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Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands S&D

Thijs Reuten

MEP for the Netherlands · Socialists & Democrats · Progressief Nederland · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Thijs Reuten (S&D, Netherlands) has declared 157 lobby meetings this term - rank 152 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 2 other MEPs.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.6× the average member, and it ranks 43 of 135 in the S&D group.

20% 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 52%.

157
declared meetings
current term
298
records since 2016
full dataset
20%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
152/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 2 others
43/135
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Thijs Reuten, this term
157
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

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: 14 in Sep 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%014July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 8 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 11 declared meetingsApril 2025: 11 declared meetingsMay 2025: 7 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 8 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 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: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%014July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 8 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 11 declared meetingsApril 2025: 11 declared meetingsMay 2025: 7 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 6 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 8 declared meetingsApril 2026: 4 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 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: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%014202420252026
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 202420%
Aug 20240-
Sep 2024855.6%
Oct 2024633.3%
Nov 2024955.6%
Dec 2024837.5%
Jan 2025250%
Feb 20251020%
Mar 2025119.1%
Apr 20251125%
May 2025742.9%
Jun 2025737.5%
Jul 202530%
Aug 202510%
Sep 20251417.6%
Oct 2025110%
Nov 2025616.7%
Dec 202540%
Jan 202690%
Feb 202660%
Mar 202680%
Apr 2026425%
May 202650%
Jun 202650%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 14 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Thijs Reuten meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
UK Mission6
Free Russia Foundation3
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change3
DEM-PARTI3
Embassy North-Macedonia3

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

Human rights & humanitarian (14), Think tanks & research (8), Democracy & civil society (4)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Foreign Affairs (113), Security and Defence (20), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (8)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
29 Jun 2026IDEP MoldovaMemberMoldova
18 Jun 2026Embassy North MacedoniaMemberNorth Macedonia
17 Jun 2026DPS partyMemberMontenegro
10 Jun 2026TomTom International bvMemberDefense
1 Jun 2026Representatives of Dutch ParliamentMemberEU-NL relations
22 May 2026Asser InstituteMemberInternational law
19 May 2026Embassy of North Macedonia to the EUMemberNorth Macedonia
19 May 2026Chairwoman of the Centre for Civil LibertiesMemberUkraine
12 May 2026Ukrainian Deputy Foreign MinisterShadow rapporteurUkraine-EU relations
5 May 2026Democratic Union for Integration North MacedoniaMemberNorth Macedonia
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
28 Apr 2026Embassy Israel to The NetherlandsMemberIsrael / Palestina
28 Apr 2026Euroclear SA/NV⁠↗MemberUA
23 Apr 2026Deputy Prime Minster of UkraineMemberUkraine-EU relations
21 Apr 2026Rector University of BelgradeMemberSerbia
24 Mar 2026Democratic Party of Socialists of MontengroMemberMontenegro
24 Mar 2026Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign trade of North MacedoniaMemberNorth Macedonia
18 Mar 2026Transatlantic Dialogue CenterMemberUA
17 Mar 2026European Court of AuditorsMemberEuropean Court of Auditors
17 Mar 2026Moldovan Parliament representativesMemberEU security
10 Mar 2026Kurdish representatives IranMemberIran
10 Mar 2026Embassy UK to EUMemberEU-UK relations
5 Mar 2026Destinus NL BVMemberEU security
18 Feb 2026UK FCDOMemberWestern Balkans
18 Feb 2026UK FCDO; House of Commons; Embassy of the Netherlands to UKMemberEU-UK relations
18 Feb 2026Chatham HouseMemberHybrid warfare
17 Feb 2026The Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom; House of LordsMemberEU-UK relations
17 Feb 2026Ministry of Defence UKMemberDefence
11 Feb 2026Embassy New Zealand to EUMemberEU and NATO
30 Jan 2026Stichting_Eurodefense_NederlandMemberDefence
29 Jan 2026EU Militairy staffMemberCSDP

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Thijs Reuten 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.

96%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
585
final texts voted on
of 606
94%
voted with the S&D majority
on 583 final texts
36
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Thijs Reuten606 final votes
82%11%
For 499Against 68Abstained 18No vote recorded 21

With and against the group

On the 583 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Thijs Reuten 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 S&D majority54794%
Voted differently366%

Final texts where Thijs Reuten differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
7 October 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
17 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up B10-0386/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 September 2026The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security A10-0205/2026 · Paulo do Nascimento Cabral · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
16 September 2026The Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection… A10-0204/2026 · Jaroslav Bžoch · Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
8 July 2026In view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico A10-0182/2026 · Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system A10-0186/2026 · Johan Van Overtveldt · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
20 May 2026The impact of the implementation of Directive 2014/89/EU, the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins A10-0120/2026 · Stéphanie Yon-Courtin · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
20 May 2026The United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and… A10-0090/2026 · Moritz Körner · Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
20 May 2026The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the… A10-0102/2026 · Ilhan Kyuchyuk · Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
30 April 2026How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by… A10-0088/2026 · Carlo Fidanza · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

26 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

11 counterpart entries in Thijs Reuten's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 11 entries; the other 8 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.