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Universiteit Maastricht

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Universiteit Maastricht appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

10
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Maastricht University (UM), founded in 1976, is a Dutch public university and one of the best young universities in the world. It is the most international university in the Netherlands and has a distinct European profile in research and education. UM has been awarded prestigious quality certificates from the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO): the Institutional Quality…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 10 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA440%
European People's Party330%
Socialists & Democrats220%
Patriots for Europe110%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2022
2
2023
3
2024
1
2025
3
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

Tineke Strik
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Pascal Arimont
2 meetings · EPP
Auke Zijlstra
1 meeting · PfE
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Kim van Sparrentak
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 10 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
18 May 2026Birgit SippelAutomated privacy signales
29 Sep 2025Auke ZijlstraHorizon
11 Sep 2025Tineke StrikEU-Libya migration cooperation
26 Feb 2025Kim van SparrentakEthics and AI
24 Apr 2024Christian EhlerScience policy
26 Oct 2023Christophe ClergeauDéjeuner avec Ellen Vos Ph.D professeur de loi de l'Union européenne, sur les enjeux juridiques des nouveaux OGMs
19 Oct 2023Tineke Striksoft enforcement of EU migration law
26 Jun 2023Daniel FreundTreaty reform
13 Oct 2022Pascal ArimontHome office for cross-border workers
9 Mar 2022Pascal ArimontThe Future of the European Cross-border Regions

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