labour & trade unions (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Foreign Affairs (55), Security and Defence (4)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Sep 2026Reporters sans frontières MemberMeeting
1 Sep 2026Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European UnionMemberMeeting
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
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
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
24 Feb 2026Chairperson of the European Integration Committee in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia; Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the European UnionRapporteurMeeting
28 Jan 2026Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft e.V.MemberMeeting with Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft e.V.
28 Jan 2026Meeting with Croatian Journalists' AssociationMemberMeeting with Croatian Journalists' Association
28 Jan 2026European Federation of Journalists MemberMeeting with Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS)
16 Dec 2025Nova S TV N1MemberEP study visit for journalists in Sakharov week
11 Dec 2025Primorje-Gorski Kotar CountyMemberMeeting with Primorje-Gorski Kotar County representatives
10 Dec 2025Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Centre for Contemporary Politics National Convention on the EU, SerbiaMemberMeeting with CSOs Serbia
4 Dec 2025Meeting with Mr Boban BatricevicMemberMeeting with Mr Boban Batricevic

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Tonino Picula 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
517
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the S&D majority
on 515 final texts
8
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Tonino Picula537 final votes
86%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 515 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 majority50798%
Voted differently82%

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

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
8 July 2026A10-0198/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
8 July 2026A10-0181/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – Proposal for a Council decisionAgainstFor
8 July 2026A10-0182/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 March 2026A10-0025/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 February 2026A10-0002/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
22 October 2025A10-0177/2025 – Sandro Gozi – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
9 July 2025B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 March 2025A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

6 counterpart entrys in Tonino Picula'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.