
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%.
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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: 10 in Jan 2025.
Busiest month: 10 declared in January 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Liesbet Sommen meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| ACV | 6 |
| Beweging.net | 5 |
| Boerenbond vzw | 4 |
| Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) | 3 |
| Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales Travaillant avec les Sans-Abri | 3 |
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | ACV EVV | Member | EU Inc. |
| 1 Jul 2026 | EFBWW EBC | Member | Inleiding tijdens Event Limiting Subcontracting in public procurement – the construction sector |
| 30 Jun 2026 | VZW Orbit Caritas | Member | Migratie |
| 11 Jun 2026 | FEANTSA | Member | Strijd tegen dakloosheid, spreker tijdens plenaire EPOCH |
| 10 Jun 2026 | KULeuven | Member | Spreker tijdens conferentie KULeuven Digital twins for personalised Health |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Anticancer Fund ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Grensoverschrijdende patiëntenrechten |
| 8 Jun 2026 | CM NIC | Member | gezondheidszorg, omnibus |
| 20 May 2026 | PGEU | Shadow rapporteur | Cross border healthcare |
| 14 May 2026 | Beweging.net | Member | Rerum Novarum viering |
| 12 May 2026 | Beweging.net | Member | Rerum Novarum viering Beweging.net Antwerpen |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | Boerenbond vzw ↗ | Member | MFK, Mercosur, Omnibus |
| 23 Apr 2026 | PensioPlus ↗ | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Pensioenen |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Permanente Vertegenwoordiging België bij EU | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Pensioenen |
| 21 Apr 2026 | CNV | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Pensioenen |
| 20 Apr 2026 | ETUC | Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Overleg over pensioenen |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Assuralia, beroepsvereniging van verzekeringsondernemingen ↗ | Member | Reisverzekeringen EU |
| 14 Apr 2026 | North Sea Port Port of Antwerp-Bruges | Member | Ontbijtvergadering Vleva EU Port Strategy |
| 30 Mar 2026 | San Patrignano community | Member | EMPL DELEGATIEBEZOEK |
| 27 Mar 2026 | PreZero | Member | Bedrijfsbezoek PreZero: plastic recycling |
| 26 Mar 2026 | CM | Member | EU gezondheidszorg |
| 24 Mar 2026 | FEVIA | Member | EU cardiovasculaire gezondheidsplan |
| 19 Mar 2026 | CY Voorzitterschap EU | Rapporteur | CMRD6 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Europese Commissie | Member | EU klimaatwetgeving |
| 5 Mar 2026 | ELECTA | Member | Deelname aan panelgesprek over vrouwen in de politiek |
| 4 Mar 2026 | VBO | Member | Loontransparantie |
| 4 Mar 2026 | EUROMIL | Member | Inleiding tijdens event: Mental Health Conference Strengthening Mental Health in the Armed Forces: A European Imperative |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Deutsche Sozialversicherung Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europa ↗ | Member | Heath and safety at work |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Gevangenismuseum Merkplas | Member | Werkbezoek gevangenismuseum Merksplas |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Essenscia | Member | Milieu, circulaire economie, Reach |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Cobalt Institute ↗ | Rapporteur | Working 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Liesbet Sommen differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Against | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | Against | For |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 27 November 2025 | A10-0224/2025 – Marieke Ehlers – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 26 November 2025 | A10-0185/2025 – Jorge Martín Frías – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2025 | A10-0101/2025 – Charles Goerens – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | For | Against |
| 6 May 2025 | A10–0068/2025 – Ondřej Knotek – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
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:
- “FEANTSA” - likely Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales Travaillant avec les Sans-Abri (3 counterpart entrys)
- “ETUC” - likely EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (2 counterpart entrys)
- “VLEVA” - likely Vlaams - Europees verbindingsagentschap (2 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.