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Lobby organisation

Damen Shipyards Group

Company · Transport & automotive · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Damen Shipyards Group appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Our Purpose Seventy percent of the earth is made up of water. Water connects worlds and allows us to discover. To trade. To provide help. To produce food and generate energy. To relax and enjoy.”

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“In order to ensure global prosperity for next generations and keep the earth habitable with an ever-increasing world population, it is essential that we use the water and the seabed as optimally, but also as responsibly, as possible. At Damen, we provide unprecedented maritime solutions to utilise and protect these possibilities. Our vision At Damen, we believe that oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer humanity a growing range of possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation. We offer unprecedented maritime solutions for this through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. We offer versatile platforms to connect the world and enable you to be successful. Innovative ships that inspire and raise the standard in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency, […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe267%
Greens/EFA133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (1 in 2020). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025
1
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Bart Groothuis
1 meeting · Renew
Kim van Sparrentak
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Jeannette Baljeu
1 meeting · Renew

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Feb 2026Bart GroothuisMilitary mobility
26 Mar 2025Jeannette BaljeuMaritime policy
8 Jun 2020Kim van SparrentakIMCO committee

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