Lobby organisation
Corporate Europe Observatory
NGO or non-profit · Democracy & civil society · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Corporate Europe Observatory appears in 68 declared MEP meetings (26 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
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.”
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“CEO believes that the Transparency Register fails basic transparency standards and does not yet live up to its name. We support a legally-binding register, stronger safeguards against inaccurate reporting, and the publication of the names of all individual interest representatives. We regret that the 2021 register revamp no longer requires NGOs and think tanks to submit a figure for an annual lobby spend. We will continue to provide such a figure in the notes below. We also regret that the names of individual lobbyists can no longer be provided.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 68 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (14 in 2021). 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 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | Vicent Marzà Ibáñez | Trade Relations with Africa |
| 19 May 2026 | Daniel Freund | EU funds for Roma inclusion |
| 12 May 2026 | David Cormand | Digital Omnibus |
| 6 May 2026 | Erik Marquardt | Attacks against civil society |
| 6 May 2026 | Daniel Freund | Attack against civil society |
| 6 May 2026 | Lynn Boylan | Data centre reporting and confidentiality clauses under the Energy Efficiency Directive |
| 5 May 2026 | Per Clausen | Transparency in the institutions |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Lynn Boylan | Organisation of event to launch MEP Fossil Free Politics Pledge |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Kristian Vigenin | NGT |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Martin Häusling | Veranstaltung: Science and policy: Issues of framing, authority, evidence and political-economic decision making |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Lynn Boylan | Export of toxic pesticides banned in the EU |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Kim van Sparrentak | Digital rights |
| 29 Jan 2026 | David Cormand | Omnibus numérique |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Daniel Freund | Attack against civil society |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Daniel Freund | CONT Scrutiny Working Group |
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