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Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers

Business / industry · Transport & automotive also Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers appears in 19 declared MEP meetings (17 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

19
declared meetings
with current MEPs
17
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EUROBAT is the leading association for European automotive and industrial battery manufacturers, covering all battery technologies, and has more than 40 members. The members and staff work with all policymakers, industry stakeholders, NGOs and media to highlight the important role batteries play for decarbonised mobility and energy systems as well as numerous other applications”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 19 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party737%
Renew Europe632%
Greens/EFA316%
Socialists & Democrats316%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024).

2020
3
2021
2
2022
1
2023
3
2024
5
2025
4
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

Bart Groothuis
2 meetings · Renew
Ville Niinistö
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Peter Liese
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Jul 2026Bart GroothuisIAA
9 Jul 2025Asger ChristensenRoadworthiness package
5 Jun 2025Peter LieseAustausch
4 Mar 2025Jens GiesekeAustausch zu EU Politik
5 Feb 2025Susana Solís PérezEuropean car manufacturing situation
13 Dec 2024Elena Nevado del CampoIndustria nacional de baterías
20 Nov 2024Bruno TobbackBatteries
19 Nov 2024Elena Sancho MurilloRelevant issues to the ITRE Committee
14 Nov 2024Yvan VerougstraeteEV Batteries
4 Oct 2024Christian EhlerClean Industrial Deal
8 Nov 2023Pascal CanfinGreen Deal
2 May 2023Bart GroothuisBatteries
8 Feb 2023Hildegard BenteleEURACTIV Virtual Conference “EU Energy transition - What role for critical raw materials?
5 Jul 2022Jessica PolfjärdBatteries
6 Apr 2021Anna CavazziniExchange on the batteries regulation (staff level)

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