
Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands PfE
Auke Zijlstra
MEP for the Netherlands · Patriots for Europe · Partij voor de Vrijheid · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Auke Zijlstra (PfE, Netherlands) has declared 118 lobby meetings this term - rank 219 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 2 other MEPs.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 4 of 85 in the PfE group.
87% 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 52%.
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Compared with the averages
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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 10 in Oct 2025.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 4 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 100% |
| Oct 2024 | 4 | 100% |
| Nov 2024 | 8 | 100% |
| Dec 2024 | 2 | 100% |
| Jan 2025 | 5 | 100% |
| Feb 2025 | 8 | 100% |
| Mar 2025 | 6 | 100% |
| Apr 2025 | 2 | 100% |
| May 2025 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Jun 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Jul 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 100% |
| Oct 2025 | 10 | 90% |
| Nov 2025 | 3 | 100% |
| Dec 2025 | 4 | 75% |
| Jan 2026 | 5 | 60% |
| Feb 2026 | 5 | 100% |
| Mar 2026 | 8 | 55.6% |
| Apr 2026 | 5 | 83.3% |
| May 2026 | 4 | 50% |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | 80% |
| Jul 2026 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2026 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 10 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Auke Zijlstra meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Vereniging VNO-NCW | 12 |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 8 |
| Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken / Dutch Banking Association | 6 |
| KPN | 5 |
| Technische Universiteit Delft | 4 |
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
Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.
Most-met sectors this term
Finance (25), Consumer & retail (16), Energy (15)
Meetings by committee or delegation this term
Industry, Research and Energy (48), Economic and Monetary Affairs (46), Budgets (1), Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | APG Groep NV PGGM Pensioenfederatie (Dutch Federation of Pension Funds) | Shadow rapporteur | IORP II |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Optiver↗ | Member | Market Integration and supervision |
| 7 Jul 2026 | European Association Automotive Suppliers↗ | Member | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Philip Morris International Inc.↗ | Member | Scientific research tobacco related harm reduction |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Philip Morris International Inc. | Member | Novel Tobacco Products |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Axpo Holding AG↗ | Member | Hydropower |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW | Shadow rapporteur | IORP II, PEPP, pension package |
| 16 Jun 2026 | British American Tobacco↗ | Member | Tobacco tax directive |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Pensioenfederatie (Dutch Federation of Pension Funds)↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IORP II |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IORP II |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | Novartis International AG↗ | Member | Biotech |
| 19 May 2026 | European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection | Shadow rapporteur | IORP II |
| 19 May 2026 | Glastuinbouw Nederland↗ | Member | Horticulture |
| 7 May 2026 | NEMO Museum | Member | Ecsite |
| 5 May 2026 | PensionsEurope↗ | Shadow rapporteur | PEPP |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Axpo Holding AG↗ | Member | Swiss energy |
| 29 Apr 2026 | European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection | Shadow rapporteur | IORP II, PEPP, pension package |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Rabobank↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Single Currency Package |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken / Dutch Banking Association↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Securitisatie |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW↗; Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken / Dutch Banking Association↗ | Shadow rapporteur | digital euro |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Global Institute for Novel Nicotine | Member | Tobacco Product Directive |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Netherlands House for Education and Research (Neth-ER)↗ | Member | FP10 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie | Member | LNG, Grids Package |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Eurelectric aisbl↗ | Member | Grids package, ETS |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Vereniging Hogescholen | Member | Framework Programme |
| 11 Mar 2026 | EU Strategy | Member | Tech sovereignity |
| 10 Mar 2026 | British American Tobacco↗ | Member | Tobacco Excise Directive |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Glastuinbouw Nederland↗; Gemeente Westland↗ | Member | Tuinbouw, R&D |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Vereniging Nederlandse Sigaretten- en Kerftabakfabrikanten↗ | Member | Tobacco tax directive |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Pensioenfederatie (Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds)↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IORP-II |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Auke Zijlstra held the seat, 606 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 518 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Auke Zijlstra 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.
Final texts where Auke Zijlstra differed from the PfE majority
119 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
13 counterpart entries in Auke Zijlstra's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection” - likely European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection (2 counterpart entries)
- “EU Strategy” - likely EU Strategy (1 counterpart entry)
- “Global Institute for Novel Nicotine” - likely Global Institute for Novel Nicotine (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 13 entries; the other 9 are not listed.
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.