Brigitte VAN DEN BERG
Renew Netherlands CULTEMPLHOUSITRE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 4 Jun 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 4 Jun 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
73
meetings published this term · rank 314 of 718
18
held as shadow rapporteur
57
distinct organisations met
79%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
11 Sep 2024 – 19 Mar 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
5 of 15
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (33.3%) · rank 153 of 628
18
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/0006(COD) | Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights | EMPL | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 2 Oct 2024 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0068(COD) | Improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’) | EMPL | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 15 Jan 2025 | none matched |
| 2024/0301(COD) | Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 | EMPL+IMCO | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 Apr 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/2051(INI) | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world | BUDG | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 24 Oct 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/2077(INI) | The European Social Fund Plus post-2027 | EMPL | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 16 Oct 2024 | none matched |
| 2025/0085(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges | EMPL | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 Apr 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0210(BUD) | General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections | BUDE+BUDG | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 29 Jan 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0239(COD) | Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034 | EMPL | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 14 Jan 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/0385(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 2 Mar 2026 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/0550(COD) | Establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818 | CULT+LIBE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 20 Jan 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/0571(APP) | Laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034 | BUDG | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 25 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2070(INI) | Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | HOUS | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 9 Apr 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/2180(INI) | Cultural and creative sectors in the age of AI | CULT | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 10 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2246(BUI) | Guidelines for the 2027 Budget - Section III | BUDG | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 17 Dec 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2536(RSP) | Energy-intensive industries | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 29 Jan 2025 | ✓ yes |
Declared meetings (73)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | Member | Energy prices and grids package | 2025/0400(COD) | TenneT Holding B.V. | not in register |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Member | Energy prices and hydrogen infrastructure | — | N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie | registered ↗ |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | Invest NL | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Member | Green steel | 2026/0068(COD) | Hydnum Steel, S.L. | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Member | Industrial Accelerator Act | 2026/0068(COD) | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Member | Wind energy supply chains | — | Vestas Wind Systems A/S | registered ↗ |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | Phoenix metals | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Member | Horizon Europe | 2025/0594(NLE) | Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO | registered ↗ |
| 6 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals | registered ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | DIGITALEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | Verband der Automobilindustrie | registered ↗ |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | WindEurope | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | EUROMETAUX | registered ↗ |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Member | Green steel | 2026/0068(COD) | Hydnum Steel, S.L. | not in register |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | EIT RawMaterials GmbH | not in register |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Critical Raw Materials | 2025/0385(COD) | Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) | registered ↗ |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Member | Skills | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Member | IAA | 2026/0068(COD) | #SustainablePublicAffairs | registered ↗ |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Member | Skills recognition | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Member | skills and Erasmus+ | — | Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V. | registered ↗ |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Member | Skills | — | EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry | registered ↗ |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Member | Green hydrogen | — | TOPSOE A/S | registered ↗ |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Member | IAA | — | Vereniging FME | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | Off-shore wind | — | Ørsted A/S | registered ↗ |
| 16 Sep 2025 | Member | Critical Raw Materials | — | Phoenix metals | not in register |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Edeclaration posting of workers | 2024/0301(COD) | Stichting Mondiaal FNV | registered ↗ |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Member | Renewable energy | — | EPIA SolarPower Europe | registered ↗ |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Member | offshore infrastructure | — | Offshore Norge | registered ↗ |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Member | Decarbonisation of industry | — | YARA BELGIUM S.A. | registered ↗ |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Member | Energy infrastructure | — | Gas Infrastructure Europe | registered ↗ |
| 6 Jun 2025 | Member | Energy transition and grid congestion | — | TenneT Holding B.V. | not in register |
| 20 May 2025 | Member | Hydrogen | — | Air Products | registered ↗ |
| 14 May 2025 | Member | Hydrogen | — | Power2X B.V. | not in register |
| 12 May 2025 | Member | skills/VET | — | European Forum of technical and Vocational Education and Training | registered ↗ |
| 28 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Edeclaration posting of workers | 2024/0301(COD) | Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. | registered ↗ |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Member | Skills and VET | — | Samenwerkingsorganisatie Beroepsonderwijs Bedrijfsleven | registered ↗ |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Member | skills | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 9 Apr 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Adressing the housing shortage | 2025/2070(INI) | Aedes vereniging van woningcorporaties | registered ↗ |
| 9 Apr 2025 | Member | Skills | — | Samenwerkingsorganisatie Beroepsonderwijs Bedrijfsleven | registered ↗ |
| 8 Apr 2025 | Member | Clean Tech | — | TOPSOE A/S | not in register |
| 4 Apr 2025 | Member | Competitiveness | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Member | Skills and VET | — | Netherlands House for Education and Research (Neth-ER) | registered ↗ |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Member | Future of the steel industry | — | Tata Steel Nederland | registered ↗ |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Member | skills and certifications | — | International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Member | Energy transition | — | IBERDROLA | not in register |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Member | Green transition of industry | — | #SustainablePublicAffairs|Luossavaara Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag | entry 1 entry 2 |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Member | Nuclear energy | — | newcleo | not in register |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Member | Competitiveness and green transition of the chemical sector | — | Chemelot | not in register |
| 7 Mar 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | European Works Council | 2024/0006(COD) | Fédération Européenne des Cadres de la Chimie et des Industries Annexes | registered ↗ |
| 7 Mar 2025 | Member | Industrial competitiveness and Green Transition | — | Deltalinqs | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Member | Skills | — | Schuman Associates | registered ↗ |
| 17 Feb 2025 | Member | Digital infrastructure and Skills | — | KPN | registered ↗ |
| 17 Feb 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Industrial gasses and decarbonisation | 2025/2536(RSP) | European Industrial Gases Association AISBL | registered ↗ |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Member | Clean Industrial Deal | — | Equilibre des Energies | registered ↗ |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Decarbonisation of the cement sector | 2025/2536(RSP) | #SustainablePublicAffairs | registered ↗ |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | Decarbonisation of the steel sector | 2025/2536(RSP) | SSAB AB | registered ↗ |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Member | Social policy | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | Social policy: skills, ESF+ and EWC | 2024/0006(COD) | BUSINESSEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 9 Dec 2024 | Member | Social policy and skills | — | SMEunited aisbl | registered ↗ |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | social policy: skills, EWC | 2024/0006(COD) | IBM Corporation | registered ↗ |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Member | Industrial policy | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Member | Future of the Cemical sector in Europe | — | Chemelot and several companies located on the Chemelot compound | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | Skills and Social Policy | — | World Employment Confederation-Europe | registered ↗ |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Member | Skills and social policy | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Member | EU competitiveness and the digital transition | — | Vodafone Belgium SA | registered ↗ |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Member | EU-US relations and EU competitiveness | — | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | registered ↗ |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Member | Just Transition | — | Climate Action Network Europe | registered ↗ |
| 24 Sep 2024 | Member | Vocational training; skills; diploma recognition | — | MBO Raad | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Addressing the housing shortage | — | Aedes vereniging van woningcorporaties | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Competitiveness and green industry | — | European Aluminium AISBL | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Energy transition | — | The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration | registered ↗ |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Member | Competitiveness and green transition | — | Vereniging VNO-NCW | registered ↗ |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Member | education, research and vocational training | — | Netherlands House for Education and Research (Neth-ER) | registered ↗ |