Daniele POLATO
ECR Italy EUDSIMCOINTA 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
62
meetings published this term · rank 357 of 719
12
held as shadow rapporteur
52
distinct organisations met
23%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
23 Jul 2024 – 24 Jun 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
5 of 7
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (71.4%) · rank 42 of 628
12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/0297(COD) | Applying a generalized scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 29 Nov 2024 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0061(COD) | European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) | AFET+ITRE+SEDE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 17 Mar 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0071(COD) | Macro-financial assistance to the Arab Republic of Egypt | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0086(COD) | Macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2025/0251(COD) | Providing macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 24 Sep 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0726(COD) | Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 18 Mar 2026 | ✓ yes |
| 2026/0068(COD) | Establishing a framework of measures for the acceleration of industrial capacity and decarbonisation in strategic sectors and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2024/1735 and (EU) 2024/3110 | IMCO+INTA+ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 21 May 2026 | ✓ yes |
Declared meetings (62)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2026 | Member | Trade, investments | — | Embassy of Algeria | not in register |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Member | trade, mercosur, agriculture, export | — | Embassy of Brazil | not in register |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Member | Chemistry, industry, Green Deal | — | Federchimica | not in register |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Member | Trade policy | — | US Mission to the EU | not in register |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Member | Logistics, Transports, Suplly chain, Harbours | — | Alis | not in register |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | IAA, Chemistry, Research, Competitiveness | 2026/0068(COD) | Federchimica | not in register |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Member | Trade, Agricolture, Protection of Italian GI, Competition | — | CONSORZIO PER LA TUTELA DEL FORMAGGIO GRANA PADANO | not in register |
| 20 May 2026 | Member | EU-Indonesia relations, Fta, trade, bilateral agreements, industry, green policies | — | Embassy of Indonesia | not in register |
| 20 May 2026 | Member | EU-UAE relations, trade, GCC affairs, evolution of the Arab Peninsula | — | UAE Embassy | not in register |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Member | Trade, steel, overcapacity, Eu US relations | — | federacciai | not in register |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Member | Trade and cultural diplomacy | — | Embassy of Egypt | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Steel, steel trade, overcapacity, dumping | 2025/0726(COD) | federacciai | not in register |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Rice, GSP, trade, agriculture | 2021/0297(COD) | ENTE NAZIONALE RISI | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Member | Industrial policies and European economy, trade | — | confindustria | not in register |
| 7 Mar 2026 | Member | Eu-Algeria relations | — | CK cooperation | not in register |
| 7 Mar 2026 | Member | Trade, energy, Mattei Plan, Mediterrean affairs | — | the general Counsel of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria | not in register |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Member | Automotive | — | ACEA | not in register |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Member | Automotive | — | Anfia | not in register |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Member | molecular medicine, research, biomedical research | — | VIMM | not in register |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Rice, GSP, rice trade | 2021/0297(COD) | ENTE NAZIONALE RISI | not in register |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Member | medicine, antibiotics, pharmaceutics | — | Hon. Gemmato | not in register |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | steel overcapacity, steel industry, steel byproducts | 2025/0726(COD) | Federacciai | not in register |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Member | Meeting | — | US Trade mission to the EU | not in register |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | GSP, Rice, agriculture and trade | 2021/0297(COD) | Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti | registered ↗ |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | GSP, Rice, agriculture and trade | 2021/0297(COD) | Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti | registered ↗ |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Member | meeting about agriculture | — | Copagri | not in register |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Member | Meeting about EU-US trade and economy | — | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | registered ↗ |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Member | Meeting | — | Embassy Brazil in Rome | not in register |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Member | Meeting | — | Undersecretary for Health On. Gemmato | not in register |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Member | Meeting | — | Embassy Azerbaigian in Rome | not in register |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Member | Meeting | — | Embassy UAE in Rome | not in register |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Rice | 2021/0297(COD) | ENTE NAZIONALE RISI | registered ↗ |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Member | Agricolture and trade | — | Assica | not in register |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting about Mercosur, and EU-Brasil trade relations | — | Embassy Brasil | not in register |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting | — | Embassy of Singapore | not in register |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Member | Meeting about Eu-US Trade | — | US Embassy | not in register |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting about Egypt, trade and economy | 2024/0071(COD) | H.E. Ambassador of the Arabic Republic of Egypt | not in register |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting about Egypt, trade and economy | 2024/0071(COD) | H.E. Ambassador of the Arabic Republic of Egypt | not in register |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Member | Chemistry, pharmaceuticals, medicines, research | — | Gruppo Chiesi | not in register |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | EDIP | 2024/0061(COD) | AIAD | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Member | Meeting about car industry/automotive | — | Volkswagen Italia | not in register |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Member | Uk - Eu relations, trade | — | UK mission to the EU | not in register |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Member | Sustainable fuels | — | FuelsEurope | registered ↗ |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Member | Trade | — | People's Republic of China Mission to the EU | not in register |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Member | Meeting about mining industry | — | Rio Tinto | registered ↗ |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting about Egypt | 2024/0071(COD) | Embassy of Egypt | not in register |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Member | Meeting | — | adidas AG | registered ↗ |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Member | Meeting | — | Agenzia dei Monopoli e delle Dogane | not in register |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | Pharmaceuticals | — | Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV | registered ↗ |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Member | Arabian peninsula trade | — | Embassy UAE | not in register |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Member | Trade | — | ICE | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | United Arab Emirates | — | United Arab Emirates diplomats | not in register |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Member | meeting | — | H.E. the Ambassador of Indonesia | not in register |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | Agriculture and trade | — | Confagricoltura | not in register |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Member | Meeting | — | Campari | not in register |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Member | Chemicals, chemistry, R&D, green transition, employment | — | BASF SE | registered ↗ |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Member | Energy transition | — | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting | — | FuelsEurope | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Meeting | — | UTOPIA LAB S.R.L.|Facebook | registered ↗ |
| 17 Sep 2024 | Member | Digital policies | — | Open gate Italia | not in register |
| 4 Sep 2024 | Member | Agriculture & trade | — | copa cogeca | not in register |
| 23 Jul 2024 | Member | Agriculture | — | Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti | registered ↗ |