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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%.

268
declared meetings
current term
521
records since 2019
full dataset
44%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
40/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
10/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Kathleen van Brempt, this term
268
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 16 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 14 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 13 declared meetingsJune 2025: 20 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 7 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 26 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 10 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 15 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 12 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 20 declared meetingsApril 2026: 21 declared meetingsMay 2026: 12 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 7 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2026: 80% 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: 26 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Kathleen van Brempt meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Port of Antwerp-Bruges International8
ABVV7
Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium6
Foundation for European Progressive Studies5
Greenpeace European Unit5

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Jul 2026Syensqo SA MemberTransatlantic relations
15 Jul 2026BTBMemberTransport policy
15 Jul 2026Microsoft Corporation MemberTransatlantic relations
15 Jul 2026Hyundai Motor Europe Shadow rapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act
8 Jul 2026CRH plc ; WindEurope Shadow rapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act
7 Jul 2026Volvo Car Corporation AB ; Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF ; APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe) Shadow rapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act
2 Jul 2026Arctial Group OyShadow rapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act
29 May 2026CAWMemberDak- en thuisloosheid in Europa
29 May 2026DEMEMemberLopende havendossiers en Europees maritiem beleid
27 May 2026Taiwanese Representation to the EUMemberEU-Taiwan
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 May 2026Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) Shadow rapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act for EVs/batteries
21 May 2026LEVA-EU vzw MemberRegulation for Light Electric Vehicles
13 May 2026Nike, Inc. MemberEU-Indonesia CEPA
12 May 2026Taipei Representative Office in the EU and BelgiumMemberState of play relations with Taiwan
11 May 2026Stad Sint-Niklaas EuropadirectMemberPanelgesprek Europadag
11 May 2026European Institute for Asian Studies MemberKeynote From Globalisation to Economic Security: Asia–Europe Perspectives
9 May 2026Palac goreMemberSerbian diaspora gathering
7 May 2026ESPOMemberPanel ESPO Conference
6 May 2026LannooMemberPanel boekvoorstelling Jo Caudron over Europa
27 Apr 2026Umicore Shadow rapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act and Critical Raw Materials
24 Apr 2026MSC Cruises S.A. MemberPort strategy
24 Apr 2026KVSMemberGesprek over documentaire theatervoorstelling The Powerless
23 Apr 2026Fern MemberBriefing on sustainability and the EU-Indonesia CEPA
23 Apr 2026adidas AG MemberEU-Indonesia FTA
21 Apr 2026Mission of China to the EUMemberBriefing on China's 15th Five Year Plan
20 Apr 2026European Council on Foreign Relations MemberBriefing on China's energy and climate policies and EU-China climate relationship
16 Apr 2026ABVVMemberGesprek over de EU
14 Apr 2026Australian Ambassador to the EUMemberMeeting on EU-Australia trade relations
14 Apr 2026Port of Antwerp-Bruges International ; North Sea Port MemberBreakfast event Port of Antwerp-Bruges and North Sea Port
14 Apr 2026IPAC GLOBALMemberEvent 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.

93%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
503
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 501 final texts
3
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Kathleen van Brempt537 final votes
84%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the S&D majority49899%
Voted differently31%

Final texts where Kathleen van Brempt differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 January 2026C10-0004/2026 – Proposal for a Council decisionAgainstFor
8 October 2025A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposalAgainstFor

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:

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.