MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

BUSINESSEUROPE

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, BUSINESSEUROPE appears in 162 declared MEP meetings (95 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

162
declared meetings
with current MEPs
95
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,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 162 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party7647%
Renew Europe3522%
Socialists & Democrats2918%
Greens/EFA127%
European Conservatives & Reformists85%
Patriots for Europe21%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (58 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
6
2021
9
2022
17
2023
11
2024
27
2025
58
2026
33

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 Ehler
6 meetings · EPP
Peter Liese
5 meetings · EPP
Anna Cavazzini
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tomas Tobé
4 meetings · EPP
Svenja Hahn
4 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Jun 2026Mika AaltolaMeeting on international partnerships
21 Jun 2026Lukas MandlCompetitiveness
16 Jun 2026Maravillas Abadía JoverEU Inc
8 Jun 2026Piotr MüllerLegislation on deregulation
27 May 2026Thomas BajadaMeeting on the Industrial Emissions Directive
19 May 2026Dimitris TsiodrasDigital policies
13 May 2026Dirk GotinkUnion Customs Code
12 May 2026Susana Solís PérezEnvironmental Omnibus
12 May 2026Engin ErogluEU-China relations
11 May 2026Svenja HahnDigital Omnibus
6 May 2026Reinhold LopatkaMeeting with Markus Beyrer
4 May 2026Sebastian TynkkynenDigital Omnibus
23 Apr 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
23 Apr 2026Hildegard BenteleWater Resilience Strategy
22 Apr 2026Borja Giménez LarrazAcuerdo Global Modernizador UE-México

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