
Member of the European Parliament · Belgium S&D
Kathleen van Brempt
MEP for Belgium · Socialists & Democrats · Vooruit · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Kathleen van Brempt (S&D, Belgium) has declared 268 lobby meetings this term - rank 40 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.2× the average member, and 10 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
44% 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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 26 in Sep 2025.
Busiest month: 26 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Kathleen van Brempt meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Port of Antwerp-Bruges International | 8 |
| ABVV | 7 |
| Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium | 6 |
| Foundation for European Progressive Studies | 5 |
| Greenpeace European Unit | 5 |
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
Chemicals & manufacturing (25), Environment & climate (20), Human rights & humanitarian (18)
Meetings by committee topic
International Trade (105), Transport and Tourism (15), European Democracy Shield (9), Foreign Affairs (5)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2026 | Syensqo SA ↗ | Member | Transatlantic relations |
| 15 Jul 2026 | BTB | Member | Transport policy |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Microsoft Corporation ↗ | Member | Transatlantic relations |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Hyundai Motor Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 8 Jul 2026 | CRH plc ↗; WindEurope ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Volvo Car Corporation AB ↗; Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF ↗; APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe) ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Arctial Group Oy | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 29 May 2026 | CAW | Member | Dak- en thuisloosheid in Europa |
| 29 May 2026 | DEME | Member | Lopende havendossiers en Europees maritiem beleid |
| 27 May 2026 | Taiwanese Representation to the EU | Member | EU-Taiwan |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act for EVs/batteries |
| 21 May 2026 | LEVA-EU vzw ↗ | Member | Regulation for Light Electric Vehicles |
| 13 May 2026 | Nike, Inc. ↗ | Member | EU-Indonesia CEPA |
| 12 May 2026 | Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium | Member | State of play relations with Taiwan |
| 11 May 2026 | Stad Sint-Niklaas Europadirect | Member | Panelgesprek Europadag |
| 11 May 2026 | European Institute for Asian Studies ↗ | Member | Keynote From Globalisation to Economic Security: Asia–Europe Perspectives |
| 9 May 2026 | Palac gore | Member | Serbian diaspora gathering |
| 7 May 2026 | ESPO | Member | Panel ESPO Conference |
| 6 May 2026 | Lannoo | Member | Panel boekvoorstelling Jo Caudron over Europa |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Umicore ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act and Critical Raw Materials |
| 24 Apr 2026 | MSC Cruises S.A. ↗ | Member | Port strategy |
| 24 Apr 2026 | KVS | Member | Gesprek over documentaire theatervoorstelling The Powerless |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Fern ↗ | Member | Briefing on sustainability and the EU-Indonesia CEPA |
| 23 Apr 2026 | adidas AG ↗ | Member | EU-Indonesia FTA |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Mission of China to the EU | Member | Briefing on China's 15th Five Year Plan |
| 20 Apr 2026 | European Council on Foreign Relations ↗ | Member | Briefing on China's energy and climate policies and EU-China climate relationship |
| 16 Apr 2026 | ABVV | Member | Gesprek over de EU |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Australian Ambassador to the EU | Member | Meeting on EU-Australia trade relations |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Port of Antwerp-Bruges International ↗; North Sea Port ↗ | Member | Breakfast event Port of Antwerp-Bruges and North Sea Port |
| 14 Apr 2026 | IPAC GLOBAL | Member | Event on penal system in China |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Kathleen van Brempt 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 501 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Kathleen van Brempt 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 Kathleen van Brempt differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | C10-0004/2026 – Proposal for a Council decision | Against | For |
| 8 October 2025 | A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposal | Against | For |
Unlinked but matchable
42 counterpart entrys in Kathleen van Brempt's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “EFPIA” - likely European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (3 counterpart entrys)
- “Eurofer” - likely The European Steel Association (3 counterpart entrys)
- “FEPS” - likely Foundation for European Progressive Studies (3 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.