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Lobby organisation

Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair

Business / industry · Transport & automotive · HQ: Belgium · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (13 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
13
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Created in 1997, the AFCAR Alliance speaks on behalf of a wide range of stakeholders representing motoring consumers, the leasing and rental industry, and a major part of the automotive aftermarket ranging from test equipment and diagnostic tool manufacturers, parts wholesalers, data publishers as well as independent and authorised repairers (please find a more detailed description at the end of…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party538%
Socialists & Democrats431%
Renew Europe323%
Greens/EFA18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025).

2024
1
2025
11
2026
1

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

Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
1 meeting · Renew
Marina Kaljurand
1 meeting · S&D
Angelika Winzig
1 meeting · EPP

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 Feb 2026Marina KaljurandDigital Omnibus
16 Dec 2025Tiemo WölkenData Omnibus
11 Dec 2025Aura SallaDigital Omnibus, the Data Act
20 Nov 2025Andrea WechslerData Act
23 Apr 2025Ana VasconcelosAutomotive Plan
26 Mar 2025Majdouline SbaiAutomotive Industry
24 Mar 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenGeneral exchange on the automotive aftermarket
27 Feb 2025Nikolina BrnjacEssential role of the automotive aftermarket in supporting Europe’s competitiveness, innovation, and sustainability
13 Feb 2025Mohammed ChahimAutomotive Aftermarket
3 Feb 2025Pascal CanfinEnd-of-life of vehicles Regulation & Automotive Strategic Dialogue
15 Jan 2025Pierfrancesco MaranEnd of life vehicles
14 Jan 2025Jens GiesekeAltfahrzeuge-Verordnung
4 Dec 2024Angelika WinzigMeeting with a representative of the Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair (AFCAR)

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