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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%.

292
declared meetings
current term
553
records since 2019
full dataset
40%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
28/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
8/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Bart Groothuis, this term
292
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 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: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 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: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 14 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 33 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 15 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 46.7% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 33 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

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

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Jul 2026BDIShadow rapporteurCSA2
10 Jul 2026Asser InstituutMemberInternational law
10 Jul 2026Heerema Marine Contractors; Vereniging FMEShadow rapporteurIAA
9 Jul 2026Lifeport Semicon NLMemberChips Act 2
8 Jul 2026Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberEuropean Competitiveness
8 Jul 2026Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberCompetitiveness
8 Jul 2026NISSAN AUTOMOTIVE EUROPEShadow rapporteurIAA
2 Jul 2026ASML Netherlands B.V.MemberChips Act 2 and Economic Security
2 Jul 2026SAP ; AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A. MemberTech Sovereignty Package
2 Jul 2026Nokia Shadow rapporteurCSA2
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jul 2026EuroBatShadow rapporteurIAA
2 Jul 2026Fluence Energy Shadow rapporteurIAA and CSA2
1 Jul 2026Vanguard EuropeMemberDigital Omnibus (Defence)
1 Jul 2026CISPEMemberChips Act 2
1 Jul 2026newcleoShadow rapporteurIAA and nuclear energy
29 Jun 2026CEPMemberDigital Omnibus (Defence)
29 Jun 2026ASML Netherlands B.V.MemberChips Act 2
29 Jun 2026ICANNShadow rapporteurCSA2
29 Jun 2026CO2 Value Europe AISBL Shadow rapporteurIAA and CCS
25 Jun 2026BPMemberEnergy security and CCS
25 Jun 2026Japan Business Council in Europe Shadow rapporteurIAA
24 Jun 2026Teradyne Robotics A/SMemberEconomic Security
24 Jun 2026Vereniging Universiteiten van NederlandMemberMFF and EU R&D
24 Jun 2026Cleantech for Europe Shadow rapporteurIAA
23 Jun 2026ASML Netherlands B.V.MemberTech policies in EU
23 Jun 2026CCIA; Nokia Shadow rapporteurCSA2
23 Jun 2026European Aluminium AISBL Shadow rapporteurIAA
22 Jun 2026Teijin AramidMemberStrategic defence autonomy
22 Jun 2026ASMMemberEconomic Security and Chips Act
22 Jun 2026Brainport Development NVMemberChips 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.

74%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
423
final texts voted on
of 537
93%
voted with the Renew majority
on 411 final texts
29
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Bart Groothuis537 final votes
64%12%21%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the Renew majority38293%
Voted differently297%

Final texts where Bart Groothuis differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
18 June 2026B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
21 May 2026A10-0083/2026 – Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 March 2026A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
11 March 2026A10-0021/2026 – Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0033/2026 – Nela Riehl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 February 2026A10-0260/2025 – João Oliveira – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
20 January 2026A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 December 2025A10-0244/2025 – Andrzej Buła – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 November 2025C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposalForAgainst

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:

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.