
Member of the European Parliament · Finland Greens/EFA
Ville Niinistö
MEP for Finland · Greens/EFA · Vihreä liitto · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Ville Niinistö (Greens/EFA, Finland) has declared 128 lobby meetings this term - rank 163 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.5× the average member, and 23 of 53 within Greens/EFA.
57% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above 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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 27 in Mar 2026.
Busiest month: 27 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Ville Niinistö 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
Most-met sectors
Think tanks & research (20), Chemicals & manufacturing (12), Energy (11)
Meetings by committee topic
Industry, Research and Energy (61), D-RU (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 2026 | Confederation of Finnish Industries EK ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Research policy |
| 2 Jul 2026 | European Social Insurance Platform AISBL ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Public interest |
| 1 Jul 2026 | MEDICINES FOR EUROPE ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Innovation policy |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Consumer interest |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Oulun yliopisto ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Research policy |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto LUT ↗; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ↗; International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Research policy |
| 2 Jun 2026 | MEDEF International | Member | Industrial policy |
| 12 May 2026 | Länsirata Oy | Member | Transport infrastructure |
| 12 May 2026 | Puolustus- ja ilmateollisuus PIA | Member | Competitiveness |
| 12 May 2026 | Teollisuuden Voima Oyj ↗ | Member | Nuclear power, industry |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos ↗ | Member | Public health |
| 6 May 2026 | Caruna Networks Oy ↗ | Member | Energy policy, climate |
| 5 May 2026 | Office of Tibet | Member | Human and minority rights |
| 5 May 2026 | Metsähallitus | Member | Forestry |
| 5 May 2026 | East & North Finland EU Office | Member | Regional partnerships, industry, security, |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Eurelectric aisbl ↗ | Member | Electrification, energy security |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Medialiitto ry ↗ | Member | Media, democracy, digital services |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air | Member | Energy security |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Technology Industries of Finland (Teknologiateollisuus ry) ↗ | Member | Preparedness, geopolitics |
| 25 Mar 2026 | West Finland European Office | Member | Competitiveness |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Research Council of Norway | Member | Research and innovation |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Finnish Data Center Association | Member | Energy, sustainability, technology |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Finnish Forest Industries Federation (Metsäteollisuus ry) ↗ | Member | Forestry, climate |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Riihimäen kaupunki | Member | Circular economy, sustainability |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Oulun yliopisto ↗ | Member | Research and innovation |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Steady Energy | Member | Energy, climate, competitiveness |
| 17 Mar 2026 | TAH-säätiö | Member | Industry, green transition, competitiveness |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Neogames Finland | Shadow rapporteur | Industry, EU affairs |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Turun ammattikorkeakoulu | Member | Green transition, economy |
| 11 Mar 2026 | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd ↗ | Member | Research and innovation |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Ville Niinistö 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 413 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Ville Niinistö 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 Ville Niinistö differed from the Greens/EFA majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Greens/EFA majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 2025 | A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 3 April 2025 | C10-0038/2025 - Proposition de la Commission | Abstained | For |
Unlinked but matchable
14 counterpart entrys in Ville Niinistö's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Finnish Data Center Association” - likely Finnish Data Center Association (1 counterpart entry)
- “Luonnonvarakeskus” - likely Luonnonvarakeskus (1 counterpart entry)
- “Länsirata Oy” - likely Länsirata Oy (1 counterpart entry)
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.