MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Caritas Europa

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Caritas Europa appears in 67 declared MEP meetings (43 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

67
declared meetings
with current MEPs
43
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
12.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Caritas Europa is the European network of 49 member organisations in 46 countries across the European continent, including all member states of the European Union and the vast majority of Council of Europe member countries. Caritas Europa has a permanent secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. The secretariat ensures that our members' messages and policy demands are heard by European institutions such…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 67 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2131%
Socialists & Democrats1928%
Greens/EFA1218%
Renew Europe1015%
The Left57%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (25 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
1
2022
4
2023
9
2024
22
2025
25
2026
5

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

Birgit Sippel
7 meetings · S&D
Lena Düpont
6 meetings · EPP
Lukas Mandl
4 meetings · EPP
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
3 meetings · Renew
Marit Maij
3 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Apr 2026Alicia Homs GinelState of Play of the MFF 2028-34 and reinforcement of ESF+
25 Mar 2026Lukas MandlHumanitarian Aid
5 Mar 2026David CasaESF
27 Jan 2026Barry AndrewsDEVE
13 Jan 2026Leila ChaibiRencontre avec les membres français de la FEANTSA
18 Nov 2025Alex Agius SalibaMeeting with Caritas Malta on various topics
17 Nov 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenMigratory situation in Egypt
7 Nov 2025Estrella GalánMeeting with Fundación ONCE, Cáritas España, Fundación Secreatariado Gitano, and the Red Cross
6 Nov 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenDiscussion on current migration policies
3 Nov 2025Lukas MandlInterlinkage of development cooperation and migration
2 Oct 2025Marit MaijTackling the Triple Crisis of Debt, Climate, and Development High-level seminar in preparation of the EU-AU Summit
16 Sep 2025Lena DüpontExchange on migration and asylum
30 Jun 2025Birgit SippelReturn Regulation Proposal
24 Jun 2025Martine KempEU Anti-Poverty Strategy
19 Jun 2025Hristo PetrovEU Anti-Poverty Strategy

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