Lobby organisation
Universiteit Maastricht
Think tank or academic body · Think tanks & research · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Universiteit Maastricht appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
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.”
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“UM has been awarded prestigious quality certificates from the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO): the Institutional Quality Assurance Assessment and the Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation (CeQuInt). UM stands out for its innovative education model, international character, multidisciplinary approach to research and education and strong focus on social engagement and impact. UM’s approximately 23.000 students (more than 50 % of whom are non-Dutch) represent over a 100 nationalities and a large proportion of its approximately 5000 staff members are international.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 11 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | Birgit Sippel | Automated privacy signales |
| 29 Sep 2025 | Auke Zijlstra | Horizon |
| 11 Sep 2025 | Tineke Strik | EU-Libya migration cooperation |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Tineke Strik | situation in Libya |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Kim van Sparrentak | Ethics and AI |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Christian Ehler | Science policy |
| 26 Oct 2023 | Christophe Clergeau | Déjeuner avec Ellen Vos Ph.D professeur de loi de l'Union européenne, sur les enjeux juridiques des nouveaux OGMs |
| 19 Oct 2023 | Tineke Strik | soft enforcement of EU migration law |
| 26 Jun 2023 | Daniel Freund | Treaty reform |
| 13 Oct 2022 | Pascal Arimont | Home office for cross-border workers |
| 9 Mar 2022 | Pascal Arimont | The Future of the European Cross-border Regions |
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