MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

ActionAid

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: South Africa · Transparency Register entry

As of 12 September 2026, ActionAid appears in 40 declared MEP meetings (23 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

40
declared meetings
with current MEPs
23
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency which takes sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together. Around the world we work in local communities, listening to poor people and learning about their needs. We help them approach decision makers in their own countries, simultaneously lobbying powerful institutions such as the EU to change the international policies and regulations…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 40 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1640%
Socialists & Democrats1640%
European People's Party38%
The Left38%
Renew Europe25%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (18 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
4
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
8
2025
18
2026
9

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

Marit Maij
5 meetings · S&D
Alice Kuhnke
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Marco Tarquinio
4 meetings · S&D
Erik Marquardt
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tineke Strik
3 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Sep 2026Lynn BoylanCOP31, climate finance
15 Jul 2026Marit MaijGlobal Europe
11 May 2026Lina GálvezWomen and children situation in Gaza.
16 Apr 2026Hildegard BenteleGlobal Europe Instrument
19 Mar 2026Erik Marquardtdevelopment cooperation and migration funding
18 Mar 2026Marco TarquinioMFF negotiations
5 Mar 2026Marit MaijMeeting with CSO representative
25 Feb 2026Tineke StrikGlobal Europe
15 Jan 2026Cecilia Strada2024 ECA recommendations concerning the identification, mitigation and redress of human rights risks and violation in EU-funded prokects
14 Dec 2025Marco TarquinioGlobal Europe
8 Dec 2025Cecilia StradaExchange of views on the new proposal Global Europe, with a focus on the migration-related aspects
3 Nov 2025Tineke StrikGlobal Europe Regulation
3 Nov 2025Lukas MandlInterlinkage of development cooperation and migration
30 Oct 2025Marco TarquinioMigration and development
22 Oct 2025Tineke StrikGlobal Europe Regulation

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