
Member of the European Parliament · Belgium S&D
Kathleen van Brempt
MEP for Belgium · Socialists & Democrats · Vooruit · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Kathleen van Brempt (S&D, Belgium) has declared 300 lobby meetings this term - rank 44 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.0× the average member, and it ranks 11 of 135 in the S&D group.
46% 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 52%.
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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 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: 26 in Sep 2025.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 2 | 50% |
| Aug 2024 | 1 | 100% |
| Sep 2024 | 13 | 46.7% |
| Oct 2024 | 4 | 25% |
| Nov 2024 | 10 | 66.7% |
| Dec 2024 | 5 | 80% |
| Jan 2025 | 16 | 74.1% |
| Feb 2025 | 14 | 61.1% |
| Mar 2025 | 14 | 21.4% |
| Apr 2025 | 9 | 33.3% |
| May 2025 | 13 | 53.8% |
| Jun 2025 | 20 | 0% |
| Jul 2025 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Aug 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 38.5% |
| Oct 2025 | 10 | 54.5% |
| Nov 2025 | 15 | 53.3% |
| Dec 2025 | 12 | 41.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 6 | 16.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 16 | 25% |
| Mar 2026 | 21 | 33.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 24 | 48% |
| May 2026 | 14 | 35.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 15 | 58.3% |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | 84.6% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 4 | 25% |
| Oct 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 26 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Kathleen van Brempt meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Port of Antwerp-Bruges International | 10 |
| 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
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
Chemicals & manufacturing (30), Transport & automotive (27), Environment & climate (24)
Meetings by committee topic this term
International Trade (125), Transport and Tourism (15), European Democracy Shield (9), Foreign Affairs (5)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | SSP | Member | EU-enlargement - Serbia |
| 30 Sep 2026 | United Women↗ | Member | EU enlargement - Ukraine |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Ambassador of Moldova | Member | EU-enlargement - Moldova |
| 22 Sep 2026 | European Resolve | Member | Ukraine - frozen assets |
| 15 Sep 2026 | DPS | Member | EU-enlargement - Montenegro |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Syensqo↗ | Member | Transatlantic relations |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Hyundai Motor Company Brussels Office↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 15 Jul 2026 | BTB | Member | Transport policy |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Microsoft Corporation↗ | Member | Transatlantic relations |
| 8 Jul 2026 | CRH plc↗; WindEurope↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | Solar Heat Europe↗; Volvo Car Corporation AB↗; APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe)↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft↗; Koninklijke Philips↗; Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft↗; Arctial Group Oy | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 30 Jun 2026 | European Environmental Bureau↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 29 Jun 2026 | AGORIA↗; Hydrogen Europe↗; Plastics Recyclers Europe↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Port of Antwerp-Bruges International↗ | Member | Critical Raw Materials Act |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Cleantech for Europe↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 24 Jun 2026 | ENERCLUSTER; Alpitronic | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 19 Jun 2026 | EIES | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 18 Jun 2026 | CLEPA; MPP; European Lithium; Swiss Steel Holding AG | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Whyte EU Public Affairs | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 9 Jun 2026 | UTAC FRANCE↗; Nordex SE↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 5 Jun 2026 | FEAD↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Embassy of the Netherlands | Member | Transatlantic relations |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Hitachi Europe Ltd.↗; European Aluminium AISBL↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 4 Jun 2026 | ChargeUp Europe↗ | Member | Co2 standards |
| 3 Jun 2026 | International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) | Member | Maritime ETS |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Umicore↗; Syensqo↗ | 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 | Dupont | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial Accelerator Act |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Kathleen van Brempt 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 559 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2026 | A 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) | For | Abstained |
| 17 September 2026 | Motion for a resolution on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up B10-0386/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 30 April 2026 | How 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) | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | C10-0004/2026 - Proposal for a Council decision | Against | For |
| 8 October 2025 | Amending 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 proposal | Against | For |
Unlinked but matchable
49 counterpart entries 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 entries)
- “Eurofer” - likely The European Steel Association (3 counterpart entries)
- “FEPS” - likely Foundation for European Progressive Studies (3 counterpart entries)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 9 of the 49 entries; the other 40 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.