
Member of the European Parliament · Belgium Renew
Hilde Vautmans
MEP for Belgium · Renew Europe · Anders · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Hilde Vautmans (Renew, Belgium) has declared 209 lobby meetings this term - rank 75 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.5× the average member, and 17 of 77 within Renew Europe.
30% 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%.
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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: 8 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 37.5% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 22 in Mar 2025.
Busiest month: 22 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Hilde Vautmans meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| European Horse Network | 7 |
| Human Rights Watch | 5 |
| Broederlijk Delen | 5 |
| Mission of China to the European Union | 4 |
| Amnesty International Limited | 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
Human rights & humanitarian (33), Agriculture & food (9), Business federations & chambers (5)
Meetings by committee topic
Foreign Affairs (113), DAFR (25), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (24), Agriculture and Rural Development (2), Development (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | Palestine Mission to the EU | Member | Middle East |
| 10 Sep 2026 | United Nations Liaison Office for Children and Armed Conflict | Delegation chair | Children and Armed Conflict, with a focus on Africa |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Geneva Initiative | Member | Middle East |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Human Rights Watch ↗ | Rapporteur | China |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Rabbis for Human Rights | Member | Middle East |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Appel de Genève / Geneva Call ↗ | Delegation chair | Geneva Call activities |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Mission of China to the European Union | Rapporteur | China |
| 1 Sep 2026 | World Uyghur Congress ↗ | Rapporteur | China |
| 13 Jul 2026 | The Brewers of Europe | Member | European Brewing Sector |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen ↗ | Member | Exchange on upcoming activities |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | Mission of China to the European Union | Rapporteur | China |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium | Rapporteur | China |
| 30 Jun 2026 | The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA ↗ | Member | Children and AI |
| 25 Jun 2026 | European Horse Network | Member | European Horse Network planning |
| 25 Jun 2026 | European Horse Network | Member | Veterinarian - EU antibiotic and medication legislation |
| 25 Jun 2026 | AEPI | Delegation chair | Activities of AEPI |
| 24 Jun 2026 | World Food Programme | Delegation chair | Development situation |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Mouvement de la Révolution pour la Libération totale de notre Pays | Delegation chair | DRC |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Biram Dah Abeid | Delegation chair | Slavery |
| 23 Jun 2026 | afruibana | Delegation chair | Fruit production in Africa |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Microsoft Corporation ↗ | Member | Digital Legislation |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Alon Sahar | Member | UNRWA |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Coolmore Ireland & veterinarians | Member | Animal transport |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Mission of China to the European Union | Rapporteur | China |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium | Rapporteur | China |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Bantu heritage foundation | Delegation chair | DRC |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Embassy of Iran | Member | Situation in the Middle East |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Jos Claes | Member | CAP en Fruit |
| 8 May 2026 | Mission of China to the European Union | Rapporteur | China |
| 7 May 2026 | DRC Ministers and diaspora | Delegation chair | DRC |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Hilde Vautmans 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 492 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Hilde Vautmans 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 Hilde Vautmans 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 |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | For | Against |
| 21 May 2026 | A10-0083/2026 – Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 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 |
| 26 November 2025 | C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 26 November 2025 | A10-0213/2025 – Christel Schaldemose – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 13 November 2025 | A10-0197/2025 – Jörgen Warborn – Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 9 July 2025 | B10-0321/2025 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
2 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
28 counterpart entrys in Hilde Vautmans's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “European Horse Network” - likely European Horse Network (4 counterpart entrys)
- “EURAC” - likely Europe-Central Africa Network (2 counterpart entrys)
- “International Federation for Rights and Developments” - likely International Federation for Rights and Developments (2 counterpart entrys)
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.