
Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands PfE
Sebastian Kruis
MEP for Netherlands · Patriots for Europe · Partij voor de Vrijheid · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Sebastian Kruis (PfE, Netherlands) has declared 72 lobby meetings this term - rank 305 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 12 of 85 within Patriots for Europe.
46% 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%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 8 in Sep 2024.
Busiest month: 8 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Sebastian Kruis meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Vereniging VNO-NCW | 7 |
| Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland | 3 |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries | 2 |
| KPN | 2 |
| spiritsEUROPE | 2 |
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
Business federations & chambers (10), Technology & digital (7), Consumer & retail (5)
Meetings by committee topic
Internal Market and Consumer Protection (32), International Trade (24), D-IL (4), DAND (2), D-TR (1), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 2026 | RISE Israel | Member | EU-Israel relations |
| 7 May 2026 | European Coalition for Israel ↗ | Member | EU-Israel relations |
| 6 May 2026 | Prisoners Defenders International | Member | Prisoners in Cuba |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Ambassador Israel | Delegation chair | EU-Israel relations |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland ↗ | Member | Internal Market |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Global Institute for Novel Nicotine Global Snuss | Member | nicotine and smoke-free alternatives |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Imperial Brands PLC ↗ | Member | Regulation tobacco and smoke-free alternatives |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Independent European Vape Alliance ↗ | Member | Regulation nicotine / tabacco |
| 3 Feb 2026 | spiritsEUROPE ↗; PERNOD RICARD ↗; LVMH Publica ↗; Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins ↗ | Member | Mercosur FTA, India FTA, EU-US political relations |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Member | Geopolitical landscape and Single Market Strategy |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | Special Envoy for the Netherlands' bid for the European Union Customs Authority | Member | Dutch bid for EU Customs Authority |
| 20 Jan 2026 | spiritsEUROPE ↗ | Member | Mercosur FTA |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Dutch Ambassador | Member | Negotiations Multiannual Financial Framework |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland Vereniging VNO-NCW | Member | New years reception, Priorities Dutch companies |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Minister Counselor | Member | EU-China trade relations |
| 17 Dec 2025 | China Mission to the EU | Member | EU-China trade relations |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Israeli Deputy Ambassador to the Netherlands | Delegation chair | EU-Israel relations |
| 26 Nov 2025 | AVEC | Member | Mercosur |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Minister Balázs Hankó of Hungary | Member | Cultural priorities |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Member | Priorities Dutch harbor |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Mission of China to the European Union | Member | Inter-parliamentary dialogue and exchanges |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Viet Tan | Member | Trade with Vietnam |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Member | State of Dutch SMEs |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries ↗ | Member | International Trade Agreements |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Provincie Limburg | Member | Priorities for the province of Limburg |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Vereniging VNO-NCW ↗ | Member | International Trade developments |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Meines Holla & Partners ↗ | Member | General developments on internal market and consumer protection |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Ambassador and congresman Argentina | Member | EU-Argentina trade relations |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Turkish Deputy Permanent Delegate | Member | EU-Turkey trade relations |
| 10 Jun 2025 | META | Member | Regulation on tech companies |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Sebastian Kruis 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 448 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Sebastian Kruis 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.
Final texts where Sebastian Kruis differed from the PfE majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | PfE majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0170/2026 – Joachim Streit – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0179/2026 – Lucia Yar – Motion for a resolution | Against | Abstained |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0171/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0178/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0149/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0148/2026 – Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez – Motion for a resolution | Against | Abstained |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0158/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Draft Council decision | Against | For |
102 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
8 counterpart entrys in Sebastian Kruis's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “META” - likely Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (2 counterpart entrys)
- “AVEC” - likely Association de l'Aviculture, de l'Industrie et du Commerce de Volailles dans les Pays de l'Union Europeenne asbl (1 counterpart entry)
- “CBL” - likely Centraal Bureau Levensmiddelenhandel (1 counterpart entry)
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.