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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%.

72
declared meetings
current term
72
records since 2019
full dataset
46%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
305/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
12/85
rank in PfE

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Compared with the averages

Sebastian Kruis, this term
72
Parliament average
85
PfE average
30

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% 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: 8 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Sebastian Kruis 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

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Jun 2026RISE IsraelMemberEU-Israel relations
7 May 2026European Coalition for Israel MemberEU-Israel relations
6 May 2026Prisoners Defenders InternationalMemberPrisoners in Cuba
28 Apr 2026Ambassador IsraelDelegation chairEU-Israel relations
8 Apr 2026Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland MemberInternal Market
30 Mar 2026Global Institute for Novel Nicotine Global SnussMembernicotine and smoke-free alternatives
26 Mar 2026Imperial Brands PLC MemberRegulation tobacco and smoke-free alternatives
25 Mar 2026Independent European Vape Alliance MemberRegulation nicotine / tabacco
3 Feb 2026spiritsEUROPE ; PERNOD RICARD ; LVMH Publica ; Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins MemberMercosur FTA, India FTA, EU-US political relations
21 Jan 2026Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberGeopolitical landscape and Single Market Strategy
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
21 Jan 2026Special Envoy for the Netherlands' bid for the European Union Customs AuthorityMemberDutch bid for EU Customs Authority
20 Jan 2026spiritsEUROPE MemberMercosur FTA
15 Jan 2026Dutch AmbassadorMemberNegotiations Multiannual Financial Framework
14 Jan 2026Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland Vereniging VNO-NCWMemberNew years reception, Priorities Dutch companies
13 Jan 2026Minister CounselorMemberEU-China trade relations
17 Dec 2025China Mission to the EUMemberEU-China trade relations
16 Dec 2025Israeli Deputy Ambassador to the NetherlandsDelegation chairEU-Israel relations
26 Nov 2025AVECMemberMercosur
25 Nov 2025Minister Balázs Hankó of HungaryMemberCultural priorities
21 Nov 2025Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberPriorities Dutch harbor
19 Nov 2025Mission of China to the European UnionMemberInter-parliamentary dialogue and exchanges
21 Oct 2025Viet TanMemberTrade with Vietnam
13 Oct 2025Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberState of Dutch SMEs
1 Oct 2025Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries MemberInternational Trade Agreements
29 Sep 2025Provincie LimburgMemberPriorities for the province of Limburg
9 Sep 2025Vereniging VNO-NCW MemberInternational Trade developments
3 Sep 2025Meines Holla & Partners MemberGeneral developments on internal market and consumer protection
11 Jun 2025Ambassador and congresman ArgentinaMemberEU-Argentina trade relations
11 Jun 2025Turkish Deputy Permanent DelegateMemberEU-Turkey trade relations
10 Jun 2025METAMemberRegulation 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.

86%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
472
final texts voted on
of 537
75%
voted with the PfE majority
on 448 final texts
112
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Sebastian Kruis537 final votes
32%41%15%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the PfE majority33675%
Voted differently11225%

Final texts where Sebastian Kruis differed from the PfE majority

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:

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.