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Kris van Dijck, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Belgium ECR

Kris van Dijck

MEP for Belgium · European Conservatives & Reformists · Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Kris van Dijck (ECR, Belgium) has declared 118 lobby meetings this term - rank 179 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 9 of 81 within European Conservatives & Reformists.

52% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

118
declared meetings
current term
118
records since 2019
full dataset
52%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
179/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
9/81
rank in ECR

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Compared with the averages

Kris van Dijck, this term
118
Parliament average
85
ECR average
56

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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 14 in Nov 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 14 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 7 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 5 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% 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: 14 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Kris van Dijck meets most

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

Energy (19), Chemicals & manufacturing (16), Transport & automotive (14)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (50), Transport and Tourism (13), International Trade (4)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Sep 2026EuroChem AntwerpenMemberCBAM
8 Jul 2026VokaMemberToekomstvisie 2035 + een performante en competitieve Europese industrie
8 Jul 2026Nuclear EuropeMemberNuclear energy (IAA, MFF, ETS, EAP)
16 Jun 2026AmCham EUMemberEU-US Trade
22 Apr 2026newcleoMemberTEN-E regulation
22 Apr 2026NV Bekaert SAMemberCBAM - IAA
15 Apr 2026VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE MemberTrade policy + Industrial Accelerator Act
26 Mar 2026Umicore MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
25 Mar 2026Belgische redersverenigingMemberETS
11 Mar 2026EuroferMemberEU steel industry - CBAM - ETS - IAA
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
10 Mar 2026Tyres EuropeMembercompetitiveness European Tyre Industry - energy policy - CBAM - deforestation
25 Feb 2026European Sea Ports Organisation MemberEuropean Port Strategy
25 Feb 2026Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) MemberClean corporate fleets & CO2 emission standards
24 Feb 2026FEVIAMemberUnfair Trading Practices
3 Feb 2026Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek MemberECF - circularity - research - industry
3 Feb 2026European AluminiumMemberCBAM - ETS - scrap - FTA's - overcapacity
3 Feb 2026Belgische bouwmaterialenproductenMemberETS - EU energy policy
3 Feb 2026newcleoMemberSMRs - EU nuclear policy and funding
28 Jan 2026Natuurpunt vzwMemberLIFE-programme + omnibus environment
20 Jan 2026Volvo AB MemberE-Mobility
15 Jan 2026Vlaams Netwerk van OndernemingenMemberCompetitiveness Flemish industry
14 Jan 2026Bluechem EssensciaMemberVisit Bluechem
10 Dec 2025Ministerie van Infrastructuur en WaterstaatMemberVerduurzaming Scheepvaart
9 Dec 2025BMWMember2035 ICE ban
2 Dec 2025Gerber Steel GmbH Shadow rapporteur for opinionSteel Safeguard measures
26 Nov 2025European Community Shipowners' Associations MemberSTIP
26 Nov 2025EPIA SolarPower Europe MemberGrids Package + Electrification Action Plan
25 Nov 2025Carbon Capture & Storage Association MemberCarbon Capture
18 Nov 2025GROUPE SEB MemberPFAS
18 Nov 2025Nuclear EuropeMembernuclear energy within MFF

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Kris van Dijck 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.

90%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
485
final texts voted on
of 537
78%
voted with the ECR majority
on 463 final texts
100
differed from ECR
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Kris van Dijck537 final votes
61%14%16%10%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 463 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Kris van Dijck 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 ECR majority36378%
Voted differently10022%

Final texts where Kris van Dijck differed from the ECR majority

DateTextTheir voteECR majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0344/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026A10-0182/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
8 July 2026A10-0156/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Draft Council decisionAgainstAbstained
7 July 2026A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
7 July 2026A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolutionForAbstained

90 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

29 counterpart entrys in Kris van Dijck'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.