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Bayerischer Handwerkstag

Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Bayerischer Handwerkstag appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
€25k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der Bayerische Handwerkstag (BHT) vertritt und fördert als Spitzenorganisation der bayerischen Handwerkskammern und -verbände die Gesamtinteressen des bayerischen Handwerks in allen Grundsatzfragen. Dem BHT obliegt die Wahrnehmung der Belange des bayerischen Handwerks gegenüber der Volksvertretung, der Staatsregierung, den Parteien sowie deren Körperschaften und Verbänden.”

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“Der BHT hat insbesondere die Aufgabe, eine einheitliche Willensbildung des bayerischen Handwerks in allen Grundsatzfragen herbeizuführen, zu allen das Handwerk betreffenden, grundsätzlichen Angelegenheiten Stellung zu nehmen und sie zu vertreten.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group. Every meeting was with a single group.

European People's Party3100%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025
0
2026
2

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

Christian Doleschal
2 meetings · EPP
Markus Ferber
1 meeting · EPP

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Apr 2026Markus FerberSimplification
15 Apr 2026Christian DoleschalMFR
4 Dec 2020Christian DoleschalPresentation and discussion of the Report on the revision of the CPR

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