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Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands Renew

Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle

MEP for Netherlands · Renew Europe · Democraten 66 · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle (Renew, Netherlands) has declared 180 lobby meetings this term - rank 100 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.1× the average member, and 22 of 77 within Renew Europe.

24% 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%.

180
declared meetings
current term
180
records since 2019
full dataset
24%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
100/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
22/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle, this term
180
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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 20 in May 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 17 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 11 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 9 declared meetingsApril 2025: 9 declared meetingsMay 2025: 20 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 7 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 8 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 9 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 6 declared meetingsApril 2026: 3 declared meetingsMay 2026: 7 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 20 declared in May 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle 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

Human rights & humanitarian (20), Environment & climate (6), Technology & digital (4)

Meetings by committee topic

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (54), Regional Development (39), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (14), D-AF (7)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
30 Aug 2026Young European Federalists MemberFederal Europe
16 Jul 2026Europa Pact FryslanMemberVoorbereiding werkbezoek Brussel
1 Jul 2026Nederlandse PolitieMemberHerziening Europese vuurwerkregels
25 Jun 2026European Cyclists' Federation MemberInvestment bike infrastructure
25 Jun 2026Solidarity CommitteeDelegation chairAfghanistan
23 Jun 2026Eurogroup for Animals MemberAnimal rights
17 Jun 2026DG JUSTMemberAnti-corruption
16 Jun 2026OLAF Director GeneralMemberOLAF revision
8 Jun 2026Microsoft Corporation MemberClosing Europe’s AI language gap (minority languages)
4 Jun 2026EPPO; Permanent Representation of the Netherlands; DG JUSTMemberFuture of EPPO
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
18 May 2026Union of European Federalists ; European Movement International MemberEuropean federalism
13 May 2026European Civic ForumMemberLaunch of Civic Space Report
12 May 2026Committee to Protect Journalists Delegation chairPress freedom in Afghanistan
12 May 2026FBNedMemberFamiliebedrijven en ondernemingsklimaat
6 May 2026Union of European Federalists MemberUEF activities in the Netherlands
6 May 2026Rapporteur Committee of the RegionsShadow rapporteurInternal Security Fund
5 May 2026Eurocities MemberMFF post-2027
22 Apr 2026ONE Youth AmbassadorsMemberGlobal Europe Instrument
22 Apr 2026European Police UnionMemberRights of police officers
9 Apr 2026Transparency International NederlandRapporteurAnti-corruptierichtlijn en Europees Openbaar Ministerie
27 Mar 2026Tetra Pak Group MemberWerkbezoek
23 Mar 2026Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten MemberEU Syriëbeleid
20 Mar 2026ASM (Advanced Semiconductor Materials) Almere Pampus Almere 2.0 Commissaris van de KoningMemberWerkbezoek
11 Mar 2026Against Conversion TherapyMemberECI Ban on conversion practices in the EU
5 Mar 2026Politie Nederland Strategisch Offensief Tegen Explosies Vertegenwoordigers politie/justitie verschillende EU-landenMemberInternational conference on the use of pyrotechnics by criminals
3 Mar 2026European Confederation of Police MemberEU police cooperation
27 Feb 2026Stichting Nedersaksische UitgeverijMemberNedersaksische Taal
26 Feb 2026Huis van de Nederlandse Provincies MemberCohesiebeleid
24 Feb 2026International Rescue Committee Inc MemberReturn Regulation
24 Feb 2026My Voice, My ChoiceMemberMy Voice My Choice European Citizens initiative

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle 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.

100%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
535
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the Renew majority
on 522 final texts
25
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle537 final votes
90%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 522 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle 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 majority49795%
Voted differently255%

Final texts where Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
7 July 2026A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 February 2026B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026A10-0003/2026 – Željana Zovko – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
18 December 2025RC-B10-0577/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 December 2025B10-0566/2025 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
16 December 2025B10-0559/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

17 counterpart entrys in Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle'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.