
Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands PfE
Sebastian Kruis
MEP for the Netherlands · Patriots for Europe · Partij voor de Vrijheid · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Sebastian Kruis (PfE, Netherlands) has declared 97 lobby meetings this term - rank 262 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 4 other MEPs.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 6 of 85 in the PfE group.
47% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.
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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 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: 13 in Sep 2026.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 1 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 50% |
| Oct 2024 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Nov 2024 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Dec 2024 | 1 | 100% |
| Jan 2025 | 4 | 25% |
| Feb 2025 | 6 | 28.6% |
| Mar 2025 | 4 | 50% |
| Apr 2025 | 1 | 0% |
| May 2025 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Jun 2025 | 6 | 16.7% |
| Jul 2025 | 0 | - |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Oct 2025 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Nov 2025 | 4 | 25% |
| Dec 2025 | 2 | 0% |
| Jan 2026 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | 100% |
| Mar 2026 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Apr 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| May 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jul 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 13 | 35.7% |
| Oct 2026 | 11 | 71.4% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 13 declared in September 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Sebastian Kruis meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Vereniging VNO-NCW | 9 |
| Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland | 3 |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries | 3 |
| Meines Holla & Partners | 2 |
| Global Institute for Novel Nicotine | 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
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
Business federations & chambers (13), Consumer & retail (10), Technology & digital (9)
Meetings by committee or delegation this term
Internal Market and Consumer Protection (41), International Trade (31), Delegation for relations with Israel (4), Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (4), Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee (1), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Imperial Brands PLC↗; European Smoking Tobacco Association↗ | Member | Tobacco regulation |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Huis van de Nederlandse Provincies↗ | Member | Network lunch |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Ford Motor Company↗; FGS Global (Belgium) BV↗ | Member | IAA and the automotive industry |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Members of Parliament Ecuador | Member | EU - Ecuador relations |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Provincie Overijssel | Member | Network event de European Week of Regions and Cities |
| 13 Oct 2026 | VSK Tabak | Member | Tobacco regulation |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Stichting Defence for Children International Nederland -ECPAT Nederland↗ | Member | Online child abuse |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Ingevity Corporation↗; Alber & Geiger↗ | Member | Industrial Acceleration Act and Public Procurement Regulation |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Bureau Brussel Vewin - Unie van Waterschappen↗ | Member | Network event |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Amazon Europe Core SARL↗ | Member | Customer protection and product safety |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Foreign Minister of Panama | Member | EU-Panama relations |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Global Institute for Novel Nicotine (GINN) | Member | Revision of the Tobacco Products Directive - Public Health |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW↗ | Member | Concerns of Dutch companies |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Ambassador Panama | Member | EU-Panama relations |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Meines Holla & Partners↗ | Member | Gas and coal harbor terminals & energy security |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Ambassador Ecuador | Member | EU-Ecuador relations |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Research Office of the Standing Committee on Financial Affairs, Secretariat of the House of Councillors, National Diet of Japan | Member | Procedure of petitions |
| 16 Sep 2026 | META | Member | Tech regulation |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Australian Ambassador | Member | FTA EU-Australia |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Ahold Delhaize↗ | Member | Internal market |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Turkish Ambassador | Member | Industrial Accelarator Act |
| 9 Sep 2026 | City of the Hague | Member | Introduction |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Vereniging VNO-NCW↗; Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie↗ | Member | EU Inc. |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Embassy Colombia in the Netherlands | Member | Dutch - Colombian Diplomatic Relations |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Dekma Bolivia | Member | Wood export to Europe |
| 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 |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Sebastian Kruis 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 514 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
129 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
10 counterpart entries 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 (3 counterpart entries)
- “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)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 5 of the 10 entries; the other 5 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.