Committees and delegations

Paulo CUNHA holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

• Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 3 of 42 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 14 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 14 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Petitions (PETI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 4 of 24 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP): Substitute, since 2025-07-24
• Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DAFR): Substitute, since 2025-07-24
• Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America, including the EU-Central America Association Parliamentary Committee (DCAM): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as 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)
• 2024-11-21 A10-0015/2024 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu (LIBE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

• 2026-05-07 A10-0130/2026 REPORT on the draft Council decision on the adoption of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, on the multiannual technical guidelines for this programme, on the multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, and repealing Decisions 2003/77/EC and 2008/376/EC (ITRE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

• 2026-01-28 PETI_AD(2026)778355 OPINION on monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023 and 2024 (PETI)
• 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 Paulo CUNHA has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

• 2025/0241(COD): 128 amendments, latest 2026-07-14 (AGRI)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034
• 2025/0571R(APP): 64 amendments, latest 2026-02-02 (BUDG)
• 2025/0406(COD): 41 amendments, latest 2026-07-14 (SANT)
• 2025/0555(COD): 40 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)
• 2025/0358(COD): 38 amendments, latest 2026-04-24 (ITRE)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of European Business Wallets

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

Most recent 20 of 22. Records up to 2026-09-09.

• 2026-07-28 Spectrum renewal in Portugal – compatibility with the Digital Networks Act and the Draghi report (E-10-2026-003157)
• 2026-05-29 Follow-up to the EIOPA/ESM proposal for a European risk-sharing mechanism for natural disasters (E-10-2026-002189)
• 2026-05-29 Implementing the fifth freedom of movement in the internal market: research, innovation, data and knowledge (E-10-2026-002190)
• 2026-03-23 EU support for Mozambique (P-10-2026-001206)
• 2026-02-06 Russian proximity operations and EU satellite communications security (E-10-2026-000481)
• 2026-02-01 Mechanisms to address the impact of Storm Kristin in Portugal (P-10-2026-000402)
• 2025-12-04 Evaluation of the Council Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC) (E-10-2025-004813)
• 2025-11-12 Transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) (E-10-2025-004497)
• 2025-10-20 Systematic violence against Christians in Nigeria (E-10-2025-004121)
• 2025-06-17 The role of local authorities in addressing the financial and operational challenges posed by PFAS and other persistent chemical contaminants in Europe (E-10-2025-002429)
• 2025-06-04 Proposta de revisão da Diretiva 2014/45/EU — Elimina a possibilidade de exceções às IPO de motociclos (P-10-2025-002245)
• 2025-05-07 Power outage in Portugal and Spain (E-10-2025-001841)
• 2025-03-27 The risk of polycrisis in the immediate future (E-10-2025-001298)
• 2025-03-11 Impact of tariffs and quota systems on downstream steel manufacturing in the EU (E-10-2025-001037)
• 2025-02-04 US AI chip export restrictions: a challenge to EU unity and technological sovereignty (E-10-2025-000483)
• 2024-12-13 The real role of the European competitiveness compass (E-10-2024-002935)
• 2024-12-13 Need to follow up on proposals from reports published in 2024 (E-10-2024-002936)
• 2024-12-13 Driving decarbonisation: leveraging quantum computing for Europe’s clean industrial future (E-10-2024-002937)
• 2024-11-07 EU-NATO high-level task force (P-10-2024-002464)
• 2024-09-03 Defence of taxpayers’ rights in the European Union (E-10-2024-001604)

Motions for resolutions

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

• 2025-11-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protection of EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materials (B-10-2025-0500)
• 2024-10-09 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law
• 2024-10-09 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas
• 2024-10-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law (B-10-2024-0093)
• 2024-10-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas (B-10-2024-0117)

Written explanations of vote

20 of 94, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

• 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget
• A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
• Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty
• Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap
• Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data
• Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022
• Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement
• Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
• Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu
• Amendments to the International Health Regulations contained in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1 June 2024
• Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept
• Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme
• Clean Industrial Deal
• CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027
• Combating corruption
• Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)
• Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
• Competition policy – annual report 2024
• Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
• Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Paulo CUNHA set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party 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.

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