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Association for Financial Markets in Europe

Business group · Finance · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Association for Financial Markets in Europe appears in 82 declared MEP meetings (29 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

82
declared meetings
with current MEPs
29
MEPs met
€6.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
17.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is the voice of the leading banks in Europe’s financial markets, providing expertise across a broad range of regulatory and capital markets issues. We represent over 150 leading global and European banks and other significant market players.”

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“Our members play a vital role in Europe’s financial ecosystem, underwriting around 90% of European corporate and sovereign debt, and 85% of European listed equity capital issuances. We advocate for deep and competitive, integrated capital markets globally, which support companies and investors, facilitating economic growth […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 82 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe3441%
European People's Party2834%
Socialists & Democrats1822%
European Conservatives & Reformists11%
Greens/EFA11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (31 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
2
2021
3
2022
10
2023
7
2024
4
2025
31
2026
24

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

Gilles Boyer
21 meetings · Renew
Jonás Fernández
9 meetings · S&D
Billy Kelleher
6 meetings · Renew
Sirpa Pietikäinen
6 meetings · EPP
Eero Heinäluoma
5 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
6 Oct 2026Fernando Navarrete RojasMarket Integration and Supervision Package and EU Banking Competitiveness
6 Oct 2026Markus FerberMarket Integration and Supervision Package
21 Sep 2026Aurore LalucqMISP - Banking reform
15 Sep 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with representative of AFME
15 Sep 2026Fernando Navarrete RojasEU Equity Market Structure
15 Sep 2026Eero HeinäluomaTopical discussions
15 Sep 2026Jonás FernándezBanking competitiveness
11 Jun 2026Fernando Navarrete RojasMarket Integration and Supervision Package (MISP)
2 Jun 2026Sirpa PietikäinenMISP
2 Jun 2026Kinga KollárMarket Integration and Supervision Package
2 Jun 2026Eero HeinäluomaMarket Integration and Supervision Package
2 Jun 2026Jonás FernándezBanking and capital markets union
27 May 2026Michalis HadjipantelaMarket Integration and Supervision Package
22 May 2026Gilles BoyerSeuritisation, banking competitiveness
12 May 2026Billy KelleherMISP

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