Member of the European Parliament · Belgium PfE
Tom Vandendriessche
MEP for Belgium · Patriots for Europe · Vlaams Belang · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Tom Vandendriessche (PfE, Belgium) has declared 13 lobby meetings this term - rank 543 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 48 of 85 within Patriots for Europe.
24% 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%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 3 in Dec 2025.
Busiest month: 3 declared in December 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Tom Vandendriessche meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries | 2 |
| European Digital Rights | 1 |
| Boerenbond vzw | 1 |
| America First Policy Institute Heritage Foundation | 1 |
| Ann-Pascale Mommerency | 1 |
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
Technology & digital (2), Agriculture & food (1), Human rights & humanitarian (1)
Meetings by committee topic
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (2), Culture and Education (1), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2026 | MCC Brussels | Member | EU institutions |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Mission of Morocco to the European Union | Member | Flemish Moroccan relations |
| 11 Mar 2026 | America First Policy Institute Heritage Foundation | Member | EU US relations |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries ↗ | Member | Meeting on EU digital legislation |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Confederatie van de Belgische Bietenplanters; Boerenbond vzw ↗ | Member | EU-Mercosur |
| 10 Dec 2025 | DPG Media | Member | Media |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries ↗ | Member | Innovation |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Matexi | Member | Real Estate |
| 29 Oct 2025 | European Digital Rights ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | EU Digital rights |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Mission of China to the European Union | Member | EU-China trade relations |
Show 3 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2025 | Reynaert, Frederic; Janssens, Tom | Member | Tobacco |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Iskren Kirilov; François-Régis Mouton de Lostalot-Lassalle | Member | EU Fossil Fuel Policy |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Frederik Vandermarliere; Ann-Pascale Mommerency | Member | Tobacco - Cigars |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Tom Vandendriessche 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 505 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Tom Vandendriessche 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 Vandendriessche differed from the PfE majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | PfE majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0156/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Draft Council decision | Abstained | Against |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0171/2026 – Stéphanie Yon-Courtin – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0303/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the Council | For | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolution | Against | For |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0148/2026 – Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez – Motion for a resolution | Against | Abstained |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0158/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Draft Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 21 May 2026 | RC-B10-0247/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0107/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | Abstained |
81 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.