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Member of the European Parliament · Denmark Renew

Asger Christensen

MEP for Denmark · Renew Europe · Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Asger Christensen (Renew, Denmark) has declared 115 lobby meetings this term - rank 189 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 40 of 77 within Renew Europe.

59% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

115
declared meetings
current term
211
records since 2019
full dataset
59%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
189/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
40/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Asger Christensen, this term
115
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 12 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 5 declared meetingsJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 12 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Asger Christensen meets most

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Most-met sectors

Transport & automotive (19), Agriculture & food (17), Business federations & chambers (7)

Meetings by committee topic

Agriculture and Rural Development (47), Transport and Tourism (21), Fisheries (13), Employment and Social Affairs (2), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (1), Industry, Research and Energy (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Jul 2026European Fishing Tackle & Trade Association MemberCFP
7 Jul 2026Landbrug & Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council MemberAgriculture
6 Jul 2026Forbrugerrådet Tænk (the Danish Consumer Council) MemberFood N Feed
1 Jul 2026Federation of Associations for Hunting & Conservation of the EU MemberHunting
23 Jun 2026The Vegetarian Society of DenmarkMemberCAP
15 Jun 2026KMC AmbaMemberNGT
9 Jun 2026Landbrug & Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council MemberAgriculture
8 Jun 2026Danish Shipping Shadow rapporteurAnimal transport
4 Jun 2026Novo Nordisk A/S MemberEnviroment
30 May 2026Nordic Logistics Association Shadow rapporteurAnimal transport
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Apr 2026Seas At Risk ; BLOOM Association Shadow rapporteurMFF Fisheries
14 Apr 2026Blue Marine FoundationShadow rapporteurCFP
3 Mar 2026Danish bacon and meat councilMemberAgriculture
3 Mar 2026Bayer AGMemberFood n Feed Safety
26 Feb 2026Fonden Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping MemberShipping
26 Feb 2026Novozymes A/S MemberBiosolutions
25 Feb 2026Danish Fishers Producer Organisation MemberFisheries
24 Feb 2026Danish Pelagic Producer Organisation MemberFisheries
10 Feb 2026Landbrug & Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council MemberThe future of agriculture in Europe
5 Feb 2026Dansk ArbejdsgiverforeningMemberSubcontracting
29 Jan 20263FMemberEmployment policy
29 Jan 2026Dansk IndustriMemberEnergy policy
29 Jan 2026Midtsjællands frøavlerforeningMemberEuropean Agriculture
14 Jan 2026Dansk ErhvervMemberCompetitiveness
13 Jan 2026SYNERGI MemberEnergy Policy
9 Dec 2025Nordic Logistics Association MemberTransport
3 Dec 2025A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S MemberTransport
3 Dec 2025Dansk MaskinhandlerforeningMemberMachinery
1 Dec 2025International Road Transport Union Permanent Delegation to the EU Shadow rapporteurRoadworthiness package
18 Nov 2025Danish Seafood AssociationMemberBestyrelse Danish Seafood Association

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Asger Christensen held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
489
final texts voted on
of 537
93%
voted with the Renew majority
on 478 final texts
32
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Asger Christensen537 final votes
78%10%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 478 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Asger Christensen also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the Renew majority44693%
Voted differently327%

Final texts where Asger Christensen differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
16 June 2026A10-0147/2026 – Lukas Mandl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
30 April 2026A10-0058/2026 – Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
28 April 2026A10-0105/2026 – Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 March 2026A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
11 March 2026A10-0021/2026 – Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0033/2026 – Nela Riehl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 March 2026A10-0025/2026 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

22 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Asger Christensen's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.