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Member of the European Parliament · Belgium EPP

Liesbet Sommen

MEP for Belgium · European People's Party · Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Liesbet Sommen (EPP, Belgium) has declared 107 lobby meetings this term - rank 209 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 60 of 185 within European People's Party.

28% 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%.

107
declared meetings
current term
107
records since 2019
full dataset
28%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
209/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
60/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Liesbet Sommen, this term
107
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 10 in Jan 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 7 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 10 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 10 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 4 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 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: 10 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Liesbet Sommen 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

Environment & climate (7), Health & pharma (6), Transport & automotive (6)

Meetings by committee topic

Employment and Social Affairs (42), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (24), Public Health (8), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (3), Transport and Tourism (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026ACV EVVMemberEU Inc.
1 Jul 2026EFBWW EBCMemberInleiding tijdens Event Limiting Subcontracting in public procurement – the construction sector
30 Jun 2026VZW Orbit CaritasMemberMigratie
11 Jun 2026FEANTSAMemberStrijd tegen dakloosheid, spreker tijdens plenaire EPOCH
10 Jun 2026KULeuvenMemberSpreker tijdens conferentie KULeuven Digital twins for personalised Health
9 Jun 2026Anticancer Fund Shadow rapporteurGrensoverschrijdende patiëntenrechten
8 Jun 2026CM NICMembergezondheidszorg, omnibus
20 May 2026PGEUShadow rapporteurCross border healthcare
14 May 2026Beweging.netMemberRerum Novarum viering
12 May 2026Beweging.netMemberRerum Novarum viering Beweging.net Antwerpen
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
6 May 2026Boerenbond vzw MemberMFK, Mercosur, Omnibus
23 Apr 2026PensioPlus Shadow rapporteur for opinionPensioenen
22 Apr 2026Permanente Vertegenwoordiging België bij EUShadow rapporteur for opinionPensioenen
21 Apr 2026CNVShadow rapporteur for opinionPensioenen
20 Apr 2026ETUCShadow rapporteur for opinionOverleg over pensioenen
15 Apr 2026Assuralia, beroepsvereniging van verzekeringsondernemingen MemberReisverzekeringen EU
14 Apr 2026North Sea Port Port of Antwerp-BrugesMemberOntbijtvergadering Vleva EU Port Strategy
30 Mar 2026San Patrignano communityMemberEMPL DELEGATIEBEZOEK
27 Mar 2026PreZeroMemberBedrijfsbezoek PreZero: plastic recycling
26 Mar 2026CMMemberEU gezondheidszorg
24 Mar 2026FEVIAMemberEU cardiovasculaire gezondheidsplan
19 Mar 2026CY Voorzitterschap EURapporteurCMRD6
18 Mar 2026Europese CommissieMemberEU klimaatwetgeving
5 Mar 2026ELECTAMemberDeelname aan panelgesprek over vrouwen in de politiek
4 Mar 2026VBOMemberLoontransparantie
4 Mar 2026EUROMILMemberInleiding tijdens event: Mental Health Conference Strengthening Mental Health in the Armed Forces: A European Imperative
3 Mar 2026Deutsche Sozialversicherung Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europa MemberHeath and safety at work
27 Feb 2026Gevangenismuseum MerkplasMemberWerkbezoek gevangenismuseum Merksplas
26 Feb 2026EssensciaMemberMilieu, circulaire economie, Reach
17 Feb 2026Cobalt Institute RapporteurWorking visit Umicore and Jervois Finland Cobalt refinery and manufacturing facilities

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Liesbet Sommen 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.

96%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
504
final texts voted on
of 537
98%
voted with the EPP majority
on 500 final texts
10
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Liesbet Sommen537 final votes
82%11%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 500 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Liesbet Sommen 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 EPP majority49098%
Voted differently102%

Final texts where Liesbet Sommen differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
28 April 2026A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 January 2026B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
27 November 2025A10-0224/2025 – Marieke Ehlers – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 November 2025C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
26 November 2025A10-0185/2025 – Jorge Martín Frías – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2025A10-0101/2025 – Charles Goerens – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)ForAgainst
6 May 2025A10–0068/2025 – Ondřej Knotek – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

Unlinked but matchable

26 counterpart entrys in Liesbet Sommen'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.