Lobby organisation
Caritas Europa
NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Caritas Europa appears in 73 declared MEP meetings (44 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
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.”
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“The secretariat ensures that our members' messages and policy demands are heard by European institutions such as the European Union and the Council of Europe. All our calls for change are based on the experiences of Caritas teams working on the ground. The secretariat also promotes the active exchange of experiences, skills, and means between the member organisations. It establishes tools and mechanisms to strengthen and professionalise the role and work of the member organisations in their countries. When an emergency hits Europe, the secretariat coordinates to ensure that the means that the member organisations can mobilise, are used as efficiently as possible.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 73 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (28 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Marit Maij | Anti Poverty Day |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Lena Düpont | Migration and preparedness |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Marit Maij | Spanish NGOs on European Social Fund + |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Alicia Homs Ginel | State of Play of the MFF 2028-34 and reinforcement of ESF+ |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Lukas Mandl | Humanitarian Aid |
| 5 Mar 2026 | David Casa | ESF |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Barry Andrews | DEVE |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Leila Chaibi | Rencontre avec les membres français de la FEANTSA |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Alex Agius Saliba | Meeting with Caritas Malta on various topics |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Jan-Christoph Oetjen | Migratory situation in Egypt |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Estrella Galán | Meeting with Fundación ONCE, Cáritas España, Fundación Secreatariado Gitano, and the Red Cross |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Jan-Christoph Oetjen | Discussion on current migration policies |
| 3 Nov 2025 | Lukas Mandl | Interlinkage of development cooperation and migration |
| 2 Oct 2025 | Marit Maij | Tackling the Triple Crisis of Debt, Climate, and Development High-level seminar in preparation of the EU-AU Summit |
| 16 Sep 2025 | Lena Düpont | Exchange on migration and asylum |
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