MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Corporate Europe Observatory

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

As of 9 September 2026, Corporate Europe Observatory appears in 66 declared MEP meetings (25 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

66
declared meetings
with current MEPs
25
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making. Corporate Europe Observatory is strongly committed to transparency about EU lobbying. CEO believes that the Transparency Register fails basic transparency standards and does not yet live up to its…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 66 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA4670%
The Left1827%
Socialists & Democrats23%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (14 in 2021).

2019
8
2020
8
2021
14
2022
1
2023
9
2024
7
2025
6
2026
13

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

Daniel Freund
19 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Marie Toussaint
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lynn Boylan
4 meetings · The Left
Manon Aubry
4 meetings · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 May 2026Vicent Marzà IbáñezTrade Relations with Africa
19 May 2026Daniel FreundEU funds for Roma inclusion
12 May 2026David CormandDigital Omnibus
6 May 2026Daniel FreundAttack against civil society
6 May 2026Lynn BoylanData centre reporting and confidentiality clauses under the Energy Efficiency Directive
5 May 2026Per ClausenTransparency in the institutions
10 Apr 2026Lynn BoylanOrganisation of event to launch MEP Fossil Free Politics Pledge
9 Apr 2026Kristian VigeninNGT
24 Mar 2026Martin HäuslingVeranstaltung: Science and policy: Issues of framing, authority, evidence and political-economic decision making
17 Mar 2026Lynn BoylanExport of toxic pesticides banned in the EU
17 Feb 2026Kim van SparrentakDigital rights
29 Jan 2026David CormandOmnibus numérique
14 Jan 2026Daniel FreundAttack against civil society
17 Nov 2025Daniel FreundCONT Scrutiny Working Group
2 Jun 2025Pär HolmgrenEU agricultural policy

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