MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Athena Forum

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Athena Forum appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Athena Forum is a European initiative for sex-based rights, democratic values and political courage. We work to safeguard women‘s rights, children’s rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men, and to ensure democracy and pluralism remain central to policy and legal frameworks. We recognise sex-based rights as foundational to legal and societal protections. We insist that public policy reflect…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European Conservatives & Reformists125%
European People's Party125%
Greens/EFA125%
Patriots for Europe125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2026–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026). All meetings were in one calendar year.

2026
4

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

Katrin Langensiepen
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Sebastian Tynkkynen
1 meeting · ECR
Barbara Bonte
1 meeting · PfE
Verena Mertens
1 meeting · EPP

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
6 May 2026Katrin LangensiepenGeneral exchange
5 May 2026Verena MertensPresentation of their european policy initiative addressing the need to safeguard sex-based rights across Europe
5 May 2026Barbara BonteVrouwenrechten en genderbeleid in de EU
4 May 2026Sebastian TynkkynenSukupuoli-identiteettipolitiikka EU:ssa

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