MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Civil Society Forum e.V.

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Civil Society Forum e.V. appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€500,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Civil Society Forum is a network of non-governmental organisations working across wider Europe. Our vision is to build a civil society beyond borders across the entire continent. Established in 2011 as a bottom-up, non-partisan civic initiative, the Forum serves as a platform for joint activities, common positions, support, solidarity, and civic influence on policy- and decision-making at the (inter)governmental…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA375%
Socialists & Democrats125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).

2023
1
2024
0
2025
2
2026
1

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

Gabriele Bischoff
1 meeting · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Erik Marquardt
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Hannah Neumann
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 Mar 2026Erik MarquardtHuman Rights Defenders and Civil Society
3 Dec 2025Sergey LagodinskySpeaker
13 Jun 2025Hannah NeumannExchange on transnational repression
27 Jul 2023Gabriele BischoffVorstellung Berlin Shelter Projekt

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