MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Bayer AG

Company · Health & pharma · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Bayer AG appears in 151 declared MEP meetings (82 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

151
declared meetings
with current MEPs
82
MEPs met
€6.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
20.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Bayer is a Life Science company with a more than 150-year history and core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. With our innovative products, we are contributing to finding solutions to some of the major challenges of our time.”

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“The Bayer Group is managed as a life science company with three divisions – Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health and Crop Science, which are also our reporting segments. The Enabling Functions support the operational business.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 151 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party7952%
Renew Europe2919%
Socialists & Democrats2819%
Greens/EFA96%
European Conservatives & Reformists64%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (47 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
3
2021
2
2022
17
2023
13
2024
33
2025
47
2026
36

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

Norbert Lins
11 meetings · EPP
Peter Liese
5 meetings · EPP
Andreas Glück
5 meetings · Renew
Alexander Bernhuber
5 meetings · EPP
Nicolás González Casares
4 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Sep 2026Markus FerberIORP II
9 Sep 2026Jessica PolfjärdFood & Feed
9 Sep 2026Pierfrancesco MaranFood & Feed Omnibus
9 Sep 2026Norbert LinsFood & Feed Omnibus
8 Sep 2026Stefan KöhlerAustausch zum Food and Feed Omnibus
27 Aug 2026Mika AaltolaDiscussion on EU competitiveness at the Europe Forum
17 Jun 2026András Tivadar KuljaNovel food
16 Jun 2026Carmen Crespo DíazPlant Health
1 Jun 2026Sirpa PietikäinenWomen's health
13 May 2026Peter LieseAustausch
13 May 2026Pietro FiocchiNGTs
13 May 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisBiotech Act
12 May 2026Bruno TobbackNGTs
12 May 2026Jessica PolfjärdNGT policy
12 May 2026Pierfrancesco MaranNew Genomic Techniques

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