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João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO

Portugal Portugal RE – Renew Europe Iniciativa Liberal

João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO is a Member of the European Parliament from Portugal, representing Iniciativa Liberal in the Renew Europe (RE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), João has submitted 172 amendments, delivered 29 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 5 as shadow rapporteur, asked 5 questions, and filed 5 motions. Vote participation stands at 82.2% (4872 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 172 811.1 -639 648th/743 21st/21 78th/79
Speeches 29 44.4 -15 443rd/743 18th/21 47th/79
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 11th/21 38th/79
Reports (Shadow) 5 3.8 +1 172nd/743 8th/21 31st/79
Questions 5 39.7 -35 673rd/743 20th/21 74th/79
Motions 5 19.6 -15 323rd/743 10th/21 43rd/79
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 10th/21 36th/79
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 17th/21 59th/79
Explanations of Vote 2 43.0 -41 299th/743 16th/21 34th/79
Vote Participation 82.2% 86.3% – 568th/745 18th/21 61st/79

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 ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Substitute INTA – Committee on International Trade

Delegations

Substitute D-US – Delegation for relations with the United States

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Committees and delegations

João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on International Trade (INTA): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 29 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-06 A10-0198/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States (INTA)
  • 2026-06-25 A10-0182/2026 INTERIM REPORT in view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico (AFET, INTA)
  • 2026-06-24 A10-0181/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (AFET, INTA)
  • 2025-02-04 A10-0009/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States (INTA, ITRE)
  • 2024-12-04 A10-0021/2024 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (INTA)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-03-19 ITRE_AD(2025)768240 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (ITRE)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0360(COD): 24 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (ITRE)
  • 2026/2624(RSP): 24 amendments, latest 2026-06-05 (INTA)
  • 2025/0103(COD): 22 amendments, latest 2025-07-02 (ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
  • 2025/0555(COD): 22 amendments, latest 2026-05-19 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU)
  • 2025/2113(INI): 16 amendments, latest 2026-03-05 (INTA)
    EP document title: REPORT on the role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security

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

  • 2026-03-13 Persistent imports of Russian aluminium and other strategic commodities into the EU (E-10-2026-001061)
  • 2025-08-15 EU funding for Mozambique’s commitment to the inclusive national dialogue via civil society organisations (P-10-2025-003245)
  • 2025-07-16 Concerns over Portugal's waste fee increases and compliance with Article 8a of the Waste Framework Directive (E-10-2025-002906)
  • 2025-06-25 Report on the Muslim Brotherhood (E-10-2025-002563)
  • 2025-06-24 Protection of EU citizens’ right to privacy (E-10-2025-002538)

Motions for resolutions

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

  • 2025-01-21 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on the 10th of January 2025
  • 2025-01-20 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (B-10-2025-0080)
  • 2024-10-23 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the misinterpretation of UN resolution 2758 by the People’s Republic of China and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan
  • 2024-10-21 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan (B-10-2024-0135)
  • 2024-10-09 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas

Written explanations of vote

All 2, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
  • Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe 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 meanRE meanPortugal mean
Amendments172811.1 (lower)1225.9 (lower)1058.9 (lower)
Speeches2944.4 (lower)50.9 (lower)65.4 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.8 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)53.8 (higher)5.0 (equal)5.3 (lower)
Questions539.7 (lower)29.1 (lower)33.2 (lower)
Motions519.6 (lower)42.1 (lower)24.9 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.8 (lower)1.0 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)3.9 (lower)4.1 (lower)
Explanations of Vote243.0 (lower)30.0 (lower)98.2 (lower)
Vote Participation82.2%86.3% (lower)88.0% (lower)88.5% (lower)

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