
Member of the European Parliament · Belgium Renew
Yvan Verougstraete
MEP for Belgium · Renew Europe · Les Engagés · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Yvan Verougstraete (Renew, Belgium) has declared 124 lobby meetings this term - rank 170 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 37 of 77 within Renew Europe.
70% 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: 5 declared meetings in Sep 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 17 in Oct 2024.
Busiest month: 17 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Yvan Verougstraete meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) | 4 |
| BLOOM Association | 4 |
| European Commission | 4 |
| WWF European Policy Programme | 3 |
| Volvo AB | 3 |
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
Energy (31), Chemicals & manufacturing (13), Transport & automotive (13)
Meetings by committee topic
Industry, Research and Energy (66), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (14), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (4)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Automotive policy |
| 11 Sep 2026 | MBDA ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 10 Sep 2026 | SAFRAN ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Fédération belge des industries chimiques et des sciences de la vie ↗ | Member | ETS |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Volvo AB ↗ | Member | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Veolia Environnement ↗ | Member | EU ETS |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Euronext ↗ | Member | Energy |
| 26 Aug 2026 | WWF European Policy Programme ↗; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Elia Transmission Belgium ↗ | Member | Energy policy |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen ↗ | Member | Industrial policy |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | Hydrogen Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Cemminerals | Member | ETS |
| 6 Jul 2026 | EPIA SolarPower Europe ↗; Eurelectric aisbl ↗ | Member | Energy policy |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Mission Possible Partnership ↗ | Member | Industrial policy |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Fluxys SA | Member | Energy policy |
| 30 Jun 2026 | ignity | Shadow rapporteur | Defense industry |
| 26 Jun 2026 | CEWEP Ipalle | Member | ETS |
| 24 Jun 2026 | DataWalk | Member | Tech policy |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Avril SCA | Member | Biofuels |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Aerospacelab | Member | EU Space Act |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Comet | Member | Industrial recycling |
| 28 May 2026 | VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE | Member | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 27 May 2026 | Energy Cities ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Energy policy |
| 26 May 2026 | Association Française des Entreprises Privées / French Association of Large Companies ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Clean Corporate Vehicles |
| 21 May 2026 | Uber ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Automotive package |
| 20 May 2026 | TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Automotive package |
| 19 May 2026 | European Association Automotive Suppliers ↗; AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility ↗; ChargeUp Europe ↗; IVECO GROUP N.V. ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Automotive package |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Volvo AB ↗; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) ↗; Eurelectric aisbl ↗; AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Clean Corporate Vehicles |
| 16 Apr 2026 | BLOOM Association ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | European Competitiveness Fund |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Novana | Member | Critical Raw Materials |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Yvan Verougstraete 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 372 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Yvan Verougstraete 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 Yvan Verougstraete differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0104/2026 – Dimitris Tsiodras, Piotr Müller – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0073/2026 – Arba Kokalari, Michael McNamara – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0070/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0061/2026 – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | Against |
| 21 January 2026 | B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 25 November 2025 | B10-0493/2025 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
| 25 November 2025 | B10-0492/2025 – Motion for a resolution | For | Against |
8 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
20 counterpart entrys in Yvan Verougstraete's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “AMFEP” - likely Association of Manufacturers and Formulators of Enzyme Products (1 counterpart entry)
- “ASML Netherlands B.V.” - likely ASML Netherlands B.V. (1 counterpart entry)
- “Aerospacelab” - likely Aerospacelab (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.