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Civil Society Europe

NGO or non-profit · Democracy & civil society · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Civil Society Europe appears in 114 declared MEP meetings (63 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

114
declared meetings
with current MEPs
63
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
3.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Civil Society Europe (CSE), the coordination of civil society organisations (CSOs) at EU level, is composed of 27 key platforms and networks of CSOs among the most representative CSOs active at EU level in a wide range of areas, such as civic participation, social rights, education, environmental and animal rights, transparency, volunteering, youth, culture, the fight against racism, anti-poverty, and rights of persons with disabilities.”

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“Through our members, we reach out to millions of people active in CSOs in the EU. CSE works towards regenerating the EU project around the shared values of equality, solidarity, inclusiveness and democracy. CSE contributes to institutions’ recognition of the essential role and value of independent and plural CSOs in building and nurturing a democratic society based on fundamental rights. We work to create the conditions for a strong civil society voice, an effective, open and structured civil dialogue at EU level, and an enabling civic space in the EU.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 114 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA4741%
Socialists & Democrats3934%
Renew Europe1513%
European People's Party87%
The Left54%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (40 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
4
2020
6
2021
5
2022
2
2023
9
2024
25
2025
40
2026
23

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

Daniel Freund
15 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
9 meetings · Greens/EFA
Nacho Sánchez Amor
7 meetings · S&D
Alex Agius Saliba
5 meetings · S&D
Abir Al-Sahlani
4 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Sep 2026Benedetta ScuderiEuropean Competitiveness Fund
23 Sep 2026Daniel FreundAttacks on civil society
24 Jun 2026Ilhan KyuchyukEU-Türkiye relations
10 Jun 2026Erik MarquardtCivil Society in policymaking
10 Jun 2026Marit MaijCivil Society in Policy Making
4 Jun 2026Nina CarberryMFF
25 May 2026Daniel FreundExchange of views
6 May 2026Benedetta ScuderiEuropean Competitiveness Fund
6 May 2026Erik MarquardtAttacks against civil society
6 May 2026Andrey KovatchevRecent developments in Turkiye
6 May 2026Daniel FreundAttack against civil society
21 Apr 2026Alessandro ZanRule of law, transparency, fundamental rights
9 Apr 2026Sara MatthieuPerformance regulation
23 Mar 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - Civil Society
18 Mar 2026Erik MarquardtCivil Society

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