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Member of the European Parliament · Belgium The Left

Rudi Kennes

MEP for Belgium · The Left · Independent · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Rudi Kennes (The Left, Belgium) has declared 81 lobby meetings this term - rank 273 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 11 of 45 within The Left.

33% 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%.

81
declared meetings
current term
81
records since 2019
full dataset
33%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
273/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
11/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Rudi Kennes, this term
81
Parliament average
85
The Left average
58

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 Jun 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 1 declared meetingMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 33.3% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2024: 14.3% 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: 10 declared in June 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Rudi Kennes 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

Labour & trade unions (17), Human rights & humanitarian (8), Environment & climate (3)

Meetings by committee topic

Employment and Social Affairs (27), International Trade (16), Industry, Research and Energy (9), Budgetary Control (2), Transport and Tourism (2)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026Parti National Rifain - PNRMemberEU-Morocco relationship
8 Jul 2026Japanese Communist PartyMemberWorkers' rights
2 Jul 2026Mission of Bangladesh to the European UnionMemberEU-trade policy
1 Jul 2026International Road Transport Union Permanent Delegation to the EU MemberEU policy on public transport
1 Jul 2026Global Sumud - NetherlandsMemberSituation in Palestine
30 Jun 2026European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions MemberWorkers' rights
29 Jun 2026European Transport Workers' Federation MemberTransport workers's rights
29 Jun 2026MEDITERRANEA Saving Humans APSMemberSituation in the West Bank
25 Jun 2026Futerro MemberEU industrial policy
23 Jun 2026Viva SaludMemberHuman rights in the Philippines
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
22 Jun 2026International Diplomatic Council of Tamil Eelam - IDCTEMemberTamil rights in Sri Lanka
16 Jun 2026Mission of the People's Republic of China to the EUMemberEU-China relations
16 Jun 2026Mission of the People's Republic of China to the EUMemberChina-EU relations
10 Jun 2026industriAll European Trade Union MemberEU Industrial policy
10 Jun 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION MemberEuropean standardisation
12 May 2026CONAIE Frente Anti Minero del EcuadorMemberWorkers' rights in Ecuador
9 Apr 2026MEDITERRANEA Saving Humans APSMemberEU trade policy
23 Mar 2026REScoop.eu vzw MemberEU energy policy
23 Mar 2026Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Belgium and LuxembourgMemberEU-Iran relations; conflict in the Middle East
4 Mar 2026Ambassade de Cuba en Belgique et auprès de l'Union européenneMemberHumanitarian situation in Cuba
26 Feb 2026Counter Balance MemberEU investment policy
19 Feb 2026VRTMemberEU media landscape
19 Feb 2026Mission of Venezuela to the European UnionMemberSituation in Venezuela
13 Feb 2026Mission of Palestine to the EU, Belgium and LuxembourgMemberSituation in Palestine
9 Feb 2026Permanent Representation of Greece to the EUMemberWorkers' rights and welfare provision
26 Jan 2026WWF European Policy Programme MemberEU environmental policy
21 Jan 2026Mission of Switzerland to the European UnionMemberEU-Switzerland trade relations
20 Jan 2026ASSEDELMemberInternational trade and human rights
11 Dec 2025#DiasporaVote! MemberYouth engagement
10 Dec 2025European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions MemberWorkers' rights, international trade

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Rudi Kennes 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.

98%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
523
final texts voted on
of 537
91%
voted with the The Left majority
on 491 final texts
42
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Rudi Kennes537 final votes
48%32%17%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 491 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Rudi Kennes 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 The Left majority44991%
Voted differently429%

Final texts where Rudi Kennes differed from the The Left majority

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

Unlinked but matchable

12 counterpart entrys in Rudi Kennes'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.