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BUSINESSEUROPE

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

As of 7 November 2026, BUSINESSEUROPE appears in 193 declared MEP meetings (104 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

193
declared meetings
with current MEPs
104
MEPs met
€6.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
31.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The objective of the Association is: • To bring together national professional associations of European companies and employers, and to maintain and develop links of solidarity and cooperation between them; • To study, encourage and propose any action which may contribute to the lasting development of companies in Europe; • To identify appropriate means for promoting economic and social progress, […]”

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“[…] and to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness; • To participate, on the basis of a mandate given by the statutory bodies, in the dialogue between the social partners provided for in the Treaty establishing the European Community. In the framework of realisation of this objective, the Association promotes the common professional interests of the firms represented by its members and disseminates their ideas, in particular in the economic, social, environmental, technical, scientific, fiscal, legal and external relations fields. To this end, its task is to represent its member o (...)”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 193 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party9047%
Renew Europe4222%
Socialists & Democrats3418%
Greens/EFA168%
European Conservatives & Reformists84%
Patriots for Europe32%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (65 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
6
2021
9
2022
17
2023
11
2024
30
2025
65
2026
54

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

Axel Voss
8 meetings · EPP
Christian Ehler
7 meetings · EPP
Anna Cavazzini
7 meetings · Greens/EFA
Pascal Canfin
7 meetings · Renew
Peter Liese
5 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 Nov 2026Viktória FerencExchange of views on ongoing negotiation
29 Oct 2026François KalfonPaquet automobile
27 Oct 2026Markus FerberWeights & Dimensions
1 Oct 2026Jörgen WarbornSimplification and trade
30 Sep 2026Radan KanevIndustrial Accelerator Act
30 Sep 2026Anna CavazziniIAA
28 Sep 2026Tomas TobéDigital Policy
10 Sep 2026Svenja HahnStakeholder roundtable on the Industrial Accelerator Act
9 Sep 2026Dirk GotinkIAA
8 Sep 2026Bruno TobbackETS Review - Carbon Removals
8 Sep 2026Jutta PaulusParliamentary Lunch on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and EU climate policy
23 Jul 2026Lukas MandlArtificial Intelligence
24 Jun 2026Mika AaltolaMeeting on international partnerships
23 Jun 2026Pascal CanfinEU-China trade
23 Jun 2026Pascal CanfinChina

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