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Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands Renew

Bart Groothuis

MEP for the Netherlands · Renew Europe · Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Bart Groothuis (Renew, Netherlands) has declared 418 lobby meetings this term - rank 15 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the most extensive declaration records in the entire Parliament - 4.2× the average member, and it ranks 3 of 78 in the Renew group.

42% 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 52%.

418
declared meetings
current term
679
records since 2016
full dataset
42%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
15/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
3/78
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Bart Groothuis, this term
418
Parliament average
100
Renew average
167

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: 33 in Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%033July 2024: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 25 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 24 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 15 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 13 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 15 declared meetingsApril 2025: 10 declared meetingsMay 2025: 13 declared meetingsJune 2025: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 19 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 19 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 16 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 19 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 28 declared meetingsApril 2026: 29 declared meetingsMay 2026: 20 declared meetingsJune 2026: 33 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 26 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 46.7% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%033July 2024: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 25 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 24 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 15 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 13 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 15 declared meetingsApril 2025: 10 declared meetingsMay 2025: 13 declared meetingsJune 2025: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 8 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 19 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 19 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 16 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 19 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 28 declared meetingsApril 2026: 29 declared meetingsMay 2026: 20 declared meetingsJune 2026: 33 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 26 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 46.7% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%033202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20241546.7%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20242553.8%
Oct 20242458.3%
Nov 20241536.8%
Dec 20241335.7%
Jan 20251338.5%
Feb 20251018.2%
Mar 20251526.7%
Apr 20251040%
May 20251321.4%
Jun 2025130%
Jul 2025837.5%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251931.6%
Oct 20251931.6%
Nov 2025944.4%
Dec 2025666.7%
Jan 20261655.6%
Feb 20261952.6%
Mar 20262840%
Apr 20262944.1%
May 20262038.1%
Jun 20263341%
Jul 20261535.3%
Aug 2026250%
Sep 20262664.3%
Oct 20263100%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 33 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Bart Groothuis 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

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

Technology & digital (91), Energy (49), Chemicals & manufacturing (33)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Industry, Research and Energy (295), Security and Defence (46), International Trade (36), Delegation for relations with Iran (4), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (1), European Democracy Shield (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Oct 2026Nokia⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
1 Oct 2026Lightsource bp⁠↗Shadow rapporteurIAA
1 Oct 2026SEMI Europe GmbH⁠↗Shadow rapporteurIndustry Roundtable: Chips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments
30 Sep 2026Zscaler⁠↗MemberCybersecurity policies
30 Sep 2026Connect Europe⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
30 Sep 2026CISPEMemberCloud Developments Europe
30 Sep 2026Forschungs­zentrum Jülich GmbH⁠↗MemberQuantum Act
29 Sep 2026VDMA e.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
28 Sep 2026Reports Without BordersMemberChinese propaganda and misinformation
28 Sep 2026Infineon Technologies AG⁠↗Shadow rapporteurChips Act 2 and Semi conductor developments
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Sep 2026Victron EnergyShadow rapporteurCSA2
23 Sep 2026Vereniging FME⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
22 Sep 2026Institut Montaigne⁠↗Shadow rapporteurChips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments
17 Sep 2026van Halteren TechnologiesMemberEuropean Defence Industry
16 Sep 2026KITAShadow rapporteurIAA
16 Sep 2026ASML Netherlands B.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurChips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments
15 Sep 2026Mistral AI⁠↗MemberAI policies
14 Sep 2026Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO⁠↗MemberCybersecurity
10 Sep 2026TelltShadow rapporteurCSA2
9 Sep 2026Infoblox Inc.⁠↗; Enphase Energy, Inc. and Enphase Energy NL B.V.⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
9 Sep 2026Cybersec NetherlandsMemberEuropean Digital Sovereignty and cybersecurity in the age of AI
9 Sep 2026The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)⁠↗MemberEuropean Defence Industry
8 Sep 2026Siemens Energy AG⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
7 Sep 2026Nexperia⁠↗; SiPearl SAS⁠↗Shadow rapporteurChips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments
7 Sep 2026Destinus NL BV⁠↗MemberEuropean Defence Industry
2 Sep 2026Japanese Mission to the EUMemberEconomic Security
2 Sep 2026WIB - Process Autonomation Users' AssociationMemberCRA
2 Sep 2026Turkish Automotive Industry Exporters' AssociationShadow rapporteurIAA
2 Sep 2026WindEurope⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCSA2
31 Aug 2026Eindhoven Technical UniversityMemberOpening Academic year

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Bart Groothuis 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.

74%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
478
final texts voted on
of 606
92%
voted with the Renew majority
on 464 final texts
38
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Bart Groothuis606 final votes
64%12%21%
For 388Against 73Abstained 17No vote recorded 128

With and against the group

On the 464 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Bart Groothuis 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 majority42692%
Voted differently388%

Final texts where Bart Groothuis differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
22 October 2026C10-0258/2026 - Commission proposalForAgainst
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 October 2026The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 A10-0272/2026 · Nils Ušakovs and Michalis Hadjipantela · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 October 2026Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States A10-0260/2026 · Li Andersson · Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 September 2026The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security A10-0205/2026 · Paulo do Nascimento Cabral · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
17 September 2026An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector A10-0168/2026 · Loucas Fourlas and Ruggero Razza · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
15 September 2026The Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026 of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – Update on revenue (own resources) and adjustments… A10-0224/2026 · Andrzej Halicki · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
18 June 2026Motion for a resolution on the implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines B10-0238/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

113 counterpart entries in Bart Groothuis's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 16 of the 113 entries; the other 97 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.