Lobby organisation
Confederation of European Security Services
Business group · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 8 October 2026, Confederation of European Security Services appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“The Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) is the European umbrella organisation for 23 national private security employers’ associations. It was founded in 1989. CoESS is the only representative European employers’ organisation defending the interests of the private security services industry.”
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“It is recognised by the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) as a European sectoral social partner in accordance with the European Treaties. CoESS represents 17 EU Member States and a total of 23 countries, which translates into some 45,000 private security companies employing a total of 2 million private security employees. The European private security services industry generates a yearly turnover of approximately € 40 billion Euros.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).
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
The 3 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2025 | Regina Doherty | Public Procurement |
| 5 Mar 2025 | Piotr Müller | Evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives |
| 2 Mar 2022 | Axel Voss | AI Act |
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