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Member of the European Parliament · Denmark Greens/EFA

Villy Søvndal

MEP for Denmark · Greens/EFA · Socialistisk Folkeparti · official EP profile

As of 7 November 2026, Villy Søvndal (Greens/EFA, Denmark) has declared 89 lobby meetings this term - rank 289 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 4 other MEPs.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 42 of 53 in the Greens/EFA group.

38% 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 52%.

89
declared meetings
current term
90
records since 2016
full dataset
38%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
289/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 4 others
42/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Villy Søvndal, this term
89
Parliament average
100
Greens/EFA average
156

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 15 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%015July 2024: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 15 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 8 declared meetingsJune 2025: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 1 declared meetingNovember 2026: 0 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: 60% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%015July 2024: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 15 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 8 declared meetingsJune 2025: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 4 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 1 declared meetingNovember 2026: 0 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: 60% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%015202420252026
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 2024560%
Aug 20240-
Sep 20241563.2%
Oct 20242100%
Nov 2024366.7%
Dec 202420%
Jan 202550%
Feb 202530%
Mar 202540%
Apr 2025514.3%
May 2025825%
Jun 2025855.6%
Jul 202510%
Aug 20250-
Sep 202510%
Oct 20250-
Nov 2025633.3%
Dec 20251100%
Jan 20260-
Feb 202620%
Mar 2026425%
Apr 2026250%
May 202620%
Jun 2026450%
Jul 2026250%
Aug 20260-
Sep 2026333.3%
Oct 202610%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 15 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Villy Søvndal 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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Human rights & humanitarian (14), Business federations & chambers (5), Labour & trade unions (5)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Foreign Affairs (27), Employment and Social Affairs (13), Security and Defence (9), Delegation for relations with Palestine (7), Industry, Research and Energy (6)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
14 Oct 2026Efficient Buildings Europe SYNERGI TEKNIQ The Coalition for Energy Savings Dansk Industri Dansk ErhvervMemberEnergy Efficiency
22 Sep 2026Brussels International Center⁠↗MemberThe Middle East
10 Sep 2026Al HaqMemberPalestine
8 Sep 2026Biogas DanmarkMemberBiogas
15 Jul 2026AFSCMemberPalestine
7 Jul 2026VELUX A/S (VELUX Group)⁠↗MemberGreen transition
25 Jun 2026SYNERGI⁠↗MemberElectrification
24 Jun 2026Andel Holding A/SMemberRenewable Energy
24 Jun 2026SYNERGI⁠↗MemberElectrification
23 Jun 2026The European Policy Institute in KyivMemberUkraine
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 May 2026Anti-corruption Action CenterMemberUkraine
7 May 2026National Democratic Institute in UkraineMemberUkraine
21 Apr 2026The ONE Campaign⁠↗MemberGlobal Europe Instrument
13 Apr 2026International Federation for Rights and DevelopmentMemberForeign soldiers being lured into the Russian army
19 Mar 20263FMemberWorker's Rights
18 Mar 2026Kræftens Bekæmpelse⁠↗MemberTobacco Products Directive
18 Mar 2026EAPNMemberAnti-Poverty Strategy
10 Mar 2026FH - Fag­bevægelsens Hoved­organisationMemberWorker's rights
26 Feb 2026Al Haq B'EtselemMemberPalestine
5 Feb 2026Dansk Arbejdsgiver­foreningMemberTalent Pool
9 Dec 2025Fag­bevægelsens Hoved­organisation⁠↗MemberDiscussion about workers' rights
20 Nov 2025Fag­bevægelsens Hoved­organisation⁠↗MemberDiscussion about workers' rights
11 Nov 2025Rasmussen GlobalMemberMeeting on general affairs concerning European defence
11 Nov 2025Board NetworkMemberGeneral discussion about work in the European Parliament
11 Nov 2025Danish Church AidMemberGeneral discussion on world affairs
6 Nov 2025Breaking the SilenceMemberMeeting with Breaking the Silence
5 Nov 2025TOPSOE A/S⁠↗MemberMeeting on clean fuels for defence sector
24 Sep 2025Parasport DanmarkMemberConditions for paraathletes
14 Jul 2025China Strategic Risks InstituteMemberMeeting on energy supply
26 Jun 2025Razom We Stand⁠↗MemberMeeting on energy supply

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Villy Søvndal held the seat, 606 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.

94%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
553
final texts voted on
of 606
98%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 550 final texts
11
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Villy Søvndal606 final votes
75%12%9%
For 457Against 75Abstained 21No vote recorded 53

With and against the group

On the 550 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Villy Søvndal 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 majority53998%
Voted differently112%

Final texts where Villy Søvndal differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
15 September 2026Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve A10-0230/2026 · Pierfrancesco Maran · Commission proposalForAbstained
15 September 2026The implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council… A10-0218/2026 · Hristo Petrov · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 March 2026The adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of… A10-0069/2026 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposalForAgainst
12 February 2026RC-B10-0120/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0120/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
21 January 2026Motion for a resolution seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part B10-0060/2026 · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
13 November 2025The Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore A10-0187/2025 · Svenja Hahn · Draft Council decisionAbstainedAgainst
10 September 2025The accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part A10-0141/2025 · Dariusz Joński · Draft Council decisionForAgainst
1 April 2025Providing macro-financial assistance to the Arab Republic of Egypt A10-0037/2025 · Céline Imart · Commission proposal and amendmentsAbstainedAgainst
18 December 2024The accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part A10-0024/2024 · Dariusz Joński · Draft Council decisionForAgainst
18 December 2024The accession of Tuvalu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part A10-0025/2024 · Dariusz Joński · Draft Council decisionForAgainst

1 further instance is not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

18 counterpart entries in Villy Søvndal's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 18 entries; the other 14 are not listed.

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.