Member
João OLIVEIRA
The Left · Portugal
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
81.3 %
504 of 620 final votes while in office
The Left median: 86.9 % (−5.6 pts)
Chamber median: 90.6 %
With majority line ⓘ
64.5 %
321 of 498 votes where their group had a line
The Left median: 86.6 % (−22.2 pts)
37 opposite (for ↔ against), 63 abstained against the line, 24 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| João OLIVEIRA | 81.3 % |
| The Left median | 86.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 37.7 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 47 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| João OLIVEIRA | 64.5 % |
| The Left median | 86.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 64.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 91.8 % |
| Members | 47 |
- Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of The Left; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung | Adopted 459 for, 12 against, 86 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: Abstained |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro | Adopted 374 for, 198 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 17 Sept 2026 | An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector | Adopted 514 for, 61 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya | Adopted 562 for, 1 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Impact of social media and the online environment on young people | Adopted 395 for, 136 against, 80 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 17 Sept 2026 | The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security | Adopted 467 for, 92 against, 44 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up | Adopted 368 for, 172 against, 69 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers | Adopted 601 for, 4 against, 5 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 17 Sept 2026 | The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders | Adopted 339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries | Adopted 319 for, 142 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V) | Passed 549 for, 92 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) | Passed 540 for, 105 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) | Passed 530 for, 125 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 | Passed 496 for, 53 against, 125 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034 | Passed 600 for, 21 against, 48 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034 | Passed 625 for, 20 against, 22 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime | Consent given 549 for, 75 against, 30 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Sept 2026 | EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws | Consent given 640 for, 5 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | EU-Iceland Agreement on the participation of Iceland in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme | Consent given 631 for, 7 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme | Consent given 612 for, 8 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6 | Objection passed 442 for, 184 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Genetically modified soybean MON 94313 | Objection passed 457 for, 184 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Genetically modified maize MON 87460 | Objection passed 433 for, 159 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure | Adopted 470 for, 129 against, 62 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Sept 2026 | An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy | Adopted 545 for, 47 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions | Adopted 390 for, 218 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures | Passed 464 for, 50 against, 159 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund | Passed 433 for, 97 against, 146 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances | Passed 367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Abstained |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors | Passed 467 for, 158 against, 41 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations | Passed 559 for, 48 against, 62 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area | Passed 580 for, 51 against, 39 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products | Passed 583 for, 49 against, 39 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Passed 440 for, 127 against, 104 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Adopted 420 for, 220 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee | Adopted 530 for, 77 against, 61 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027 | Adopted 477 for, 124 against, 66 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Global role of the euro | Adopted 405 for, 146 against, 60 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Establishment of the digital euro | Negotiating mandate approved 416 for, 169 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2026 | The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan | Adopted 476 for, 28 against, 96 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre | Adopted 510 for, 1 against, 86 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness | Adopted 366 for, 192 against, 39 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Jul 2026 | EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement | Consent given 479 for, 119 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Protection of the environment through criminal law | Consent given 499 for, 99 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2026 | EU–Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade | Consent given 474 for, 131 against, 60 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Jul 2026 | EU–Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement: accession to the EU of Croatia (Protocol) | Consent given 625 for, 16 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
| 8 Jul 2026 | EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement | Consent given 573 for, 35 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets | Objection passed 388 for, 248 against, 24 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Lead in certain fishing tackle | Objection failed 197 for, 455 against, 7 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 | Objection passed 460 for, 189 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on BudgetsBUDG Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee | Substitute | 23 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America, including the EU-Central America Association Parliamentary CommitteeDCAM Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assembly | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDAFR Parliamentary assembly | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assembly | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Fighting against PovertyIG10-12 Intergroup / working group | Member | 24 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Trade UnionsIG10-24 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 65
- Economy & single market 49
- EU budget & funds 35
- Defence & security 20
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 16
- Trade & customs 16
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 9
- Digital, AI & data 8
- Migration & asylum 8
- Climate & environment 7
- Justice, rule of law & rights 7
- Transport & tourism 5
- Health 4
- EU institutions & Parliament 3
- Energy 2
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
342 contributions recorded, 2 written statements; 19 on behalf of their group; 375 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 88
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 61
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political groups this term
- Group The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) The Left · Left · democratic socialism, communism
National delegation
- Delegation Portugal National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “João OLIVEIRA”. Member record. memberId 257083. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257083?docs=all&scope=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257083. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257083?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-257083,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{João OLIVEIRA}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257083?docs=all&scope=final}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257083?docs=all&scope=final},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 257083. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257083. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}