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Bruno Tobback, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Belgium S&D

Bruno Tobback

MEP for Belgium · Socialists & Democrats · Vooruit · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Bruno Tobback (S&D, Belgium) has declared 686 lobby meetings this term - rank 3 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the most extensive declaration records in the entire Parliament - 6.9× the average member, and it ranks 2 of 135 in the S&D group.

77% 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 52%.

686
declared meetings
current term
692
records since 2016
full dataset
77%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
3/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
2/135
rank in S&D

Compare with the rest: search and sort all 720 MEPs, or see every MEP from Belgium.

Compared with the averages

Bruno Tobback, this term
686
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

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: 49 in Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%049July 2024: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 32 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 31 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 31 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 24 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 40 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 42 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 21 declared meetingsApril 2025: 16 declared meetingsMay 2025: 15 declared meetingsJune 2025: 23 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 24 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 31 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 15 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 31 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 30 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 28 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 33 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 36 declared meetingsApril 2026: 23 declared meetingsMay 2026: 27 declared meetingsJune 2026: 49 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 22 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 35 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 20 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 80% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%049July 2024: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 32 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 31 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 31 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 24 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 40 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 42 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 21 declared meetingsApril 2025: 16 declared meetingsMay 2025: 15 declared meetingsJune 2025: 23 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 24 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 31 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 15 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 31 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 30 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 28 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 33 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 36 declared meetingsApril 2026: 23 declared meetingsMay 2026: 27 declared meetingsJune 2026: 49 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 22 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 35 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 20 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 80% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%049202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 2024580%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20243266.7%
Oct 20243178.1%
Nov 20243188.2%
Dec 20242448.1%
Jan 20254079.6%
Feb 20254276.1%
Mar 20252184%
Apr 20251676.5%
May 20251581.2%
Jun 20252364.3%
Jul 20252482.1%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20253168.6%
Oct 20251575%
Nov 20253187.2%
Dec 20253076.3%
Jan 20262856.7%
Feb 20263397.3%
Mar 20263676.2%
Apr 20262368%
May 20262773.3%
Jun 20264976.9%
Jul 20262280%
Aug 20262100%
Sep 20263591.7%
Oct 20262077.3%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 49 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 Bruno Tobback meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Eurelectric aisbl12
EPIA SolarPower Europe11
European Energy Forum10
WindEurope8
Taipei Representative Office in the European Union and Belgium8

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

Energy (223), Chemicals & manufacturing (105), Environment & climate (64)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Industry, Research and Energy (495), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (135)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 Oct 2026European Heat Pump Association⁠↗MemberElectrification
21 Oct 2026FuelsEurope⁠↗; NG Nordic AS⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review
20 Oct 2026Belgian Recorded Music Association⁠↗MemberFriends of Music
20 Oct 2026IBERDROLA⁠↗RapporteurNetwork Charges
20 Oct 2026Competentiecentrum Europa & InternationaalMemberBelgian Businesses in the EU
20 Oct 2026West Vlaanderen ProvincieMemberLunch discussion with the provincial council members of the Province of West Flanders.
20 Oct 2026ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG⁠↗MemberCircular Economy Act
19 Oct 2026EPIA SolarPower Europe⁠↗RapporteurNetwork Charges
14 Oct 2026Brussels Climate Week Tech for Climate ActionMemberBrussels Climate Week: Advanced Manufacturing, Automation and Clean Industrial Technologies
14 Oct 2026B Lab Company⁠↗MemberStrengthening European competitiveness and resilience: the added value of a stakeholder economy
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Oct 2026Science Business International SRL⁠↗Member“Waste not, want not: Is a new R&I strategy needed to deliver circularity and competitiveness?”
13 Oct 2026Vlaams-Europees verbindings­agentschapMemberGroot Vlaams Europadebat
13 Oct 2026DIGITALEUROPE⁠↗RapporteurNetwork Charges
12 Oct 2026BASF SE⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review
7 Oct 2026DEME Concessions⁠↗; A2A⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review
6 Oct 2026S-Plus LeuvenMemberAnnual visit
5 Oct 2026Bellona Europa⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review
1 Oct 2026Centre on Regulation in Europe⁠↗MemberRegulatory Lab on Electricity System Planning & Grid Investment in Europe
1 Oct 2026Bellona Europa⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionBellona Climate Action Confrence
1 Oct 2026Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen vzw⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review
30 Sep 2026Eurelectric aisbl⁠↗MemberPower Barometer 2026
30 Sep 2026Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S⁠↗MemberGrids and electrification
30 Sep 2026Vlaams Europees Netwerk Personen met een Handicap⁠↗MemberInclusion and Independent Living
30 Sep 2026Institut français des relations internationales⁠↗MemberPost-2030
30 Sep 2026Bridge Carbon LimitedShadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review
29 Sep 2026Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc⁠↗MemberCircular Economy Act
29 Sep 2026The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment⁠↗MemberCircular Economy Act and EPR
29 Sep 2026International Zinc Association⁠↗; International Lithium Association⁠↗; European Precious Metals Federation⁠↗; European Metals⁠↗MemberDinner debate "Sustainable Raw Materials in the Circular Economy Act" - Metals Day
28 Sep 2026VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE⁠↗MemberAnnual Meeting
23 Sep 2026ArcelorMittal⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionETS Review

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Bruno Tobback 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.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
577
final texts voted on
of 606
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 575 final texts
4
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Bruno Tobback606 final votes
85%10%
For 514Against 59Abstained 4No vote recorded 29

With and against the group

On the 575 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Bruno Tobback 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 S&D majority57199%
Voted differently41%

Final texts where Bruno Tobback differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
7 October 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
17 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up B10-0386/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
30 April 2026How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by… A10-0088/2026 · Carlo Fidanza · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain… A10-0164/2025 · André Rodrigues · Commission proposalAgainstFor

Unlinked but matchable

67 counterpart entries in Bruno Tobback's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 9 of the 67 entries; the other 58 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.

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