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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 12 September 2026, Sara Matthieu (Greens/EFA, Belgium) has declared 107 lobby meetings this term - rank 209 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 29 of 53 within Greens/EFA.

70% 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%.

107
declared meetings
current term
189
records since 2019
full dataset
70%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
209/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
29/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Sara Matthieu, this term
107
Parliament average
85
Greens/EFA average
128

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: 14 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 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: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 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 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: 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

Most-met sectors

Environment & climate (37), Chemicals & manufacturing (24), Think tanks & research (7)

Meetings by committee topic

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (63), Industry, Research and Energy (23), 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
Show 20 more meetings
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 5,568 roll-call votes while Sara Matthieu 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.

87%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
467
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 464 final texts
6
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Sara Matthieu537 final votes
70%13%13%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 464 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 majority45899%
Voted differently61%

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

Unlinked but matchable

19 counterpart entrys in Sara Matthieu'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.