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Lobby organisation

Confederation of Finnish Industries EK

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK appears in 106 declared MEP meetings (28 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

106
declared meetings
with current MEPs
28
MEPs met
€700,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) is the leading business organization in Finland. Our main task is to make Finland an internationally attractive and competitive business environment. Successful business activities are the foundation for the Finnish welfare society. We represent and defend interests of the Finnish business community both on the national level, as well as in the EU. We are…”

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.

European People's Party4341%
Socialists & Democrats2322%
Renew Europe1918%
Greens/EFA1615%
European Conservatives & Reformists33%
The Left22%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (32 in 2025).

2019
3
2020
0
2021
3
2022
9
2023
15
2024
24
2025
32
2026
20

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

Aura Salla
17 meetings · EPP
Eero Heinäluoma
16 meetings · S&D
Ville Niinistö
13 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sirpa Pietikäinen
11 meetings · EPP
Elsi Katainen
10 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Sep 2026Ville NiinistöResearch policy
3 Jun 2026Pekka ToveriTopics related to Ukraine
1 Jun 2026Anna-Maja HenrikssonClimate and environmental legislation
27 May 2026Aura SallaDigital omnibus
6 May 2026Li AnderssonFair Mobility & Quality Jobs
15 Apr 2026Eero HeinäluomaKilpailukykyasiat
14 Apr 2026Eero HeinäluomaAjankohtaiset asiat
13 Apr 2026Pekka ToveriNATO and EU cooperation with business and companies' crisis preparedness, European security situation and transatlantic relations
13 Apr 2026Anna-Maja HenrikssonFair Labour Mobility Package and Digital Omnibus
10 Apr 2026Pekka ToveriUkraine's reconstruction and opportunities for Finnish companies
26 Mar 2026Aura SallaMFF, Horizon Europe, ECF
18 Mar 2026Karin KarlsbroStål och CBAM
18 Mar 2026Heléne FritzonETS och klimatfrågor
5 Mar 2026Anna-Maja HenrikssonCompetitiveness
4 Mar 2026Aura SallaCircular economy

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