MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Civil Society Europe

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

As of 9 September 2026, Civil Society Europe appears in 106 declared MEP meetings (61 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

106
declared meetings
with current MEPs
61
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to 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…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 106 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA4240%
Socialists & Democrats3735%
Renew Europe1413%
European People's Party88%
The Left55%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (36 in 2025).

2019
4
2020
6
2021
5
2022
3
2023
9
2024
25
2025
36
2026
18

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

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Jun 2026Ilhan KyuchyukEU-Türkiye relations
10 Jun 2026Erik MarquardtCivil Society in policymaking
4 Jun 2026Nina CarberryMFF
25 May 2026Daniel FreundExchange of views
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
3 Mar 2026Rasmus NordqvistMFF - CSO funding
2 Mar 2026Jean-Marc GermainMFF Interim report
25 Feb 2026Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiStakeholder dialogue on establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034
25 Feb 2026Lucia YarMFF NRPPs and AgoraEU Programme
25 Feb 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - civil society

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