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Pascal Arimont

MEP for Belgium · European People's Party · Christlich Soziale Partei · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Pascal Arimont (EPP, Belgium) has declared 338 lobby meetings this term - rank 30 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 3.4× the average member, and it ranks 11 of 185 in the EPP group.

60% 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 52%.

338
declared meetings
current term
654
records since 2016
full dataset
60%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
30/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
11/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Pascal Arimont, this term
338
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

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: 2 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 24 in Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%024July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 15 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 17 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 21 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 17 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 10 declared meetingsMay 2025: 16 declared meetingsJune 2025: 11 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 18 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 16 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 9 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 10 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 24 declared meetingsApril 2026: 16 declared meetingsMay 2026: 15 declared meetingsJune 2026: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 21 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%024July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 15 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 17 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 21 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 17 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 10 declared meetingsMay 2025: 16 declared meetingsJune 2025: 11 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 18 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 16 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 9 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 10 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 16 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 24 declared meetingsApril 2026: 16 declared meetingsMay 2026: 15 declared meetingsJune 2026: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 21 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%024202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20241564.7%
Oct 20241785%
Nov 20241172.7%
Dec 2024771.4%
Jan 20252182.6%
Feb 20251784%
Mar 20251455%
Apr 20251047.1%
May 20251672.7%
Jun 20251145.5%
Jul 2025560%
Aug 20250-
Sep 20251884.2%
Oct 20251671.4%
Nov 20251238.5%
Dec 2025944.4%
Jan 20261040%
Feb 20261622.2%
Mar 20262440%
Apr 20261650%
May 20261547.1%
Jun 20261360%
Jul 2026955.6%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20261369.2%
Oct 20262157.1%
Nov 202620%

Busiest month: 24 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Pascal Arimont 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

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

Health & pharma (28), Chemicals & manufacturing (23), Agriculture & food (21)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (91), Employment and Social Affairs (21), Regional Development (8)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026EPSUMemberMeeting with Delegations of European Firefighters
4 Nov 2026WorldSkills EuropeMemberPlanning of Event
28 Oct 2026Solvay SA⁠↗MemberETS revision
27 Oct 2026Mission of Switzerland to the EUMemberPPWR and Circular Economy Act
27 Oct 2026Focused Energy GmbH⁠↗MemberFusion Strategy
22 Oct 2026EMRICMemberConnectivity of Crisis Comm's across borders
21 Oct 2026ChargeUp Europe⁠↗MemberElectrification of traffic in the EU
20 Oct 2026VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE⁠↗MemberRencontre, EU Legislation
14 Oct 2026European Kidney Health Alliance⁠↗MemberKidney health initiatives on European level
14 Oct 2026UNDRRMemberEU-UN Collaboration in Disaster Risk Reduction
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Oct 2026UNDRRMemberUN Resilience Day
12 Oct 2026ACV-CSCMemberEU Legislation from Belgian Trade Union Perspective
9 Oct 2026CapaulMemberCompany visit
8 Oct 2026Public Safety Communication Europe⁠↗MemberIntergroup meeting on EUCCS
7 Oct 2026IVECO GROUP N.V.⁠↗MemberAutomotive Package
7 Oct 2026Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen⁠↗MemberETS Revision, Food & Feed Omnibus
7 Oct 2026Europäisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen⁠↗MemberExchange of views, Planning of Event and future interactions
6 Oct 2026AFSCAMemberUse of mobile slaughter units in a cross-border context
2 Oct 2026NMCMemberCompany visit
1 Oct 2026Europäisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen⁠↗MemberSocial Dialogue in Europe
1 Oct 2026Onafhankelijk Leven vzw Vlaams Europees Netwerk Personen met een Handicap - VENPHMemberENIL - Freedom Drive 2026
1 Oct 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗MemberEU Inc
1 Oct 2026Europäisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen⁠↗MemberGeneral Exchange on European Social Policies
30 Sep 2026European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers⁠↗MemberObjection on HADs
30 Sep 2026Verbond van Belgische Tuin­bouw­coö­pe­ra­ties⁠↗MemberCommon market organisation (CMO) Regulation
30 Sep 2026Danish Trade Union Confederation EU Office⁠↗MemberFair Labour Mobility Package
30 Sep 2026RPP Group⁠↗MemberClosign the Policy Gap in Rare Diseases: The Case of Hypoparathyroidism
25 Sep 2026ETPathfinder Euregio Maas-Rhein AVV ArrivaMemberMobility in cross-border regions - Research for Einstein-Telescope
24 Sep 2026RPP Group⁠↗MemberEvent organisation on Hypoparathyroidism
18 Sep 2026TH. MEURER AGMemberCompany Visit

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Pascal Arimont 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.

94%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
571
final texts voted on
of 606
91%
voted with the EPP majority
on 566 final texts
49
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Pascal Arimont606 final votes
88%
For 536Against 27Abstained 8No vote recorded 35

With and against the group

On the 566 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Pascal Arimont 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 majority51791%
Voted differently499%

Final texts where Pascal Arimont differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
20 October 2026Combating VAT fraud – the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget A10-0213/2026 · Ondřej Knotek · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot B10-0432/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
17 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect the EU’s external borders B10-0406/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0379/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0380/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87460 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0381/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the Commission Implementing Decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0335/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on Commission delegated regulation of 10 April 2026 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 to introduce a trajectory to gradually decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets B10-0337/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission Implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0336/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

34 counterpart entries in Pascal Arimont's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 6 of the 34 entries; the other 28 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.