
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%.
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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: 33 in Jun 2026.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 15 | 46.7% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 53.8% |
| Oct 2024 | 24 | 58.3% |
| Nov 2024 | 15 | 36.8% |
| Dec 2024 | 13 | 35.7% |
| Jan 2025 | 13 | 38.5% |
| Feb 2025 | 10 | 18.2% |
| Mar 2025 | 15 | 26.7% |
| Apr 2025 | 10 | 40% |
| May 2025 | 13 | 21.4% |
| Jun 2025 | 13 | 0% |
| Jul 2025 | 8 | 37.5% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 31.6% |
| Oct 2025 | 19 | 31.6% |
| Nov 2025 | 9 | 44.4% |
| Dec 2025 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 16 | 55.6% |
| Feb 2026 | 19 | 52.6% |
| Mar 2026 | 28 | 40% |
| Apr 2026 | 29 | 44.1% |
| May 2026 | 20 | 38.1% |
| Jun 2026 | 33 | 41% |
| Jul 2026 | 15 | 35.3% |
| Aug 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Sep 2026 | 26 | 64.3% |
| Oct 2026 | 3 | 100% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
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
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| ASML Netherlands B.V. | 12 |
| Vereniging VNO-NCW | 11 |
| Nokia | 6 |
| WindEurope | 5 |
| Rhodium Group, LLC | 5 |
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Nokia↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Lightsource bp↗ | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 1 Oct 2026 | SEMI Europe GmbH↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industry Roundtable: Chips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Zscaler↗ | Member | Cybersecurity policies |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Connect Europe↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | CISPE | Member | Cloud Developments Europe |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH↗ | Member | Quantum Act |
| 29 Sep 2026 | VDMA e.V.↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Reports Without Borders | Member | Chinese propaganda and misinformation |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Infineon Technologies AG↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Chips Act 2 and Semi conductor developments |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | Victron Energy | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Vereniging FME↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Institut Montaigne↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Chips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments |
| 17 Sep 2026 | van Halteren Technologies | Member | European Defence Industry |
| 16 Sep 2026 | KITA | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 16 Sep 2026 | ASML Netherlands B.V.↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Chips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Mistral AI↗ | Member | AI policies |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO↗ | Member | Cybersecurity |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Tellt | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Infoblox Inc.↗; Enphase Energy, Inc. and Enphase Energy NL B.V.↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Cybersec Netherlands | Member | European Digital Sovereignty and cybersecurity in the age of AI |
| 9 Sep 2026 | The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)↗ | Member | European Defence Industry |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Siemens Energy AG↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Nexperia↗; SiPearl SAS↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Chips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Destinus NL BV↗ | Member | European Defence Industry |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Japanese Mission to the EU | Member | Economic Security |
| 2 Sep 2026 | WIB - Process Autonomation Users' Association | Member | CRA |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Turkish Automotive Industry Exporters' Association | Shadow rapporteur | IAA |
| 2 Sep 2026 | WindEurope↗ | Shadow rapporteur | CSA2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Eindhoven Technical University | Member | Opening 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Bart Groothuis differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | C10-0258/2026 - Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 21 October 2026 | Motion 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) | Against | For |
| 21 October 2026 | The 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) | Against | For |
| 21 October 2026 | Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States A10-0260/2026 · Li Andersson · Commission proposal to the Council | Against | For |
| 6 October 2026 | With 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) | Against | For |
| 17 September 2026 | The 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 resolution | Abstained | For |
| 17 September 2026 | An 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) | Against | For |
| 16 September 2026 | Motion 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 resolution | Against | For |
| 15 September 2026 | The 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) | Against | For |
| 18 June 2026 | Motion 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) | For | Against |
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:
- “ASML Netherlands B.V.” - likely ASML Netherlands B.V. (8 counterpart entries)
- “ICANN” - likely The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (4 counterpart entries)
- “ING” - likely ING Group (4 counterpart entries)
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.