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Former Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands EPP

Tom Berendsen

MEP for the Netherlands from 16 July 2024 to 22 February 2026 · European People's Party · Christen Democratisch Appèl · official EP profile

Left 22 February 2026

Tom Berendsen (EPP, Netherlands) was a Member of the European Parliament from 16 July 2024 to 22 February 2026. This site holds 69 declared lobby meetings from that time, up to 29 April 2025, where its record stops. (As of 27 October 2026.)

Tom Berendsen left the Parliament on 22 February 2026. This page keeps the record of the time in the seat this term. It is not ranked or set against averages: those compare the 720 members seated now, over the whole term.

78% of Tom Berendsen's declared counterpart entries from that time, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link.

Meetings held after 29 April 2025 are not in this record: the older bulk feed this site's history comes from ends on that day, and the site's own reading of members' declarations began in mid-July 2026, after Tom Berendsen had left.

69
declared meetings
while seated, this term
78%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; while seated
19
months in the seat
left Feb 2026

Former members are not ranked. All 720 MEPs seated now · former members this term.

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 April 2025: Tom Berendsen held the seat until 22 February 2026, but this site's record of the declarations stops on 29 April 2025.

Latest: 3 declared meetings in Apr 2025, 66.7% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 14 in Nov 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%014July 2024: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 14 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 10 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 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 link202420250%25%50%75%100%014July 2024: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 14 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 10 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 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 link202420250%50%100%01420242025
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 20243100%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20241084.6%
Oct 2024771.4%
Nov 20241481.2%
Dec 2024540%
Jan 2025988.9%
Feb 2025845.5%
Mar 202510100%
Apr 2025366.7%

Busiest month: 14 declared in November 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Tom Berendsen met 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, while in the seat. Sector and committee pages cover the members seated now, so these meetings are not in their figures.

Most-met sectors this term

Transport & automotive (17), Energy (8), Chemicals & manufacturing (7)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Industry, Research and Energy (41), Transport and Tourism (26)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Apr 2025European Chemical Industry Council⁠↗MemberChemical industry, CBAM
8 Apr 2025Transport en Logistiek Nederland⁠↗MemberVeetransport
7 Apr 2025VoyexMemberHydrogen transport
26 Mar 2025Tata Steel Nederland⁠↗MemberIndustrial policy, steel industry developments
25 Mar 2025Vereniging VNO-NCW⁠↗MemberDiscussion on Clean Industrial Deal with Dutch industry
25 Mar 2025Nederlandse Spoorwegen⁠↗MemberDevelopments in railway policy
25 Mar 2025Shell Companies⁠↗MemberClean Industrial Deal, energy-intensive industries
20 Mar 2025#Sustainable­Public­Affairs⁠↗MemberIndustrial policy, NZIA implementation
20 Mar 2025Koninklijke Binnenvaart Nederland⁠↗; European Barge Union⁠↗MemberInland navigation
18 Mar 2025Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland⁠↗MemberClean Industrial Deal, competitiveness and SME policy
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
18 Mar 2025European Transport Workers' Federation⁠↗MemberEuropean transport policy and workers' rights
17 Mar 2025Luossavaara Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag⁠↗MemberEnergy-intensive industries and rare earths
12 Mar 2025Eurostar International Ltd⁠↗MemberRailway policy
25 Feb 2025RWE AG⁠↗; Vereniging van Nederlandse Glas­fabrikanten; Leerdam Crisal Glass; GLASS ALLIANCE EUROPE AISBL⁠↗MemberWork visit
19 Feb 2025FinCo Energies B.V.⁠↗MemberAdvanced biofuels
18 Feb 2025Energie-NederlandMemberIntroductory meeting, current developments
18 Feb 2025Mission of Japan to the EUMemberEU-Japan (economic) relations
14 Feb 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings⁠↗MemberWork visit
12 Feb 2025Port of KielMemberPort policy, European port strategy
12 Feb 2025European Chemical Industry Council⁠↗MemberCompetitiveness, current developments
4 Feb 2025Vereniging van Verf- en Drukinkt­fabrikanten (VVVF)MemberSMEs in the paint industry
30 Jan 2025Netherlands House for Education and Research (Neth-ER)⁠↗MemberResearch and education, Horizon
30 Jan 2025Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Reis­ondernemingen⁠↗MemberPackage travel and passenger rights
29 Jan 2025ULC-EnergyMemberSmall modular reactors
24 Jan 2025Royal Schiphol Group⁠↗MemberWork visit
22 Jan 2025Nyrstar Netherlands (Holdings) B.V.⁠↗MemberIndustry - state of play
16 Jan 2025Zero Emissions Platform⁠↗MemberCarbon emissions
16 Jan 2025BOVAG⁠↗MemberIn-vehicle data access
14 Jan 2025Transport en Logistiek Nederland⁠↗MemberTransport - state of play
13 Jan 2025Vereniging Nederlandse Verkeersvliegers⁠↗MemberAviation

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 3,838 roll-call votes while Tom Berendsen held the seat, 378 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.

98%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 3,838 held while seated
371
final texts voted on
of 378
97%
voted with the EPP majority
on 367 final texts
10
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 378 final votes held while seated.

Tom Berendsen378 final votes
83%13%
For 312Against 48Abstained 11No vote recorded 7

With and against the group

On the 367 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Tom Berendsen 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 EPP majority35797%
Voted differently103%

Final texts where Tom Berendsen differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
22 October 2025The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 A10-0192/2025 · Andrzej Halicki and Matjaž Nemec · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 September 2025The stocktaking of the European elections 2024 A10-0156/2025 · Ľubica Karvašová · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 September 2025The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy A10-0143/2025 · Carmen Crespo Díaz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 September 2025The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis A10-0139/2025 · Marcos Ros Sempere · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
9 July 2025The Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2025 of the European Union for the financial year 2025 entering the surplus of the financial year 2024 A10-0116/2025 · Victor Negrescu · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 June 2025The implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility A10-0098/2025 · Victor Negrescu and Siegfried Mureşan · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world A10-0076/2025 · Siegfried Mureşan and Carla Tavares · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
3 April 2025Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 A10-0048/2025 · Matjaž Nemec · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
2 April 2025General guidelines for the preparation of the 2026 budget, Section III – Commission A10-0042/2025 · Andrzej Halicki · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
23 October 2024The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 A10-0008/2024 · Victor Negrescu and Niclas Herbst · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)AbstainedFor