Lobby organisation
VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE
Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 9 September 2026, VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.
In their own words
“Het VBO is de enige interprofessionele werkgeversorganisatie die ondernemingen uit de drie gewesten van ons land vertegenwoordigt. De leden zijn actief in de belangrijkste industrie- en dienstensectoren. Het VBO heeft de ambitie om: 1. te werken aan een optimaal ondernemingsklimaat; 2. de belangen van bedrijven te verdedigen op federaal, Europees en internationaal niveau; 3. te zorgen voor samenhang in de…”
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.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 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 12 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2026 | Sophie Wilmès | IAA |
| 28 May 2026 | Yvan Verougstraete | Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 4 May 2026 | Sophie Wilmès | Energy and climate |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Kris van Dijck | Trade policy + Industrial Accelerator Act |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Pascal Arimont | Exchange on current European Policies |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Sophie Wilmès | Industrie & économie européenne |
| 23 Sep 2025 | Bruno Tobback | Prioriteiten voor het versterken van het concurrentievermogen van de Europese bedrijven. |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Sophie Wilmès | Belgian business environment |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Pascal Arimont | Exchange with Belgian employers on the topic of competitiveness |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Bruno Tobback | Integration of the energy system |
| 17 Jan 2023 | Kathleen van Brempt | Roundtable discussion - A stronger Europe in the World |
| 23 Jun 2022 | Pascal Arimont | Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence |
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