
Member of the European Parliament · Belgium PfE
Barbara Bonte
MEP for Belgium · Patriots for Europe · Vlaams Belang · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Barbara Bonte (PfE, Belgium) has declared 59 lobby meetings this term - rank 349 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 16 of 85 within Patriots for Europe.
38% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.
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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 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: 7 in Sep 2024.
Busiest month: 7 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Barbara Bonte meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| FEGRA asbl | 2 |
| Consortium for Battery Innovation | 2 |
| Boerenbond vzw | 2 |
| European Pakistani Citizens Association | 2 |
| Freedom House, Inc. | 1 |
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
Agriculture & food (8), Chemicals & manufacturing (5), Energy (4)
Meetings by committee topic
Industry, Research and Energy (22), Agriculture and Rural Development (9), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (4), Public Health (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | Corteva Agriscience International SARL ↗ | Member | Food and Feed Omnibus |
| 2 Jul 2026 | European Federation for Hunting and Conservation | Member | CAP |
| 17 Jun 2026 | No Patents on Seeds! ↗ | Member | Landbouwbeleid |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Vario | Member | Inudstrie- en energiebeleid |
| 3 Jun 2026 | GROUP DE CEUSTER Aula Europe Srl Nevema | Member | Horticultural Peat |
| 29 May 2026 | Cloudflare ↗; Railroad Commission of Texas; Texas Legislature - Rep. Darby - Sen. Sparks | Member | Industrie- en energiebeleid |
| 28 May 2026 | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical ↗; Rice University’s Baker Institute; European American Chamber of Commerce - Consulate General of Ireland; Starlink | Member | Industrie- en energiebeleid |
| 27 May 2026 | NASA; Sabine Pass LNG Terminal; Cheniere Energy; ESA Liaison Office; Axiom Space | Member | Industrie- en energiebeleid |
| 5 May 2026 | Athena Forum | Member | Vrouwenrechten en genderbeleid in de EU |
| 4 May 2026 | Edeniq, Inc | Member | Ethanol manufacturers |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2026 | Prisoners Defenders Cuba | Member | Handelsrelaties Cuba |
| 16 Apr 2026 | J. Kavalirek | Member | Digital Omnibus |
| 9 Apr 2026 | FEGRA asbl | Member | EUDR |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Europak | Member | GSP+ |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Europak | Member | Pakistan GSP+ |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Freedom House | Member | GSP+ vs treatment of human rights activists |
| 19 Mar 2026 | xAI | Member | AI |
| 18 Mar 2026 | GROK | Member | DSA |
| 29 Jan 2026 | ESA | Member | ITRE |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Politico | Member | Digital Omnibus |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Made in Europe Solar PV; European Solar Manufacturing Council ↗ | Member | Solar power |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Boerenbond vzw ↗ | Member | Agriculture |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Boerenbond vzw ↗ | Member | Mercosur |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Gide Loyrette Nouel ↗ | Member | Digital Omnibus |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Global Initiative for Digital Empowerment ↗ | Member | Digital Security |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Alber & Geiger ↗ | Member | EFuel & ESA |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Delegatie Kashmir; United Kashmir People's National Party | Member | GSP+ |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Jalil Carlos; Eurogroup for Animals ↗ | Member | Mercosur |
| 13 Oct 2025 | FEGRA asbl | Member | Impact EUDR op sojasector |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Food as Medicine Network | Member | LIVE EU |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Barbara Bonte 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 495 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Barbara Bonte 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 Barbara Bonte differed from the PfE majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | PfE majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0156/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Draft Council decision | Abstained | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0171/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolution | Against | For |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0148/2026 – Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez – Motion for a resolution | Against | Abstained |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0158/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Draft Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 21 May 2026 | RC-B10-0247/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0107/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
81 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
11 counterpart entrys in Barbara Bonte's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Europak” - likely European Pakistani Citizens Association (2 counterpart entrys)
- “FEGRA asbl” - likely FEGRA asbl (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Athena Forum” - likely Athena Forum (1 counterpart entry)
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.