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Lobby organisation

Banco Santander, S.A.

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Spain · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Banco Santander, S.A. appears in 74 declared MEP meetings (38 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

74
declared meetings
with current MEPs
38
MEPs met
€800,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Santander is a large international financial group whose primary business is retail banking. Our goal is to offer comprehensive solutions to satisfy the financial needs of our clients, support sustainable economic growth, promote the development of SMEs, and provide excellent value to our shareholders. To achieve this, we are present in ten core markets, where we operate through autonomous subsidiaries…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 74 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2939%
Socialists & Democrats2534%
Patriots for Europe68%
Renew Europe68%
Greens/EFA45%
European Conservatives & Reformists23%
Non-attached11%
The Left11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (21 in 2025).

2020
5
2021
3
2022
7
2023
12
2024
8
2025
21
2026
18

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

Jonás Fernández
9 meetings · S&D
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
9 meetings · EPP
Irene Tinagli
6 meetings · S&D
Gilles Boyer
4 meetings · Renew
Fernando Navarrete Rojas
4 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jul 2026Cristina MaestreThe future of the agrifood sector in the EU
30 Jun 2026Nora Junco GarcíaDigital Euro opinion
30 Jun 2026Irene TinagliMeeting on banking issues
30 Jun 2026Ondřej KnotekSustainable finance
30 Jun 2026Enikő GyőriBanking competitiveness
30 Jun 2026Esteban González PonsEuro Digital
29 Jun 2026Markus FerberCompetitiveness of EU banking sector
10 Jun 2026Andreas SchwabDigital Euro
10 Jun 2026Stephen Nikola BartulicaDigital euro
6 May 2026Jonás FernándezBanking competitiveness
13 Apr 2026Aurore LalucqDigital euro
13 Apr 2026Fabio de MasiDigital Euro
13 Apr 2026Mireia Borrás PabónFinancial policy
22 Mar 2026Pasquale TridicoDigital Euro
17 Mar 2026Antonio López-Istúriz WhiteMercosur.

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