Francisco ASSIS
S&D Portugal AFETDROIECONINTALIBE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 4 Jun 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 4 Jun 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
85
meetings published this term · rank 278 of 718
5
held as shadow rapporteur
81
distinct organisations met
44%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
10 Sep 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
2 of 17
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (11.8%) · rank 325 of 628
5
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/0134(COD) | The status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast) | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 27 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2023/0456(NLE) | EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/0010(NLE) | Accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/0048(NLE) | Accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, and the Pacific States | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/0155(NLE) | Conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon on the cooperation between the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the authorities of the Republic of Lebanon competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 23 Feb 2026 | none matched |
| 2024/0187(CNS) | Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 12 Nov 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/0315(COD) | Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 15 Jan 2025 | none matched |
| 2024/2081(INI) | Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 24 Oct 2024 | none matched |
| 2025/0021(COD) | Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 19 Feb 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0045(COD) | Amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements | JURI | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 19 Mar 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0055(NLE) | Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 9 Jul 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0074(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 as regards the extension of the timeframe for the establishment of the Eurojust case management system | LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 24 Jun 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0180(COD) | Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 | INTA+ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 14 Jul 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0192(NLE) | Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Southern Common Market, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, of the other part | AFET+INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 19 Mar 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0322(COD) | Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 25 Nov 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/0363(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) | ECON | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 13 Feb 2026 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/2073(INI) | Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation | AFET+DEVE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 8 Apr 2025 | none matched |
Declared meetings (85)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) | 2025/0363(COD) | Better Finance (Transparency Register nº 24633926420-79) | not in register |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) | 2025/0363(COD) | Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs | registered ↗ |
| 13 May 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) | 2025/0363(COD) | Euronext | registered ↗ |
| 13 May 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) | 2025/0363(COD) | Insurance Europe | registered ↗ |
| 6 May 2026 | Member | EU-Egypt relations | — | H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abu Zeid, Egyptian Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium | not in register |
| 5 May 2026 | Member | Situation of political prisioners in Cuba | — | Prisioners Defenders and members of the Cuban opposition | not in register |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Member | The situation of Human Rights in Tibet | — | Bureau du Tibet | registered ↗ |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Member | Caste discrimination in South Asia | — | International Dalit Solidarity Network | registered ↗ |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Member | Situation of Human Rights in Mozambique | — | TotalEnergies SE | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Member | Developments in the Middle East | — | Iranian opposition | not in register |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Member | The military intervention in Iran and the position of Kurdish people | — | DEM-PARTİ | not in register |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Member | Child Sexual Abuse, Gender Base Violence | — | Osez le féminisme | not in register |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Member | Digital Omnibus | — | European Newspaper Publishers' Association | registered ↗ |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Member | Chat Control, Digital Omnibus, Digital Sovereignty | — | ANSOL - Associação Nacional para o Software Livre | registered ↗ |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Member | protection of children and child rights | — | AMBER Alert Europe | registered ↗ |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | EU-Mercosur Agreement | 2025/0322(COD) | Brazilian Ambassador | not in register |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Member | Situation of Human Rights and Democracy in Angola | — | President of UNITA – Adalberto Costa Júnior | not in register |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Member | EU external action on Human Rights | — | EEAS Managing Director for Multilateral | not in register |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Member | Política comercial/Acordo UE-Mercosul | — | spiritsEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Member | Digital Euro | 2023/0212(COD) | MERCADONA SA | registered ↗ |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Member | Situation of Human Rights in Iran | — | Representatives form the Iranian democratic opposition | not in register |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Member | Competitividade da indústria do aço e da metalomecânica portuguesas | 2025/0726(COD) | AIMMAP | not in register |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Member | Arbitrary arrest of Joseph Figueira-Martin in CAR | — | Protect Humanitarians | not in register |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Member | Caste discrimination in several Asian countries | — | International Dalit Solidarity Network | registered ↗ |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Member | Electoral process in Honduras | — | EU-LAT Network/Red EU-LAT | registered ↗ |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Member | Refugee Integration | — | United Women | not in register |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Member | General Elections in Honduras | — | Human Rights Watch | registered ↗ |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Member | The humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan | — | Sakharov Prize Laureate | not in register |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Member | Return Regulation | — | EDRi – European Digital Rights | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Member | Humanitarian crisis in Sudan | — | International Federation for Rights and Developments | not in register |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Member | Digitalisation of ID' systems | — | Me Group | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | Civil war in Sudan | — | CEFTUS - The Centre for Türkiye Studies | not in register |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Member | Nova proposta de Quadro Financeiro Plurianual | — | EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.)|Tabaqueira II | registered ↗ |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Member | Caste-based discrimination in South Asia | — | IDSN - International Dalit Solidarity Network | not in register |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Member | online gender-based hate speech | — | Polylogos | not in register |
