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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%.

97
declared meetings
current term
97
records since 2016
full dataset
47%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
262/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 4 others
6/85
rank in PfE

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Compared with the averages

Sebastian Kruis, this term
97
Parliament average
100
PfE average
32

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.

0%25%50%75%100%013July 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: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%013July 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: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%013202420252026
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 20241100%
Aug 20240-
Sep 2024850%
Oct 2024862.5%
Nov 2024366.7%
Dec 20241100%
Jan 2025425%
Feb 2025628.6%
Mar 2025450%
Apr 202510%
May 2025333.3%
Jun 2025616.7%
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025366.7%
Oct 2025366.7%
Nov 2025425%
Dec 202520%
Jan 2026633.3%
Feb 20261100%
Mar 2026366.7%
Apr 2026250%
May 2026250%
Jun 202610%
Jul 202610%
Aug 20260-
Sep 20261335.7%
Oct 20261171.4%
Nov 20260-

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

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
21 Oct 2026Imperial Brands PLC⁠↗; European Smoking Tobacco Association⁠↗MemberTobacco regulation
14 Oct 2026Huis van de Nederlandse Provincies⁠↗MemberNetwork lunch
14 Oct 2026Ford Motor Company⁠↗; FGS Global (Belgium) BV⁠↗MemberIAA and the automotive industry
13 Oct 2026Members of Parliament EcuadorMemberEU - Ecuador relations
13 Oct 2026Provincie OverijsselMemberNetwork event de European Week of Regions and Cities
13 Oct 2026VSK TabakMemberTobacco regulation
13 Oct 2026Stichting Defence for Children International Nederland -ECPAT Nederland⁠↗MemberOnline child abuse
13 Oct 2026Ingevity Corporation⁠↗; Alber & Geiger⁠↗MemberIndustrial Acceleration Act and Public Procurement Regulation
12 Oct 2026Bureau Brussel Vewin - Unie van Waterschappen⁠↗MemberNetwork event
6 Oct 2026Amazon Europe Core SARL⁠↗MemberCustomer protection and product safety
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Oct 2026Foreign Minister of PanamaMemberEU-Panama relations
30 Sep 2026Global Institute for Novel Nicotine (GINN)MemberRevision of the Tobacco Products Directive - Public Health
28 Sep 2026Vereniging VNO-NCW⁠↗MemberConcerns of Dutch companies
23 Sep 2026Ambassador PanamaMemberEU-Panama relations
23 Sep 2026Meines Holla & Partners⁠↗MemberGas and coal harbor terminals & energy security
22 Sep 2026Ambassador EcuadorMemberEU-Ecuador relations
16 Sep 2026Research Office of the Standing Committee on Financial Affairs, Secretariat of the House of Councillors, National Diet of JapanMemberProcedure of petitions
16 Sep 2026METAMemberTech regulation
16 Sep 2026Australian AmbassadorMemberFTA EU-Australia
16 Sep 2026Ahold Delhaize⁠↗MemberInternal market
16 Sep 2026Turkish AmbassadorMemberIndustrial Accelarator Act
9 Sep 2026City of the HagueMemberIntroduction
9 Sep 2026Vereniging VNO-NCW⁠↗; Koninklijke Notariële Beroeps­organisatie⁠↗MemberEU Inc.
3 Sep 2026Embassy Colombia in the NetherlandsMemberDutch - Colombian Diplomatic Relations
28 Jul 2026Dekma BoliviaMemberWood export to Europe
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

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.

88%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
540
final texts voted on
of 606
73%
voted with the PfE majority
on 514 final texts
139
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Sebastian Kruis606 final votes
32%42%15%11%
For 192Against 256Abstained 92No vote recorded 66

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.

Voted with the PfE majority37573%
Voted differently13927%

Final texts where Sebastian Kruis differed from the PfE majority

DateTextTheir votePfE majority
22 October 2026Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 A10-0257/2026 · Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski · Commission proposalAgainstAbstained
22 October 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross-border cooperation A10-0264/2026 · Jacek Protas · Motion for a resolutionAgainstAbstained
21 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland – EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and… A10-0273/2026 · Aura Salla · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 October 2026Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition A10-0259/2026 · Brigitte van den Berg · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
21 October 2026The mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Malta and Italy regarding the storm Harry in January 2026 and to Portugal and… A10-0274/2026 · Lucia Yar · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
20 October 2026Suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste… A10-0266/2026 · Ingeborg Ter Laak · Commission proposalAgainstFor
20 October 2026‘Cohesion policy – the driving force in implementing the EU agenda for cities’ A10-0263/2026 · Denis Nesci · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
20 October 2026Suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and… A10-0267/2026 · Ingeborg Ter Laak · Commission proposalAgainstFor
20 October 2026Connecting Europe through high-speed rail A10-0262/2026 · Vicent Marzà Ibáñez · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
8 October 2026RC-B10-0452/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0452/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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:

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.