
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%.
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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: 4 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 15 in Mar 2026.
Busiest month: 15 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Benoit Cassart meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| COPA-COGECA | 13 |
| Fédération Wallonne de l'Agriculture | 4 |
| Farm Europe | 4 |
| Association nationale interprofessionnelle du bétail et des viandes | 4 |
| TotalEnergies SE | 3 |
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | Mondelez Europe GmbH ↗ | Member | Stratégie élevage |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Automotive Mobility Europe Mobilians | Member | Alternative Fuel Infrastructure |
| 7 Sep 2026 | EUROMETAL | Member | CBAM |
| 1 Sep 2026 | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical ↗ | Member | Biocarburant |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Cargill ↗ | Member | IAA |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Europe Belgium SRL ↗ | Member | Vaccination |
| 8 Jul 2026 | European Landowners' Organization asbl ↗ | Member | Prix du blé, concurrence externe |
| 8 Jul 2026 | American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Boerenbond vzw ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food&Feed |
| 1 Jul 2026 | International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements EU Regional Group ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food&Feed |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2026 | Fédération Nationale des Eleveurs de Chèvres ↗; FEDERATION NATIONALE BOVINE ↗ | Member | PAC post-2027 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Fytofend Biosolutions | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food&Feed |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles ↗ | Member | PAC post-2027 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | European & Mediterranean Horseracing Federation | Shadow rapporteur | Transport des animaux |
| 23 Jun 2026 | NATURE & PROGRES ASBL ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food&Feed |
| 22 Jun 2026 | European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Transport des animaux |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Honda Motor Europe ↗ | Member | Made in Europe |
| 17 Jun 2026 | IVECO GROUP N.V. ↗ | Member | Bus and Truck - decarbonation |
| 17 Jun 2026 | TotalEnergies SE ↗ | Member | decarbonation & IAA |
| 11 Jun 2026 | The Protein Project | Member | PAC post-2027 |
| 28 May 2026 | COPA-COGECA | Member | IED Simplification |
| 20 May 2026 | Avril SCA; Syndicat National des Producteurs d'Alcool Agricole ↗ | Member | biofuels |
| 13 May 2026 | European Crop Care Association ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 11 May 2026 | DJI Europe B.V. ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 7 May 2026 | BASF SE ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 6 May 2026 | Copa Cogeca | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 29 Apr 2026 | EUROFAC | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 23 Apr 2026 | ASB Greenworld Eesti OÜ GROUP DE CEUSTER PECO Holding BV | Member | Horticultural peat and growing media materials |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus Food and Feed |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Fastned BV ↗ | Member | Revision 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Benoit Cassart differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0098/2026 – Danuše Nerudová – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 12 February 2026 | A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 21 January 2026 | A10-0253/2025 – David McAllister – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 December 2025 | A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 27 November 2025 | RC-B10-0545/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 8 October 2025 | A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 9 September 2025 | A10-0105/2025 - Nacho Sánchez Amor - Projet de décision du Conseil | Abstained | For |
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:
- “Fédération Wallonne de l'Agriculture” - likely Fédération Wallonne de l'Agriculture (3 counterpart entrys)
- “Biocontrol Coalition” - likely Biocontrol Coalition (2 counterpart entrys)
- “ASB Greenworld Eesti OÜ GROUP DE CEUSTER PECO Holding BV” - likely ASB Greenworld Eesti OÜ (1 counterpart entry)
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.