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Ana Catarina MENDES

Portugal Portugal S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Partido Socialista

Ana Catarina MENDES is a Member of the European Parliament from Portugal, representing Partido Socialista in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Ana has submitted 852 amendments, delivered 68 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 20 questions, and filed 5 motions. Vote participation stands at 90.5% (5366 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 852 811.1 +41 283rd/743 10th/21 73rd/138
Speeches 68 44.4 +24 84th/743 6th/21 19th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 5th/21 39th/138
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 16th/21 55th/138
Questions 20 39.7 -20 470th/743 15th/21 88th/138
Motions 5 19.6 -15 323rd/743 10th/21 39th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 2 0.6 +1 39th/743 2nd/21 12th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 20th/21 91st/138
Explanations of Vote 3 43.0 -40 279th/743 14th/21 68th/138
Vote Participation 90.5% 86.3% – 363rd/745 8th/21 64th/138

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member EUDS – Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
Member SEDE – Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Delegations

Member DAFR – Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute DMED – Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Member DACP – Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute D-CN – Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

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Committees and delegations

Ana Catarina MENDES holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 19 of 26 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 24 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 24 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (D-CN): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DAFR): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (DMED): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-05-28 A10-0100/2025 REPORT on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report (LIBE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-02 A10-0007/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the 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)
  • 2025-12-03 A10-0243/2025 REPORT on European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs (SEDE)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-24 SEDE_AD(2026)787638 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 (SEDE)
  • 2025-03-20 LIBE_AL(2025)770023 Opinion on the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast) (LIBE)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Ana Catarina MENDES has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0059(COD): 250 amendments, latest 2025-12-01 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union, and repealing Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Council Directive 2001/40/EC and Council Decision 2004/191/EC
  • 2025/2239(INI): 114 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
  • 2025/0045(COD): 105 amendments, latest 2025-07-03 (JURI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 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
  • 2025/0240(COD): 65 amendments, latest 2026-05-05 (LIBE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
  • 2025/2135(INI): 61 amendments, latest 2025-11-12 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 19, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-21 Urgent EU action to protect Naâma Asfari and Sahrawi prisoners (E-10-2026-003066)
  • 2026-07-15 Arbitrary preventive arrest of the leader of the opposition in Guinea-Bissau, Domingos Simões Pereira (P-10-2026-002953)
  • 2026-03-25 Commission’s participation in US Board of Peace meeting on Gaza (E-10-2026-001240)
  • 2026-03-11 Funding of tools to combat disinformation at EU level (E-10-2026-001004)
  • 2026-02-04 Activation of EU Civil Protection Mechanism in response to the impact of Storm Kristin in Portugal (E-10-2026-000430)
  • 2026-02-04 Mayor of Budapest fined and charged without trial for organising a Pride march in the EU (E-10-2026-000446)
  • 2026-01-21 Portugal’s migration situation (P-10-2026-000224)
  • 2025-10-22 Delay in reporting by the Commission (E-10-2025-004164)
  • 2025-10-01 Creation of a European centre for democratic resilience (E-10-2025-003823)
  • 2025-09-09 Protection of journalists and investigation into killings in Gaza (E-10-2025-003482)
  • 2025-05-06 Adoption of targeted sanctions against military individuals responsible for lethal attacks on civilians and other serious human rights violations in Sudan (E-10-2025-001817)
  • 2025-04-24 Enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) (E-10-2025-001646)
  • 2025-04-07 Taxation of big digital tech companies (E-10-2025-001409)
  • 2025-03-06 Urgent measures for sea rescue (E-10-2025-000979)
  • 2025-01-30 Meta’s recent decision to end fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in the United States (E-10-2025-000423)
  • 2025-01-14 Violations identified by the Council of Europe anti-torture committee in detention and return centres in Italy (E-10-2025-000124)
  • 2024-11-26 Conflicts of interest and political interference by Elon Musk (E-10-2024-002653)
  • 2024-11-21 Change of algorithm on X before US election (P-10-2024-002623)
  • 2024-09-27 Serious violations of the human rights of people in northern Mozambique by the Mozambican military (P-10-2024-001864)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

Motions for resolutions

All 5, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2026-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recruitment of children by organised crime (B-10-2026-0275)
  • 2026-05-13 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (B-10-2026-0245)
  • 2026-01-20 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania
  • 2026-01-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania (B-10-2026-0078)

Written explanations of vote

All 3, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Election of the Commission
  • Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
  • Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Ana Catarina MENDES set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group and of the Members from Portugal. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanS&D meanPortugal mean
Amendments852811.1 (higher)980.6 (lower)1058.9 (lower)
Speeches6844.4 (higher)47.4 (higher)65.4 (higher)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.1 (lower)0.8 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)5.3 (lower)
Questions2039.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)33.2 (lower)
Motions519.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)24.9 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)20.6 (higher)0.9 (higher)1.0 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)4.1 (lower)
Explanations of Vote343.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)98.2 (lower)
Vote Participation90.5%86.3% (higher)85.8% (higher)88.5% (higher)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.