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Member of the European Parliament · Belgium Greens/EFA

Sara Matthieu

MEP for Belgium · Greens/EFA · Groen · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Sara Matthieu (Greens/EFA, Belgium) has declared 109 lobby meetings this term - rank 240 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 33 of 53 in the Greens/EFA group.

71% 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%.

109
declared meetings
current term
191
records since 2016
full dataset
71%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
240/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
33/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Sara Matthieu, this term
109
Parliament average
100
Greens/EFA average
156

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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 14 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%014July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 10 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%014July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 8 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 10 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 11 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%014202420252026
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 202410%
Aug 2024250%
Sep 20241452%
Oct 2024985.7%
Nov 202420%
Dec 2024683.3%
Jan 2025891.7%
Feb 20251100%
Mar 2025560%
Apr 2025150%
May 2025450%
Jun 2025550%
Jul 2025450%
Aug 20251100%
Sep 202510%
Oct 20251060%
Nov 20251186.7%
Dec 2025790%
Jan 20264100%
Feb 20264100%
Mar 2026460%
Apr 2026571.4%
May 20260-
Jun 20260-
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 14 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Sara Matthieu 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

Environment & climate (40), Chemicals & manufacturing (25), Transport & automotive (8)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (63), Industry, Research and Energy (25), Employment and Social Affairs (13)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
20 Apr 2026ArcelorMittal⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCBAM and IAA
14 Apr 2026VICAT S.A.Shadow rapporteurCBAM
13 Apr 2026Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCBAM
9 Apr 2026Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗; SOLIDAR⁠↗; Civil Society Europe⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionPerformance regulation
7 Apr 2026Natuurpunt vzwMemberSite visit LIFE project
26 Mar 2026ACVMemberQuality Jobs Act
11 Mar 2026The European Steel Association⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCBAM
10 Mar 2026CEE Bankwatch Network⁠↗; Fertilizers Europe⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCBAM
4 Mar 2026NV Bekaert SAShadow rapporteurCBAM
24 Feb 2026EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗Shadow rapporteur for opinionEuropean Competitiveness Fund
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Feb 2026APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe)⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCBAM
6 Feb 2026European Recycling Industries' Confederation⁠↗; Galloo France⁠↗; Denuo vzw/asbl⁠↗MemberVisit to the site and talk about recycling policies
5 Feb 2026Natuurpunt vzw⁠↗MemberLife / MFF
28 Jan 2026European Forum for Manufacturing⁠↗MemberEuropean Competitiveness Fund Event
21 Jan 2026ChargeUp Europe⁠↗MemberAccelerator Act and other files
21 Jan 2026European Aluminium AISBL⁠↗MemberCircular Economy Act and other files
20 Jan 2026Polestar Performance AB⁠↗; ChargeUp Europe⁠↗; Atlante srl⁠↗MemberCharge Europe: CO2 Standards - Europe’s EV Market at a Crossroads: Accelerating Adoption, Scaling Infrastructure, and Meeting Consumer Demand
11 Dec 2025NGO Shipbreaking PlatformMemberRecycling of steel in ships
9 Dec 2025Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktien­gesellschaft⁠↗MemberCan a fully-fledged EU circular economy model foster resilience, competitiveness and innovation in the European economy
9 Dec 2025PowerShift - Verein fuer eine oekologisch-solidarische Energie- & Welt­wirtschaft e.V.⁠↗MemberRaw Materials for the Future? Transparency, Participation and Fairness in the CRMA’s Strategic Projects
5 Dec 2025WWF European Policy Programme⁠↗; European Environmental Bureau⁠↗; Climate Action Network Europe⁠↗; Carbon Market Watch⁠↗MemberIndustrial Policy
4 Dec 2025Ellen MacArthur Foundation⁠↗MemberThe Circular Economy Act: Investing for a competitive Europe event
4 Dec 2025European Environmental Bureau⁠↗MemberCircular Economy Policy
1 Dec 2025Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗MemberExtractive waste directive
27 Nov 2025European Recycling Industries' Confederation⁠↗MemberRecycling Europe event on the Circular Economy Act
25 Nov 2025Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗MemberCO2 and cars
18 Nov 2025FORVIA⁠↗Shadow rapporteurELV Regulation
17 Nov 2025Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)⁠↗MemberGreen steel
17 Nov 2025European Environmental Bureau⁠↗MemberEvent - Governing the Shift: Mining Waste and (Circular) Mining Legislation in Europe
17 Nov 2025ChargeUp Europe⁠↗; Bruegel⁠↗MemberPolitico event - race for traction (automotive panel)

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Sara Matthieu 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.

88%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
536
final texts voted on
of 606
99%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 533 final texts
6
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Sara Matthieu606 final votes
71%14%12%
For 432Against 84Abstained 20No vote recorded 70

With and against the group

On the 533 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Sara Matthieu 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 Greens/EFA majority52799%
Voted differently61%

Final texts where Sara Matthieu differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
9 July 2026The feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness A10-0167/2026 · Ľudovít Ódor · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
8 July 2026The Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States A10-0198/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Draft Council decisionAgainstFor
8 July 2026The Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United… A10-0181/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Proposal for a Council decisionAgainstFor
13 November 2025The Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore A10-0187/2025 · Svenja Hahn · Draft Council decisionForAgainst
9 September 2025Public procurement A10-0147/2025 · Piotr Müller · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
27 November 2024Motion for a resolution on election of the Commission B10-0194/2024 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

19 counterpart entries in Sara Matthieu'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 19 entries; the other 13 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.