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Lobby organisation

Center for Democratic Transition

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Montenegro · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Center for Democratic Transition appears in 16 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

16
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“CDT is one of the most prominent good governance advocacy NGOs in Montenegro. It has been established in 2000, as an election monitoring organization. Subsequently, the CDT extended its programs to the good governance area – seeking for better transparency and accountability of institutions and decision makers. Nowadays, CDT works in two program areas: Democratic Institutions and Democratic Society. Through…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 16 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA956%
Socialists & Democrats744%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2020).

2019
1
2020
5
2021
3
2022
0
2023
1
2024
0
2025
5
2026
1

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
4 meetings · S&D
Alexandra Geese
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tiemo Wölken
2 meetings · S&D
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
30 Mar 2026Hannah NeumannExchange of Views on Spyware regulation
21 Nov 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
17 Sep 2025Thomas WaitzRule of Law
14 Mar 2025Birgit SippelArtificial Intelligence Implemention working Group
11 Mar 2025Birgit SippelEvent Prep for Screening of the movie "Surveilled"
20 Jan 2025Birgit SippelAI Act
16 May 2023Birgit SippelLIBE Mission
4 Nov 2021Daniel FreundAssessment of the situation in the country in terms of fight against corruption
26 Mar 2021Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act : revenge porn
16 Feb 2021Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act
4 Jun 2020Alexandra GeeseGlobal Network Initiative: multistakeholder roundtable on DSA
30 Apr 2020Alex Agius SalibaDigital Services Act Report
4 Mar 2020Tiemo WölkenAustausch zum Digital Services Act
4 Mar 2020Sergey Lagodinskye-Evidence

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