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Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands PfE

Rachel Blom

MEP for Netherlands · Patriots for Europe · Partij voor de Vrijheid · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Rachel Blom (PfE, Netherlands) has declared 12 lobby meetings this term - rank 546 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 49 of 85 within Patriots for Europe.

86% 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%.

12
declared meetings
current term
12
records since 2019
full dataset
86%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
546/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
49/85
rank in PfE

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Compared with the averages

Rachel Blom, this term
12
Parliament average
85
PfE average
30

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: 4 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 1 declared meetingOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 1 declared meetingDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 50% 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: 4 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Rachel Blom 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

Transport & automotive (5), Agriculture & food (1), Business federations & chambers (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Transport and Tourism (7), Employment and Social Affairs (4), Housing Crisis in the EU (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Sep 2025ALLRAIL Alliance of Rail New Entrants MemberHigh speed rail & ticketing
23 Sep 2025RAI Automotive Industry NLShadow rapporteurRoadworthiness package
8 Jul 2025Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles Shadow rapporteurPosition Roadworthiness package + introductory meeting
4 Jun 2025Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken / Dutch Banking Association MemberPosition Housingcrises EU
3 Jun 2025Sociale VerzekeringsbankShadow rapporteurPosition E- declaration posted workers
5 Nov 2024Heineken N.V. MemberKennismakingsborrel
15 Oct 2024UAP Coalitie Nederland ; Transport en Logistiek Nederland MemberIntroductory meeting
9 Oct 2024Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberIntroductory meeting
2 Oct 2024Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. MemberIntroductory meeting
1 Oct 2024ProRail ; Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV MemberIntroductory meeting
Show 2 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Sep 2024Shell Companies MemberIntroductory meeting
17 Jul 2024KLM Royal Dutch Airlines MemberIntroductory meeting

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Rachel Blom 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
515
final texts voted on
of 537
75%
voted with the PfE majority
on 488 final texts
120
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Rachel Blom537 final votes
34%45%17%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 488 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Rachel Blom 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 PfE majority36875%
Voted differently12025%

Final texts where Rachel Blom differed from the PfE majority

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