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Lobby organisation

Confederation of Danish Industry

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

As of 7 November 2026, Confederation of Danish Industry appears in 194 declared MEP meetings (24 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

194
declared meetings
with current MEPs
24
MEPs met
€2.2M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
10.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“DI is the largest Danish business organisation. Our headquarters are based in Copenhagen. DI's membership currently comprises 20.000 private enterprises within the manufacturing, construction, transport, energy, trade and service industry, as well as IT, food and drinks, and consultancy. Furthermore, a number of sectoral employers' associations and branch federations exist within DI's framework. Members of DI be found at: www.di.dk.”

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“DI works to improve the competitiveness of its members and to provide the best possible framework conditions for Danish industry. The main tasks of DI’s Brussels office can be divided into the following activities: - Monitoring the decision-making of the European institutions. - Direct contact with the European Commission and the European Parliament. - Collecting information on fields of interest. - Communicating with the headquarters in Copenhagen. - Functioning as the secretariat for the CEO and Board of Director (...)”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 194 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe6332%
Socialists & Democrats5126%
European People's Party4322%
Greens/EFA2513%
European Conservatives & Reformists63%
Patriots for Europe32%
The Left32%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (60 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
4
2020
6
2021
6
2022
1
2023
14
2024
47
2025
60
2026
56

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

Niels Flemming Hansen
30 meetings · EPP
Christel Schaldemose
23 meetings · S&D
Stine Bosse
20 meetings · Renew
Niels Fuglsang
19 meetings · S&D
Sigrid Friis
15 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Nov 2026Niels Flemming HansenEnergy Efficiency
4 Nov 2026Stine BosseECF / EU Inc
29 Oct 2026Niels Flemming HansenETS
15 Oct 2026Per ClausenUdveksle synspunkter om EUs datacenter politik
14 Oct 2026Sigrid FriisRound table discussion about EU Energy Efficiency post 2030
14 Oct 2026Majbritt BirkholmEnergieffektivitet
1 Oct 2026Sigrid FriisTalk about energy architecture post-2030
28 Sep 2026Adnan DibraniEuropean Product Package
23 Sep 2026Niels Flemming HansenETS
21 Sep 2026Morten LøkkegaardIAA
11 Sep 2026Per ClausenDiscussion on the status of the Water Framework directive
9 Sep 2026Majbritt BirkholmIndustrial Accelerator Act
1 Sep 2026Majbritt BirkholmKlima og energipolitik
28 Aug 2026Niels Flemming HansenPriorities for Danish industry in the fall 2026
20 Aug 2026Niels Flemming HansenCCS

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