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As of 22 Oct 2026, Liesbet SOMMEN is a Belgium MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 94.8% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 17 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Liesbet SOMMEN

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EPP · Belgium

Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (Christian Democratic and Flemish)

94.8% attendance
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94.8%
Attendance · last 180 days
#282 of 717 on the leaderboard
1494
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Liesbet SOMMEN monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510099.5%68.3%100.0%99.4%99.8%May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Not votingADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Liesbet SOMMEN voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority

4.0% (7 of 177)

The European People’s Party (EPP) average on the same method is 5.1%. Counted only when Liesbet SOMMEN cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

0.0% (0 of 169)

Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (Christian Democratic and Flemish) · 2 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
20 Oct 2026

Combating VAT fraud – the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget

Liesbet SOMMEN voted Abstain; 98% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (165 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
17 Sept 2026

The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

Liesbet SOMMEN voted Abstain; 97% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (142 of 146) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
8 Jul 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets

Liesbet SOMMEN voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (158 of 172) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Jun 2026

General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products

Liesbet SOMMEN voted Against; 85% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (143 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Jun 2026

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

Liesbet SOMMEN voted Against; 80% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (136 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
8 Oct 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot

Liesbet SOMMEN voted For; 68% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (97 of 143) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
16 Sept 2026

Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions

Liesbet SOMMEN voted For; 48% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (74 of 155) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Liesbet SOMMEN’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 65% of 475 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 97% of 1169 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 62% of 1381 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 87% of 15
  • tradeFor 100% of 9
  • employmentFor 100% of 9
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • economyFor 100% of 8
  • digitalFor 100% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 86% of 7
  • foreignFor 100% of 7
  • healthFor 67% of 6
  • transportFor 100% of 6
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 6
  • migrationFor 50% of 4
  • budgetFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3

Votes Liesbet missed, how they would likely have voted

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769

2026-10-21

Against · 71%

73% of 162 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland

2026-06-18

For · 95%

99% of 129 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 7 foreign votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba

2026-06-18

For · 95%

99% of 142 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines

2026-06-18

For · 95%

96% of 141 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles

2026-06-18

For · 95%

99% of 142 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 6 transport votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Liesbet SOMMEN was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Rapporteur · 2

Writes the lead committee's report. Legislative files first, then own-initiative reports.

  • Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa

    2025/0232(COD) ↗ · EMPL · appointed 13 Oct 2025

    Voted for on this file · 6 Oct 2026

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/691 as regards support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring

    2025/0073(COD) ↗ · EMPL · appointed 21 May 2025

Opinion rapporteur · 1

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)

    2025/0363(COD) ↗ · EMPL · appointed 16 Jan 2026

Shadow rapporteur · 2

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • Modernised rules for patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare

    2025/2206(INL) ↗ · appointed 18 Dec 2025

  • Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution

    2023/0373(COD) ↗ · appointed 1 Oct 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland - EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper

    2026/0254(BUD) ↗ · appointed 21 Sep 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland – EGF/2026/003 FI/Valmet Automotive

    2026/0220(BUD) ↗ · appointed 7 Sep 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/Cora

    2026/0197(BUD) ↗ · appointed 7 Sep 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive ancillary

    2026/0195(BUD) ↗ · appointed 7 Sep 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/009 BE/Soliver

    2026/0097(BUD) ↗ · appointed 19 May 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty

    2026/0066(BUD) ↗ · appointed 9 Mar 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa

    2026/0038(BUD) ↗ · appointed 23 Feb 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Austria - EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM

    2026/0037(BUD) ↗ · appointed 23 Feb 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware

    2026/0004(BUD) ↗ · appointed 23 Feb 2026

  • Amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision

    2025/0362(COD) ↗ · appointed 4 Feb 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/006 BE/ Audi

    2026/0001(BUD) ↗ · appointed 15 Jan 2026

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Sweden – EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt

    2025/0326(BUD) ↗ · appointed 22 Oct 2025

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Germany – EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2

    2025/0245(BUD) ↗ · appointed 28 Aug 2025

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN

    2025/0198(BUD) ↗ · appointed 28 Aug 2025

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers – EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool - Belgium

    2025/0061(BUD) ↗ · appointed 27 Mar 2025

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium — EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper

    2024/0286(BUD) ↗ · appointed 7 Nov 2024

  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support workers made redundant following an application from Belgium — EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch

    2024/0226(BUD) ↗ · appointed 1 Oct 2024

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

3 board memberships

Board Member cd&v Sint-Katelijne-WaverUnpaidBoard
Member National Party Council cd&vUnpaidBoard
Member National Party Board cd&vUnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

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Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Liesbet SOMMEN made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Liesbet SOMMEN's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
8 Jul 2026ACV|EVVEU Inc. · Member
1 Jul 2026EFBWW|EBCInleiding tijdens Event Limiting Subcontracting in public procurement – the cons…
30 Jun 2026VZW Orbit|CaritasMigratie · Member
11 Jun 2026FEANTSAStrijd tegen dakloosheid, spreker tijdens plenaire EPOCH · Member
10 Jun 2026KULeuvenSpreker tijdens conferentie KULeuven Digital twins for personalised Health · Mem…
9 Jun 2026Anticancer FundGrensoverschrijdende patiëntenrechten · Shadow rapporteur ·2025/2206(INL)
8 Jun 2026CM|NICgezondheidszorg, omnibus · Member
20 May 2026PGEUCross border healthcare · Shadow rapporteur ·2025/2206(INL)
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Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

3 meetings on 2 files

These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
43written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 40 · Priority 3 · 20 co-authored

Not in this count: 1 oral question

Latest 10

  • 22 Oct 2026Strategic orientation and results of EU funding for cancer researchWritten question E-004348/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 12Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Jul 2026Support for the development of sexual assault centres in the EUWritten question E-002872/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 20Answered 13 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 3 Jul 2026Follow-up to the European Citizens’ Panel on PreparednessWritten question E-002778/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 9Answered 21 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 10 Mar 2026German Bundeskartellamt inquiry into Amazon pricing practicesWritten question E-000989/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 24Answered 5 May 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 10 Feb 2026Urgent call for concrete short-term action to address the crisis in the European chemical sectorPriority question P-000556/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 2Answered 19 Mar 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 10 Feb 2026Need for a European limit on the number of children per sperm or egg donorWritten question E-000557/2026To the CommissionAnswered 9 Apr 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 20 Jan 2026Commercialising last hope to cancer patients who have exhausted all other treatment optionsWritten question E-000200/2026To the CommissionAnswered 31 Mar 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 18 Dec 2025Use of Eurokey by the elderly and people with disabilitiesWritten question E-005021/2025To the CommissionAnswered 23 Feb 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 3 Oct 2025Lack of standardisation of firefighting equipment as an obstacle to cross-border operations and European preparednessWritten question E-003884/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 11Answered 6 Jan 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 30 Sept 2025Patchwork families: data collection and policy initiativesPriority question P-003798/2025To the CommissionAnswered 6 Nov 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
Show all 43 questions
Show the 1 oral question
  • 8 Dec 2025Ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to the general publicOral question O-000046/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 42Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Liesbet SOMMEN

Liesbet Sommen is a Member of the European Parliament for Belgium, belonging to the European People’s Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and to the national party Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams. Sommen has been a Member of the European Parliament in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) since 16 July 2024.

European Parliament, 10th term

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →