
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
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.
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.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 3 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 84.6% |
| Oct 2024 | 7 | 71.4% |
| Nov 2024 | 14 | 81.2% |
| Dec 2024 | 5 | 40% |
| Jan 2025 | 9 | 88.9% |
| Feb 2025 | 8 | 45.5% |
| Mar 2025 | 10 | 100% |
| Apr 2025 | 3 | 66.7% |
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
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Vereniging VNO-NCW | 4 |
| Transport en Logistiek Nederland | 3 |
| CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council | 3 |
| Eindhoven University of Technology | 2 |
| Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland | 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, 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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2025 | European Chemical Industry Council↗ | Member | Chemical industry, CBAM |
| 8 Apr 2025 | Transport en Logistiek Nederland↗ | Member | Veetransport |
| 7 Apr 2025 | Voyex | Member | Hydrogen transport |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Tata Steel Nederland↗ | Member | Industrial policy, steel industry developments |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Vereniging VNO-NCW↗ | Member | Discussion on Clean Industrial Deal with Dutch industry |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Nederlandse Spoorwegen↗ | Member | Developments in railway policy |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Shell Companies↗ | Member | Clean Industrial Deal, energy-intensive industries |
| 20 Mar 2025 | #SustainablePublicAffairs↗ | Member | Industrial policy, NZIA implementation |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Koninklijke Binnenvaart Nederland↗; European Barge Union↗ | Member | Inland navigation |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland↗ | Member | Clean Industrial Deal, competitiveness and SME policy |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2025 | European Transport Workers' Federation↗ | Member | European transport policy and workers' rights |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Luossavaara Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag↗ | Member | Energy-intensive industries and rare earths |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Eurostar International Ltd↗ | Member | Railway policy |
| 25 Feb 2025 | RWE AG↗; Vereniging van Nederlandse Glasfabrikanten; Leerdam Crisal Glass; GLASS ALLIANCE EUROPE AISBL↗ | Member | Work visit |
| 19 Feb 2025 | FinCo Energies B.V.↗ | Member | Advanced biofuels |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Energie-Nederland | Member | Introductory meeting, current developments |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Mission of Japan to the EU | Member | EU-Japan (economic) relations |
| 14 Feb 2025 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings↗ | Member | Work visit |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Port of Kiel | Member | Port policy, European port strategy |
| 12 Feb 2025 | European Chemical Industry Council↗ | Member | Competitiveness, current developments |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Vereniging van Verf- en Drukinktfabrikanten (VVVF) | Member | SMEs in the paint industry |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Netherlands House for Education and Research (Neth-ER)↗ | Member | Research and education, Horizon |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Reisondernemingen↗ | Member | Package travel and passenger rights |
| 29 Jan 2025 | ULC-Energy | Member | Small modular reactors |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Royal Schiphol Group↗ | Member | Work visit |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Nyrstar Netherlands (Holdings) B.V.↗ | Member | Industry - state of play |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Zero Emissions Platform↗ | Member | Carbon emissions |
| 16 Jan 2025 | BOVAG↗ | Member | In-vehicle data access |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Transport en Logistiek Nederland↗ | Member | Transport - state of play |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Vereniging Nederlandse Verkeersvliegers↗ | Member | Aviation |
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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 378 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Tom Berendsen differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2025 | The 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) | Abstained | For |
| 11 September 2025 | The stocktaking of the European elections 2024 A10-0156/2025 · Ľubica Karvašová · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 10 September 2025 | The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy A10-0143/2025 · Carmen Crespo Díaz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 10 September 2025 | The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis A10-0139/2025 · Marcos Ros Sempere · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 9 July 2025 | The 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) | Abstained | For |
| 18 June 2025 | The implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility A10-0098/2025 · Victor Negrescu and Siegfried Mureşan · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 May 2025 | A 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) | Abstained | For |
| 3 April 2025 | Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 A10-0048/2025 · Matjaž Nemec · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 2 April 2025 | General guidelines for the preparation of the 2026 budget, Section III – Commission A10-0042/2025 · Andrzej Halicki · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 23 October 2024 | The 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) | Abstained | For |