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CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal

Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Portugal · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, CIP - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“De acordo com os seus estatutos, a CIP tem por objetivo: a) Representar, interna e externamente, a atividade económica nacional; b) Contribuir para o progresso da economia de mercado e da iniciativa privada; c) Apoiar as empresas de todas as dimensões e sectores, com autonomia e independência; d) Ser porta voz das empresas, assumir e defender os seus interesses e […]”

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“[…] propostas junto das instâncias económicas, politicas e sociais, ai incluídas também as organizações sindicais, a nível nacional, europeu e internacional; e) Ser um parceiro essencial do diálogo social e negociar, em nome das empresas, com os parceiros sociais e o poder politico, tanto a nível nacional como europeu e internacional; f) Ser um agente de mudança em diálogo com a sociedade civil, promovendo e assegurando o crescimento sustentável das empresas e da economia portuguesa, no quadro da globalização […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats964%
European People's Party214%
Renew Europe214%
The Left17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
9
2025
1
2026
4

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

Sérgio Gonçalves
4 meetings · S&D
Marta Temido
2 meetings · S&D
Ana Vasconcelos
2 meetings · Renew
Ana Catarina Mendes
1 meeting · S&D
Bruno Gonçalves
1 meeting · S&D

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Jun 2026Sérgio GonçalvesBlue economy and ETS review
5 Feb 2026Sérgio GonçalvesCohesion Policy and the next MFF
4 Feb 2026Ana VasconcelosCBAM
4 Feb 2026Marta TemidoPreocupações da industria metalurgica
14 May 2025Sérgio GonçalvesCohesion Policy
27 Sep 2024Hélder Sousa SilvaInstitutional Presentation
25 Sep 2024Ana VasconcelosENVI dossiers
25 Sep 2024Catarina MartinsSustainability
12 Sep 2024Marta TemidoApresentação das prioridades da CIP para o novo ciclo político
12 Sep 2024Ana Catarina MendesPresentation of Activities of CIP
11 Sep 2024Sérgio GonçalvesPriorities for this mandate
11 Sep 2024Bruno GonçalvesITRE policies
11 Sep 2024Sebastião BugalhoPriorities for the mandate
10 Sep 2024Francisco AssisKey relevant subjects to the Portuguese economy

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