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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%.

124
declared meetings
current term
124
records since 2019
full dataset
70%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
170/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
37/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Yvan Verougstraete, this term
124
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 6 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 17 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 8 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 10 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 7 declared meetingsApril 2026: 11 declared meetingsMay 2026: 6 declared meetingsJune 2026: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 7 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 3 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 5 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 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: 17 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Yvan Verougstraete 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

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
11 Sep 2026Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) Shadow rapporteurAutomotive policy
11 Sep 2026MBDA Shadow rapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
10 Sep 2026SAFRAN Shadow rapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
7 Sep 2026Fédération belge des industries chimiques et des sciences de la vie MemberETS
7 Sep 2026Volvo AB MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
27 Aug 2026Veolia Environnement MemberEU ETS
27 Aug 2026Euronext MemberEnergy
26 Aug 2026WWF European Policy Programme ; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) Shadow rapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
13 Jul 2026Elia Transmission Belgium MemberEnergy policy
8 Jul 2026Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen MemberIndustrial policy
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Jul 2026Hydrogen Europe Shadow rapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
6 Jul 2026CemmineralsMemberETS
6 Jul 2026EPIA SolarPower Europe ; Eurelectric aisbl MemberEnergy policy
6 Jul 2026Mission Possible Partnership MemberIndustrial policy
1 Jul 2026Fluxys SAMemberEnergy policy
30 Jun 2026ignityShadow rapporteurDefense industry
26 Jun 2026CEWEP IpalleMemberETS
24 Jun 2026DataWalkMemberTech policy
24 Jun 2026Avril SCAMemberBiofuels
18 Jun 2026AerospacelabMemberEU Space Act
11 Jun 2026CometMemberIndustrial recycling
28 May 2026VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUEMemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
27 May 2026Energy Cities Shadow rapporteurEnergy policy
26 May 2026Association Française des Entreprises Privées / French Association of Large Companies Shadow rapporteurClean Corporate Vehicles
21 May 2026Uber Shadow rapporteurAutomotive package
20 May 2026TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE Shadow rapporteurAutomotive package
19 May 2026European Association Automotive Suppliers ; AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility ; ChargeUp Europe ; IVECO GROUP N.V. Shadow rapporteurAutomotive package
21 Apr 2026Volvo AB ; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) ; Eurelectric aisbl ; AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility Shadow rapporteurClean Corporate Vehicles
16 Apr 2026BLOOM Association Shadow rapporteurEuropean Competitiveness Fund
15 Apr 2026NovanaMemberCritical 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.

69%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
384
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the Renew majority
on 372 final texts
18
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Yvan Verougstraete537 final votes
65%28%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the Renew majority35495%
Voted differently185%

Final texts where Yvan Verougstraete differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
29 April 2026A10-0104/2026 – Dimitris Tsiodras, Piotr Müller – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
26 March 2026A10-0073/2026 – Arba Kokalari, Michael McNamara – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
26 March 2026A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
26 March 2026A10-0070/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposalAgainstFor
21 January 2026B10-0061/2026 – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
21 January 2026B10-0060/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
25 November 2025B10-0493/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
25 November 2025B10-0492/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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:

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.