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Olivier Chastel, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Belgium Renew

Olivier Chastel

MEP for Belgium · Renew Europe · Mouvement Réformateur · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Olivier Chastel (Renew, Belgium) has declared 58 lobby meetings this term - rank 353 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 60 of 77 within Renew Europe.

61% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

58
declared meetings
current term
73
records since 2019
full dataset
61%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
353/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
60/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Olivier Chastel, this term
58
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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: 11 in Mar 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 11 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 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: 11 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Olivier Chastel 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

Health & pharma (28), Public affairs & consultancy (7), Chemicals & manufacturing (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Public Health (37), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (7), Budgets (1), Budgetary Control (1), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
7 Sep 2026GAIAMemberanimal welfare
15 Jul 2026ZOETISMemberPolitique de santé de l'UE- Biotech Act
3 Jul 2026UCB MemberPolitique de Santé de l'UE - Biotech Act
11 Jun 2026The European Association of Medical Devices – Notified Bodies MemberMDR
24 Apr 2026Nuclear Medicine EuropeMemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
15 Apr 2026European Association of Biomedical ScientistsShadow rapporteurPolitique de santé de l'UE
9 Apr 2026European Kidney Health Alliance MemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
7 Apr 2026e-OriginShadow rapporteur for opinionEU customs
27 Mar 2026Fourtold ; Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Shadow rapporteurPolitique de santé de l'UE
26 Mar 2026GARDP Foundation ; APCO Worldwide Shadow rapporteurPolitique de santé de l'UE
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
18 Mar 2026Novartis International AG MemberPolitique de santé de l'UE: Thérapies par Radioligands
27 Feb 2026Alpha-1 Europe Alliance asblMemberAlpha-1 awareness raising event
12 Feb 2026AndrosMemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
5 Feb 2026Prospero & Partners MemberOmnibus Food and Feed
29 Jan 2026HIPRA, S.A. MemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
28 Jan 2026European Association of E-Pharmacies MemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
15 Jan 2026Alpha-1 EuropeMemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
11 Dec 2025D&D Consulting Services MemberPolitique environnementale de l'UE
11 Dec 2025EssensciaMemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
20 Nov 2025RPP Group Alpha-1 foundationMemberEvènement - Politique de santé de l'UE - Maladie rare Alpha-1
17 Oct 2025Belgaqua EurEauMemberPolitique environnementale de l'UE - Résilience du secteur de l'eau
30 Sep 2025Nuclear Medicine Europe MemberPolitique de santé de l'UE - Médecine nucléaire
24 Sep 2025FIPRA InternationalMemberPolitique de santé de l'UE
23 Sep 2025Amgen Inc MemberAPAs briefing session on Biotech Act
12 Sep 2025Andros - MaterneMemberPolitique commerciale et environementale de l'UE
4 Sep 2025APCO Worldwide MemberBiotech Alliance Secretariat - Presentation
27 Aug 2025SamabrivaMemberPrésentation de la technologie par cheveux racinaires
27 Jun 2025International Diabetes Federation European RegionShadow rapporteurPolitique de santé de l'UE
26 Jun 2025Novartis International AG RPP GroupMemberEvènement - Thérapies par radioligands
23 Jun 2025Alliance for Regenerative MedicineShadow rapporteurPolitique de santé de l'UE

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Olivier Chastel 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.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
494
final texts voted on
of 537
97%
voted with the Renew majority
on 483 final texts
13
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Olivier Chastel537 final votes
79%11%8%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 483 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Olivier Chastel 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 Renew majority47097%
Voted differently133%

Final texts where Olivier Chastel differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026A10-0181/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – Proposal for a Council decisionAgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0098/2026 – Danuše Nerudová – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 January 2026B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
21 January 2026A10-0253/2025 – David McAllister – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 December 2025A10-0243/2025 – Christophe Gomart – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
27 November 2025RC-B10-0545/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 November 2025C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposalForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

9 counterpart entrys in Olivier Chastel'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.