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Lobby organisation

Rabobank

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Rabobank appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Together with our stakeholders, we have been dedicated to creating a future-proof society and tackling major societal challenges for 125 years. In the Netherlands, we serve retail and corporate clients; globally we focus on the food and agriculture sector. Our starting point is: together we can achieve more than we could individually.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party542%
Renew Europe325%
European Conservatives & Reformists217%
Patriots for Europe18%
Socialists & Democrats18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2026).

2022
1
2023
0
2024
4
2025
2
2026
5

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

Dirk Gotink
4 meetings · EPP
Auke Zijlstra
1 meeting · PfE
Arba Kokalari
1 meeting · EPP
Bert-Jan Ruissen
1 meeting · ECR
Jessika van Leeuwen
1 meeting · ECR

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Apr 2026Auke ZijlstraSingle Currency Package
21 Apr 2026Dirk GotinkDigital Euro
26 Feb 2026Lara WoltersSavings and Investment Union - EU's digital finance agenda
26 Feb 2026Dirk GotinkSavings and Investments Union and competitiveness
26 Feb 2026Gerben-Jan GerbrandyEconomic Policy
30 Apr 2025Arba KokalariAI in Financial Services
30 Apr 2025Dirk GotinkOmnibus, CSRD, CSDDD
20 Nov 2024Bert-Jan RuissenEU-landbouwbeleid
15 Oct 2024Jessika van LeeuwenExchange of views
1 Oct 2024Anouk van BrugIntroduction
1 Jul 2024Dirk GotinkECON
20 Jun 2022Pascal CanfinGreen finance

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