Lobby organisation
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Think tank or academic body · Think tanks & research · HQ: France · website · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“Principal organisme de recherche à caractère pluridisciplinaire en France, le CNRS mène des recherches dans l'ensemble des domaines scientifiques, technologiques et sociétaux, qu'il s'agisse des mathématiques, de la physique, des sciences et technologies de l'information et de la communication, de la physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies, des sciences de la planète et de l'Univers, de la chimie, des sciences du vivant, des sciences humaines et sociales, des sciences de l'environnement ou des sciences de l'ingénierie.”
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“Avec plus de 34.000 personnes, une implantation sur l'ensemble du territoire national, le CNRS exerce son activité dans tous les champs de la connaissance, en s'appuyant sur plus de 1100 unités de recherche et de service.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 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 12 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | Sandro Ruotolo | Follow-up event on deliberate sinking of polluting ships |
| 13 May 2026 | Christian Ehler | FP10 |
| 12 May 2026 | René Repasi | Horizon Europe "Choosing Academic Freedom: Europe’s Path to Competitiveness and Democratic Resilience" |
| 4 May 2026 | Christophe Clergeau | ITRE |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Thomas Pellerin-Carlin | Research |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Christophe Grudler | Politique spatiale européenne |
| 28 Aug 2025 | Christian Ehler | FP10 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Nadine Morano | Recherche sur le cerveau |
| 27 Jun 2025 | Marion Maréchal | Recherche sur le cerveau humain |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Christian Ehler | European science policy |
| 13 Feb 2024 | Nathalie Loiseau | Soutien à la recherche et à la science |
| 13 Dec 2022 | Christian Ehler | Horizon Europe, Union Budget |
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