Lobby organisation
Cooperatives Europe
Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Cooperatives Europe appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“Cooperatives Europe is the voice of cooperative enterprises in Europe. On behalf of its 80 member organisations from 33 European countries across all business sectors it promotes the cooperative business model in Europe.”
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“Its members represent 141 million individual member cooperators owning 176.000 co-operative enterprises and providing jobs to 4.7 million European citizens - a force for economic growth and social change. Cooperatives Europe works to promote the cooperative business model at European level. Cooperatives Europe advocates granting the plurality of business forms in Europe. It is about increasing knowledge and recognition of the cooperative business model among EU authorities, designing and implementing policies and tools to support the development of the cooperative enterprises and anticipating the impact of new EU or national legislation. Cooperatives Europe fosters communication amongst and about cooperative enterprises. We focus our efforts on creating tools (...)”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 10 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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 10 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Cecilia Strada | focus sul ruolo delle imprese cooperative come attori strategici e partner per l'attuazione dell'Azione Esterna dell’UE |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Hildegard Bentele | EU Development Cooperation and Global Europe |
| 15 Sep 2025 | Axel Voss | 28th Regime |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Leila Chaibi | HOUS related issues |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Cecilia Strada | Priorities of cooperatives and social economy actors for the next 5 years |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Lynn Boylan | Cooperative Development in the EU |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Lynn Boylan | Facilitating an exchange between Bohemians Climate Coop and NGOs |
| 6 Sep 2024 | Eero Heinäluoma | Current Affairs |
| 5 Sep 2024 | Idoia Mendia | Meeting with Cooperatives Europe |
| 8 Mar 2023 | Axel Voss | Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence |
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