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Vereniging VNO-NCW

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Vereniging VNO-NCW appears in 150 declared MEP meetings (29 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

150
declared meetings
with current MEPs
29
MEPs met
€1.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“VNO-NCW is de grootste ondernemingsorganisatie van Nederland. VNO-NCW behartigt de gemeenschappelijke belangen van het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven zowel op nationaal als op internationaal niveau. De belangenbehartiging is gericht op het in stand houden en verder verbeteren van het ondernemings- en vestigingsklimaat voor Nederlandse ondernemingen en voor buitenlandse ondernemingen die in of vanuit Nederland willen opereren. De bij VNO-NCW aangesloten bedrijven en…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 150 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe5033%
Socialists & Democrats3020%
European People's Party2819%
Patriots for Europe2416%
Greens/EFA1510%
European Conservatives & Reformists32%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (48 in 2025).

2019
3
2020
6
2021
3
2022
8
2023
10
2024
35
2025
48
2026
37

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

Jeannette Baljeu
21 meetings · Renew
Bart Groothuis
14 meetings · Renew
Lara Wolters
14 meetings · S&D
Ingeborg ter Laak
13 meetings · EPP
Auke Zijlstra
12 meetings · PfE

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Ingeborg ter LaakCirculaire economie & Biotech
8 Jul 2026Bart GroothuisEuropean Competitiveness
8 Jul 2026Bart GroothuisCompetitiveness
8 Jul 2026Dirk GotinkECON and INTA priorities
8 Jul 2026Mohammed ChahimKennismaking/IAA/Tech sov Package
8 Jul 2026Jeannette BaljeuSimplification
18 Jun 2026Dirk GotinkSupplementary pensions package
17 Jun 2026Auke ZijlstraIORP II, PEPP, pension package
11 Jun 2026Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiMeeting regarding the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034
9 Jun 2026Auke ZijlstraIORP II
9 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisDigital Omnibus
4 Jun 2026Dirk GotinkIndustrial Accelerator Act
20 May 2026Mohammed ChahimIAA and Grids Package (nitrogen)
16 Apr 2026Lara WoltersExchange of views on the general workings of the ECON Committee
7 Apr 2026Auke Zijlstradigital euro

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