Ana Catarina MENDES
S&D Portugal EUDSLIBESEDE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 6 Jul 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 6 Jul 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
40
meetings published this term · rank 422 of 719
3
held as shadow rapporteur
36
distinct organisations met
55%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
12 Sep 2024 – 17 Jun 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
1 of 3
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (33.3%) · rank 179 of 628
3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/0136(NLE) | Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law | IMCO+LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 20 Oct 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2069(INI) | Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | EUDS | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 3 Apr 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/2142(INI) | European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs | SEDE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 20 Feb 2025 | none matched |
Declared meetings (40)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | Member | Tobacco Regulation | — | EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) | registered ↗ |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Member | Situation in the Middle East | — | UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | not in register |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Member | Anti-Trafficking Directive & Migration policies | — | La Strada International | registered ↗ |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield | 2025/2069(INI) | Sylvie JOSSERAND & Constance LE GRIP - Assemblée Nationale | not in register |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Member | Political situation in Iran | — | Association des Jeunes Iraniens au Luxembourg - AJIL | not in register |
| 12 May 2026 | Member | CSAM Regulation | — | not in register | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Member | Greetings | — | European Network Against Racism | registered ↗ |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Member | European Defense Industry | — | CEiiA - Engineering and Product Development Centre | not in register |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Member | Greetings | — | Maria Fernanda Lay - President of the National Parliament of Timor Leste | not in register |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Member | 28th Regime | — | France Digitale | registered ↗ |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Member | European Defense Industry | — | CITEVE Portugal | not in register |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Member | Greetings | — | Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association | not in register |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Member | Startup Nation Standards Report Presentation | — | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Member | Relations EU-China | — | Embassy of the People's Republic of China in France | not in register |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Rapporteur | Return Regulation and Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund within the Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034) | 2025/0540(COD) | European Council on Refugees and Exiles | registered ↗ |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Member | Artificial Intelligence | — | APDC - Digital Business Community | not in register |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Member | Civic space in the EU, Official Development Assistance and Education for Development and Global Citizenship | — | *Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento | not in register |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Member | Democracy Shield Priorities | — | European Partnership for Democracy | not in register |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Member | Relations EU-UK | — | Mike Buckley - Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations | not in register |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Member | EU Migration Control and Externalisation in Mauritania | — | Human Rights Watch | not in register |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Member | Youth Participation in European Politics | — | Associação Política Factual XXI | not in register |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Member | 28th Regime | — | ESNA - Europe Startup Nations Alliance, Associação | not in register |
| 20 May 2025 | Member | Civil Society and Democracy | — | Civil Society Europe | registered ↗ |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield Piorities | 2025/2069(INI) | European Newspaper Publishers' Association|ENPA | registered ↗ |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Member | Política de Defesa da UE | — | ASD-Eurospace | registered ↗ |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Democracy Shield Piorities | 2025/2069(INI) | Reporters sans frontières | registered ↗ |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Member | Indústria da Defesa | — | magellan circle | not in register |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Member | DSA Implementation | — | registered ↗ | |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Member | DSA Implementation | — | Revolut Ltd | registered ↗ |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Member | Priorities for the new term | — | The ONE Campaign | registered ↗ |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Rapporteur | Exchange of views on the Rule of Law Report 2024 | 2024/2078(INI) | Amnesty International Limited|Civil Society Europe|European Anti Poverty Network|European Network Against Racism|European Partnership for Democracy|European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network|European Civic Forum|International Commission of Jurists|Reporters sans frontières|The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association|Federation Internationale pour les droits humains|Romanipe | entry 1 entry 2 entry 3 entry 4 entry 5 entry 6 entry 7 entry 8 entry 9 entry 10 |
| 7 Nov 2024 | Member | Priorities for the new term for the public sector media | — | EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) | registered ↗ |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Member | Priorities for the new term | — | THE NAVIGATOR COMPANY, S.A. | registered ↗ |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Member | Presentation of main challenges for Audio/Music Sector in the EU | — | Audiogest - Associação para a Gestão e Distribuição de Direitos | registered ↗ |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Presentation of Priorities for the new term | — | Banco Santander, S.A. | registered ↗ |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Member | Presentation of Priorities for the new term on Youth | — | Erasmus Student Network | registered ↗ |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Member | Presentation of Priorities for the new term | — | Civil Society Europe | registered ↗ |
| 24 Sep 2024 | Member | Presentation of Priorities for the new term | — | EUPPORTUNITY (QB, Lda.) | registered ↗ |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Member | Presentation of Priorities for the new term | — | Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe | registered ↗ |
| 12 Sep 2024 | Member | Presentation of Activities of CIP | — | CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal | registered ↗ |