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As of 22 Oct 2026, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR is a Spain MEP in Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D); WheresMyMEP records 96.6% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 14 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR

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S&D · Spain

Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)

96.6% attendance
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96.6%
Attendance · last 180 days
#240 of 717 on the leaderboard
1522
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510095.0%95.1%97.2%97.2%97.1%May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

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Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from S&D majority

2.7% (5 of 183)

The S&D average on the same method is 5.1%. Counted only when Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

3.8% (7 of 183)

Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) · 18 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
21 Oct 2026

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR voted Against; 95% of voting S&D members (124 of 130) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
20 May 2026

United Nations Convention against Cybercrime

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR voted Against; 94% of voting S&D members (101 of 107) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
21 May 2026

Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR voted For; 92% of voting S&D members (78 of 85) voted Abstain.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
6 Oct 2026

Funding arrangements and the use of a diversified funding strategy

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR voted Abstain; 77% of voting S&D members (95 of 124) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
22 Oct 2026

Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR voted Against; 43% of voting S&D members (39 of 91) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 70% of 366 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 91% of 843 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 61% of 997 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 88% of 16
  • foreignFor 89% of 9
  • tradeFor 100% of 9
  • employmentFor 89% of 9
  • transportFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • economyFor 88% of 8
  • digitalFor 100% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 86% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 7
  • healthFor 67% of 6
  • migrationFor 50% of 4
  • budgetFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3

Votes Juan missed, how they would likely have voted

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 87460

2026-09-16

For · 95%

91% of 115 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 94313

2026-09-16

For · 95%

90% of 126 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Romania, Cyprus and Spain with regard to natural disasters in 2025

2026-07-07

For · 95%

100% of 126 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

EU-Pakistan Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV

2026-06-17

For · 95%

90% of 42 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 9 trade votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)

2026-05-20

For · 95%

100% of 118 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Rapporteur · 4

Writes the lead committee's report. Legislative files first, then own-initiative reports.

  • Amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976

    2025/0900(APP) ↗ · AFCO · appointed 12 Jan 2026

  • Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth

    2025/2195(INL) ↗ · AFCO · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Application for the electronic submission of travel data (“EU Digital Travel application”) and amending Regulations (EU) 2016/399 and (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004, as regards the use of digital travel credentials

    2024/0670(COD) ↗ · LIBE · appointed 21 Nov 2024

  • Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on proxy voting during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth

    2026/2105(REG) ↗ · AFCO · appointed 2 Sep 2026

Shadow rapporteur · 7

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission

    2025/2243(ACI) ↗ · appointed 29 Jan 2026

  • Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135)

    2025/2262(REG) ↗ · appointed 21 Jan 2026

  • The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025

    2025/2239(INI) ↗ · appointed 18 Nov 2025

  • Interpretations of Article 3(5), first subparagraph, and Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure (Declaration on awareness of conflicts of interest and Declaration of input)

    2025/2076(REG) ↗ · appointed 12 May 2025

  • Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

    2025/2067(REG) ↗ · appointed 21 Mar 2025

  • Issuance of and technical standards for digital travel credentials based on identity cards

    2024/0248(CNS) ↗ · appointed 3 Dec 2024

  • Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the Agreement establishing the Ethics Body

    2025/2044(REG) ↗ · appointed 13 Nov 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part

    2026/0058(NLE) ↗ · appointed 21 Sep 2026

  • A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world

    2024/2051(INI) ↗ · appointed 17 Oct 2024

  • 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

    2024/2021(DEC) ↗ · appointed 17 Oct 2024

  • 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Parliament

    2024/2020(DEC) ↗ · appointed 17 Oct 2024

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections

    2024/0176(BUD) ↗ · appointed 25 Jul 2024

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

1 board membership

Board of Trustees Fundación Pedro ZeroloUnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →

Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
20 Oct 2026Consejo General del NotariadoRegulation on the 28th Regime in the European Union · Member
14 Oct 2026Researchers from University of Rey Juan Carlos in MadridEnvironmental Law and the European Judicial Area · Member
13 Oct 2026Members of the National Assembly of Ecuador and the Ambassador of Ecuador to the Kingdom of BelgiumRelations with Ecuador · Member
13 Oct 2026Save the Children EspañaChild Protection · Member
13 Oct 2026United WomenThe Situation of Ukrainian Women in the EU · Member
13 Oct 2026Human Rights WatchThe Human Rights Situation in the Arab States of the Gulf · Member
9 Sept 2026FIBGCARRaise Against Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan · Member
8 Sept 2026European Judicial Training NetworkJustice Programme for the 2028-2034 period · Member
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None of Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR’s recent declarations named a legislative file we could match with confidence. A meeting is listed on a file only when the declaration names that procedure (a reference such as 2025/0241(COD), or a title that uniquely matches one file).

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
18written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 17 · Priority 1 · 12 co-authored

Not in this count: 2 oral questions

Latest 10

  • 30 Sept 2026Legal assistance financed under the AMIF RegulationWritten question E-003937/2026To the CommissionAwaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 9 Sept 2026Strengthening EU measures to address thefts of cultural property in Member StatesWritten question E-003600/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 4Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 24 Jul 2026Compatibility with EU law of legislative measures adopted by the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Valencia with regard to ‘national priority’Written question E-003118/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 16Answered 15 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 23 Jul 2026Unitary use principle for tourist establishmentsPriority question P-003105/2026To the CommissionAnswered 28 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 16 Jul 2026Ensuring the continued operation of the Blue Flag Programme under Directive (EU) 2024/825Written question E-003031/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 29Answered 18 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 2 Jul 2026Sale of assets confiscated from opponents by the Ortega and Murillo regime in NicaraguaWritten question E-002747/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 6Answered 7 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 7 May 2026European Union coordination and support to the Canary Islands following the activation of the Civil Protection Mechanism due to the hantavirus outbreakWritten question E-001899/2026To the CommissionAnswered 6 Jul 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 4 May 2026Decarbonising transport in the outermost regions: the specific challenges and needs of the Canary IslandsWritten question E-001805/2026To the CommissionAnswered 22 Jun 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 28 Apr 2026Compatibility of the principle of ‘national priority’ with EU lawWritten question E-001720/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 19Answered 1 Jul 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 2 Apr 2026Double standards in the EU’s relationship with IsraelWritten question E-001376/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 4Answered 27 May 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
Show all 18 questions
Show all 2 oral questions
  • 9 Oct 2026The need for urgent EU action to tackle financial scam advertisements on online platformsOral question O-000042/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 55Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 2 Dec 2025European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformationOral question O-000044/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 46Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR

Juan Fernando López Aguilar is a Member of the European Parliament for Spain, sitting with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the centre-left group, and belonging to the Partido Socialista Obrero Español. Before joining the Parliament, López Aguilar was Full Professor, Constitutional Law, at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from 1993. López Aguilar was also Minister for Justice (Spanish Government) from 2004 to 2007 and a Member of the Congreso de los Diputados (Spanish Parliament) from 2000 to 2009. From 2007 to 2011, the roles included Secretary-general, Canary Islands Socialist Party. In the European Parliament, López Aguilar served in the 7th, 8th and 9th terms and was Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the 7th and 9th terms.

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Summary grounded in cited sources

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →