Lobby organisation
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Think tank or academic body · Think tanks & research · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Vrije Universiteit Brussel appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (13 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“As a university Vrije Universtiteit Brussel follows a wide range of EU initiatives, policies and legislative files. As a research institution we are an avid participant of the framework programme Horizon Europe. We also adhere to the charter and the code of researchers and have the seal of HR excellence.”
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“Furthermore we monitor EU policy mainly surrounding HEU but also as a whole and in dept through our researchers involved in European Studies. We are following up on big issues such as data protection, ethics, animal testing, clinical trials, data management and storage, open access… As a university we are also very much involved with the Erasmus+ programme. We have experts keeping up to date with EU regulation and aligning these with our internal rules and practices. Our researchers are often functioning as experts and evaluators for the EC. We take part in a number of surveys and stakeholder consultations by the EU or the EC.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 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 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2026 | Dan Barna | High-Level Roundtable on European Competitiveness and the Management Quality impact |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Bruno Tobback | Horizon |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Johan van Overtveldt | MFF: Research and Innovation |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Bruno Tobback | Europees onderzoeks- en innovatiebeleid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Tilly Metz | One Health |
| 3 Mar 2025 | Eszter Lakos | Research policies |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Rudi Kennes | Universities and research |
| 7 Feb 2025 | Kathleen van Brempt | General European Politics (study visit VUB library) |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Hilde Vautmans | Higher education / Talent |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Kathleen van Brempt | De rol van Europese universiteiten in onderzoek en ontwikkeling en de Europese horizon-fondsen |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Liesbet Sommen | Onderzoek en ontwikkeling |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Kathleen van Brempt | China Maritime Policy (APA) |
| 26 Jun 2023 | Daniel Freund | Treaty reform |
| 1 Mar 2023 | Kathleen van Brempt | Sustainable transition to climate neutrality - the role of European ports |
| 17 Nov 2021 | Alice Kuhnke | Speaker: Discrimination in Europe in times of COVID - How to combat it? |
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