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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%.

128
declared meetings
current term
639
records since 2019
full dataset
57%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
163/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
23/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Ville Niinistö, this term
128
Parliament average
85
Greens/EFA average
128

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 11 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 27 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 8 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Sep 2026Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Shadow rapporteurResearch policy
2 Jul 2026European Social Insurance Platform AISBL Shadow rapporteurPublic interest
1 Jul 2026MEDICINES FOR EUROPE Shadow rapporteurInnovation policy
30 Jun 2026Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs Shadow rapporteurConsumer interest
11 Jun 2026Oulun yliopisto Shadow rapporteurResearch policy
10 Jun 2026Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto LUT ; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ; International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers Shadow rapporteurResearch policy
2 Jun 2026MEDEF InternationalMemberIndustrial policy
12 May 2026Länsirata OyMemberTransport infrastructure
12 May 2026Puolustus- ja ilmateollisuus PIAMemberCompetitiveness
12 May 2026Teollisuuden Voima Oyj MemberNuclear power, industry
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
12 May 2026Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos MemberPublic health
6 May 2026Caruna Networks Oy MemberEnergy policy, climate
5 May 2026Office of TibetMemberHuman and minority rights
5 May 2026MetsähallitusMemberForestry
5 May 2026East & North Finland EU OfficeMemberRegional partnerships, industry, security,
29 Apr 2026Eurelectric aisbl MemberElectrification, energy security
28 Apr 2026Medialiitto ry MemberMedia, democracy, digital services
25 Mar 2026Centre for Research on Energy and Clean AirMemberEnergy security
25 Mar 2026Technology Industries of Finland (Teknologiateollisuus ry) MemberPreparedness, geopolitics
25 Mar 2026West Finland European OfficeMemberCompetitiveness
24 Mar 2026Research Council of NorwayMemberResearch and innovation
24 Mar 2026Finnish Data Center AssociationMemberEnergy, sustainability, technology
18 Mar 2026Finnish Forest Industries Federation (Metsäteollisuus ry) MemberForestry, climate
18 Mar 2026Riihimäen kaupunkiMemberCircular economy, sustainability
18 Mar 2026Oulun yliopisto MemberResearch and innovation
17 Mar 2026Steady EnergyMemberEnergy, climate, competitiveness
17 Mar 2026TAH-säätiöMemberIndustry, green transition, competitiveness
17 Mar 2026Neogames FinlandShadow rapporteurIndustry, EU affairs
13 Mar 2026Turun ammattikorkeakouluMemberGreen transition, economy
11 Mar 2026VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd MemberResearch 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.

79%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
415
final texts voted on
of 537
100%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 413 final texts
2
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Ville Niinistö537 final votes
64%10%23%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the Greens/EFA majority411100%
Voted differently20%

Final texts where Ville Niinistö differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
8 October 2025A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
3 April 2025C10-0038/2025 - Proposition de la CommissionAbstainedFor

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:

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.