MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Cisco Systems Inc.

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Cisco Systems Inc. appears in 28 declared MEP meetings (25 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

28
declared meetings
with current MEPs
25
MEPs met
€2.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Cisco designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP), based Internet products and services related to communications and information technology industries. Our customers include businesses of all sizes, public institutions, telecommunications companies, other service providers and individuals. We were incorporated in California in December 1984 and our headquarter is in San Jose, California.”

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“Our products and technologies are grouped into the following categories: infrastructure platforms; applications; security, services; and others. As part of our business focus on the network as the platform of all forms of communications and IT, are products and services designed to help our customers use technology to address their business imperatives and opportunities – driving growth, improving productivity, reducing costs, mitigating risk and gaining competitive advantage. Cisco is present in all 27 Member States.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 28 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1139%
Socialists & Democrats829%
Renew Europe518%
European Conservatives & Reformists414%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
2
2021
0
2022
1
2023
4
2024
6
2025
3
2026
11

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

Marina Kaljurand
2 meetings · S&D
Diego Solier
2 meetings · ECR
Pilar del Castillo Vera
2 meetings · EPP
Niels Fuglsang
1 meeting · S&D
Kosma Złotowski
1 meeting · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Oct 2026Oliver SchenkRoundtable: Exchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
28 Sep 2026Diego SolierPresentation of Position on Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)
6 May 2026Pilar del Castillo VeraDigital Policy
5 May 2026Bart GroothuisAI and Cyber Security
13 Apr 2026Ana VasconcelosDNA
5 Mar 2026Marina KaljurandDigital Omnibus
3 Mar 2026Diego SolierPresentation of Position- Cybersecurity Act (CSA 2)
3 Mar 2026Michał KoboskoBuilding the infrastructure and security for the AI era
25 Feb 2026Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of views
23 Feb 2026Piotr MüllerOmnibus AI
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
25 Nov 2025Andi CristeaRecent developments in EU-US trade policy
18 Nov 2025Adrián Vázquez LázaraEU legislation affecting technology
19 Jun 2025Jörgen WarbornDigital legislations
13 Dec 2024Ivars IjabsEuropean defence industry programme (EDIP)

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