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Alibaba Group

Company · Technology & digital also Consumer & retail · HQ: Singapore · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Alibaba Group appears in 27 declared MEP meetings (21 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

27
declared meetings
with current MEPs
21
MEPs met
€700k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“This registration captures the activities of Alibaba Group and its subsidiaries/affiliate entities in Europe. Currently, these business units operate in Europe: Tmall, Tmall Global, Alibaba.com, AliExpress, Trendyol, Miravia, Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao, Fliggy and Lingxi Games.”

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“Collectively, our remit is to: - Build the infrastructure of e-commerce - Enable millions of commercial and social interactions every day - Empower our customers with data and infrastructure to help them build and manage their businesses - Become central to the everyday lives of our customers - Make it easy to do business anywhere We believe the internet can level the playing field by enabling small enterprises to leverage innovation and technology to grow and compete more effectively in their domestic and global economies.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 27 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1141%
Socialists & Democrats622%
Greens/EFA519%
Renew Europe311%
European Conservatives & Reformists27%

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.

2021
5
2022
1
2023
2
2024
5
2025
8
2026
6

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

Salvatore de Meo
5 meetings · EPP
Engin Eroglu
2 meetings · Renew
Dirk Gotink
2 meetings · EPP
Brando Benifei
1 meeting · S&D
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jul 2026Dirk GotinkUnion Customs Code
15 Jul 2026Engin ErogluEU-China relations
20 May 2026Diego SolierPresentation of Position Cybersecurity Act Revision (CSA2)
11 May 2026Markéta GregorováCybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) meeting
1 Apr 2026Piotr MüllerCross-border e-commerce with the EU market
1 Apr 2026Engin ErogluEU-China relations
25 Sep 2025Nicola ZingarettiDigital Service Act
25 Sep 2025Brando BenifeiArtificial Intelligence
24 Sep 2025Michael McNamaraEU AI policy
16 Jul 2025Salvatore de MeoE-commerce
9 Jul 2025Dirk GotinkEU customs legislation; e-commerce
9 Jul 2025Pablo Arias EcheverríaEuropean legislation on e-commerce platforms
3 Mar 2025Salvatore de MeoE-commerce
4 Feb 2025Bernd LangeGeneral Exchange of View
22 Oct 2024Daniel AttardPriorities for Ali Baba

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