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Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Represent the interests of Dutch Municipalities in the Dutch and EU decision making processes; and in the EU, in the Council of Europe and at the UN.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party233%
European Conservatives & Reformists117%
Greens/EFA117%
Renew Europe117%
Socialists & Democrats117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
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

Sander Smit
1 meeting · ECR
Kim van Sparrentak
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Ingeborg ter Laak
1 meeting · EPP
Marit Maij
1 meeting · S&D

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Mar 2026Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleEU Syriëbeleid
14 Oct 2025Marit MaijMeeting with VNG
5 Feb 2025Ingeborg ter LaakENVI
28 Jan 2025Jeroen LenaersAldermen social affairs of Eindhoven, Rotterdam and Utrecht
6 Nov 2024Sander SmitENVI
7 Oct 2019Kim van SparrentakIMCO Committee

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