| 20 May 2025 | Member | Presentation of a juridical report on the repression of civil society in Cuba | — | Ciudadanía y Libertad | not in register |
| 13 May 2025 | Member | Lithium mining in Latina America and EU policy | — | Delegation of indigenous representatives and activists from Argentina | not in register |
| 12 May 2025 | Member | Situation of Cuban political prisoners | — | Cuban Observatory of Human Rights | not in register |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Member | Interreligious dialogue and cooperation | — | Bahá'í International Community | registered ↗ |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Member | EU policies regarding press freedom, media pluralism and protection of journalists | — | EUChanger|International Fund for Public Interest Media | registered ↗ |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Member | EU-India relations and the human rights implications in the context of the Free Trade Agreement | — | The London Story | not in register |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Member | Presentation of research findings on the financing of the Nicaraguan government | — | EU-LAT Network/Red EU-LAT | registered ↗ |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Member | Situação política, económmica e social de Moçambique | — | Embaixadora de Moçambique na UE | not in register |
| 6 Mar 2025 | Member | opportunities of engagements within the framework of the OACPS | — | Parliamentarians for Global Action | registered ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2025 | Member | Territorial rights of the indigenous peoples of Colombia | — | National Commission of Indigenous Territories of Colombia (CNTI) | not in register |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Member | Debriefing on the political and humanitarian situation in Sudan | — | Christian Solidarity Worldwide | registered ↗ |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Member | EU policies for the Middle East | — | International Committee In Search of Justice | registered ↗ |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Member | Impact of a TotalEnergies LNG project in Mozambique | — | TotalEnergies SE | registered ↗ |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Member | Situation of human rights in the Azerbaijan | — | Freedom Now | registered ↗ |
| 17 Feb 2025 | Member | Troca de pontos de vista sobre as prioridades para o novo mandato | — | CIM Douro | not in register |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Member | Situation of Human Rights in Iran | — | People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran | not in register |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Rapporteur | Reuniões técnicas sobre vários tópicos de interesse no âmbito do relatório sobre a atividade do BEI 2024 | 2024/2053(INI) | European Investment Bank | not in register |
| 5 Feb 2025 | Member | Apresentação de prioridades e as preocupações da Indústria Cimenteira nacional | — | Associação Técnica da Indústria do Cimento | not in register |
| 3 Feb 2025 | Member | Border Criminologies | — | Border Criminologies Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Le dossier des droits de l’homme au Maroc; le dossier du Sahara et le Rif. | — | Parti WE CAN (en cours de création) | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Rights of minorities in Bangladesh | — | Hand in Hand Foundation | not in register |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Member | Gender-Based Violence in Sudan | — | International Federation for Rights and Developments | not in register |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Member | the participation of civil society in the Samoa agreement, including in the context of the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | — | President of the EESC External Relations Section | not in register |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Member | The effects of torture and other forms of ill-treatment; human rights in El Salvador | — | SOS-Torture Network | not in register |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Member | Troca de pontos de vista sobre as prioridades para o novo mandato | — | Amazon Web Services | not in register |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Member | Meeting with a Syrian Pro-Democracy Activist | — | B&K Agency S.r.l | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | Political situation in Togo | — | Brot für die Welt | registered ↗ |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Member | Exchange views on the priorities for the new mandate | — | Mastercard Portugal | not in register |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Member | Situation of human rights in the Philippines | — | Action Network Human Rights - Philippines | not in register |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Member | Relations between the EU and El Salvador | — | Ambassador Javier Helamán Reyes, Head of Mission of El Salvador to the European Union | not in register |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Member | Meeting on Human Rights and Labor Concerns in Vietnam | — | Viet Tan - organization | not in register |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Member | digital and cultural issues of the new legislature | — | EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision|EUROCOPYA | entry 1 entry 2 |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Member | Meeting on the human and labor rights situation in Cambodia | — | Brot für die Welt|Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights | registered ↗ |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Member | misinformation and social media | — | Center for Countering Digital Hate | not in register |
| 8 Nov 2024 | Member | RBI (Residence by Investment) and CBI (Citizenship by Investment) | — | Henley & Partners Group Holdings Limited | registered ↗ |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Member | AMLA | — | Jan Reinder de Carpentier | not in register |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Member | annual report on the EDF | — | European Court of Auditors | not in register |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Member | Troca de pontos de vista sobre serviços de interesse geral | — | vöwg | not in register |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Member | discuss the challenges and opportunities for software industry and its impact on European Competitiveness and businesses. | — | BSA \| The Software Alliance | registered ↗ |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | stronger space for civil society actors in the EU | — | Civil Society Europe|Social Platform | registered ↗ |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Media and Audiovisual Priorities | — | Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe | registered ↗ |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | Presentation of Sciaena's work | — | Sciaena - Ocean # Conservation # Awareness | registered ↗ |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Member | Pledge for Encryption | — | Internet Society | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | the role of the European Parliament in seeking a peaceful and democratic solution to the crisis in Venezuela | — | Isadora Zubillaga and Antonio Ledezma | not in register |
| 17 Sep 2024 | Member | Current developments in the region of the South Caucasus | — | European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy | registered ↗ |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the delegation from Georgia's European Integration Committee about Georgia's accession to the EU | — | Acento Public Affairs | registered ↗ |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with the European Prosecutor José Ranito | — | European Public Prosecutor's Office | not in register |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting with Ziba Murat about the case of doctor Gulshan Abbas | — | International Service for Human Rights | registered ↗ |
| 10 Sep 2024 | Member | Key relevant subjects to the Portuguese economy | — | CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal | registered ↗ |
| 10 Sep 2024 | Member | The situation of Human rights in Iran | — | Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) | not in register |