
Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands Renew
Bart Groothuis
MEP for Netherlands · Renew Europe · Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Bart Groothuis (Renew, Netherlands) has declared 292 lobby meetings this term - rank 28 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.4× the average member, and 8 of 77 within Renew Europe.
40% 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: 33 in Jun 2026.
Busiest month: 33 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Bart Groothuis meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Vereniging VNO-NCW | 9 |
| ASML Netherlands B.V. | 8 |
| Shell Companies | 4 |
| WindEurope | 4 |
| Nokia | 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
Most-met sectors
Technology & digital (53), Energy (38), Chemicals & manufacturing (20)
Meetings by committee topic
Industry, Research and Energy (202), Security and Defence (34), International Trade (21), D-IR (4), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (1), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2026 | BDI | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Asser Instituut | Member | International law |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Heerema Marine Contractors; Vereniging FME | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Lifeport Semicon NL | Member | Chips Act 2 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Member | European Competitiveness |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Member | Competitiveness |
| 8 Jul 2026 | NISSAN AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 2 Jul 2026 | ASML Netherlands B.V. | Member | Chips Act 2 and Economic Security |
| 2 Jul 2026 | SAP ↗; AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A. ↗ | Member | Tech Sovereignty Package |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Nokia ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | EuroBat | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Fluence Energy ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IAA and CSA2 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Vanguard Europe | Member | Digital Omnibus (Defence) |
| 1 Jul 2026 | CISPE | Member | Chips Act 2 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | newcleo | Shadow rapporteur | IAA and nuclear energy |
| 29 Jun 2026 | CEP | Member | Digital Omnibus (Defence) |
| 29 Jun 2026 | ASML Netherlands B.V. | Member | Chips Act 2 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | ICANN | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | CO2 Value Europe AISBL ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IAA and CCS |
| 25 Jun 2026 | BP | Member | Energy security and CCS |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Japan Business Council in Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Teradyne Robotics A/S | Member | Economic Security |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Vereniging Universiteiten van Nederland | Member | MFF and EU R&D |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Cleantech for Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 23 Jun 2026 | ASML Netherlands B.V. | Member | Tech policies in EU |
| 23 Jun 2026 | CCIA; Nokia ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | European Aluminium AISBL ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Teijin Aramid | Member | Strategic defence autonomy |
| 22 Jun 2026 | ASM | Member | Economic Security and Chips Act |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Brainport Development NV | Member | Chips Act 2 |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Bart Groothuis 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 411 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.
Final texts where Bart Groothuis differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 21 May 2026 | A10-0083/2026 – Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 12 March 2026 | A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0021/2026 – Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0033/2026 – Nela Riehl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0260/2025 – João Oliveira – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 20 January 2026 | A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 17 December 2025 | A10-0244/2025 – Andrzej Buła – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposal | For | Against |
19 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
82 counterpart entrys in Bart Groothuis's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “ASML Netherlands B.V.” - likely ASML Netherlands B.V. (5 counterpart entrys)
- “ASM” - likely ASM International Naamloze Vennootschap (4 counterpart entrys)
- “ICANN” - likely The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (3 counterpart entrys)
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.