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Member of the European Parliament · Belgium Renew

Benoit Cassart

MEP for Belgium · Renew Europe · Mouvement Réformateur · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Benoit Cassart (Renew, Belgium) has declared 176 lobby meetings this term - rank 105 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.1× the average member, and 25 of 77 within Renew Europe.

60% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

176
declared meetings
current term
176
records since 2019
full dataset
60%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
105/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
25/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Benoit Cassart, this term
176
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: 4 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 15 in Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 9 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 12 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 11 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 15 declared meetingsApril 2026: 11 declared meetingsMay 2026: 6 declared meetingsJune 2026: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 7 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 60% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 50% 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: 15 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Benoit Cassart 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

Agriculture & food (75), Energy (9), Transport & automotive (9)

Meetings by committee topic

Agriculture and Rural Development (96), Transport and Tourism (27), International Trade (15), DMAG (1), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (1), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Sep 2026Mondelez Europe GmbH MemberStratégie élevage
10 Sep 2026Automotive Mobility Europe MobiliansMemberAlternative Fuel Infrastructure
7 Sep 2026EUROMETALMemberCBAM
1 Sep 2026ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical MemberBiocarburant
8 Jul 2026Cargill MemberIAA
8 Jul 2026Merck Sharp & Dohme Europe Belgium SRL MemberVaccination
8 Jul 2026European Landowners' Organization asbl MemberPrix du blé, concurrence externe
8 Jul 2026American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
2 Jul 2026Boerenbond vzw Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food&Feed
1 Jul 2026International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements EU Regional Group Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food&Feed
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jul 2026Fédération Nationale des Eleveurs de Chèvres ; FEDERATION NATIONALE BOVINE MemberPAC post-2027
30 Jun 2026Fytofend BiosolutionsShadow rapporteurOmnibus Food&Feed
25 Jun 2026Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles MemberPAC post-2027
24 Jun 2026European & Mediterranean Horseracing FederationShadow rapporteurTransport des animaux
23 Jun 2026NATURE & PROGRES ASBL Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food&Feed
22 Jun 2026European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders Shadow rapporteurTransport des animaux
17 Jun 2026Honda Motor Europe MemberMade in Europe
17 Jun 2026IVECO GROUP N.V. MemberBus and Truck - decarbonation
17 Jun 2026TotalEnergies SE Memberdecarbonation & IAA
11 Jun 2026The Protein ProjectMemberPAC post-2027
28 May 2026COPA-COGECAMemberIED Simplification
20 May 2026Avril SCA; Syndicat National des Producteurs d'Alcool Agricole Memberbiofuels
13 May 2026European Crop Care Association Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
11 May 2026DJI Europe B.V. Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
7 May 2026BASF SE Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
6 May 2026Copa CogecaShadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
29 Apr 2026EUROFACShadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
23 Apr 2026ASB Greenworld Eesti OÜ GROUP DE CEUSTER PECO Holding BVMemberHorticultural peat and growing media materials
22 Apr 2026Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs Shadow rapporteurOmnibus Food and Feed
20 Apr 2026Fastned BV MemberRevision AFIR

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Benoit Cassart 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.

91%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
495
final texts voted on
of 537
97%
voted with the Renew majority
on 482 final texts
13
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Benoit Cassart537 final votes
81%10%8%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 482 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Benoit Cassart 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 majority46997%
Voted differently133%

Final texts where Benoit Cassart differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0098/2026 – Danuše Nerudová – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 January 2026B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
21 January 2026A10-0253/2025 – David McAllister – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 December 2025A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
27 November 2025RC-B10-0545/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 November 2025C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposalForAgainst
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAgainstFor
9 September 2025A10-0105/2025 - Nacho Sánchez Amor - Projet de décision du ConseilAbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

31 counterpart entrys in Benoit Cassart'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.