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Vereniging FME

Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Netherlands · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Vereniging FME appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Doelstellingen: FME heeft als doel om de technologische industrie te versterken en te positioneren als sleutelspeler in het oplossen van maatschappelijke uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, digitalisering, en strategische autonomie.”

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“Kernactiviteiten: Belangenbehartiging voor de technologische industrie bij nationale, regionale en Europese overheden, het stimuleren van technologische innovatie binnen de maakindustrie, het verbeteren van aansluiting tussen onderwijs en de arbeidsmarkt en het verbinden van stakeholders en bedrijven.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe480%
Patriots for Europe120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2025
3
2026
2

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
2 meetings · Renew
Auke Zijlstra
1 meeting · PfE
Brigitte van den Berg
1 meeting · Renew
Jeannette Baljeu
1 meeting · Renew

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Sep 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
10 Jul 2026Bart GroothuisIAA
14 Oct 2025Auke ZijlstraGreen Deal
14 Oct 2025Brigitte van den BergIAA
14 Oct 2025Jeannette BaljeuInternal market

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