Lobby organisation
Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
NGO or non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe appears in 30 declared MEP meetings (17 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents the bars and law societies of 31 member countries, one affiliate and 14 further associate and observer countries, and through them more than 1 million European lawyers.”
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“The CCBE was founded in 1960, as the ramifications of the European Economic Community on the legal profession started to be seriously considered (www.ccbe.eu/about/history/). During the decades which followed and through to the present day, the CCBE has been in the forefront of advancing the views of European lawyers and defending the legal principles upon which democracy and the rule of law are based. The CCBE is an international non-profit association incorporated in Belgium. The CCBE is recognised as the voice of the European legal profession by the national bars and law societies on the one hand, and by the EU institutions on the other. For complete information, please see: https://www.ccbe.eu/about/who-we-are/ […]”
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Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 30 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 (10 in 2026). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | Birgit Sippel | Preparation Event 10 Year Anniversary of European Lawyers in Lesbos |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Ilhan Kyuchyuk | Independence of the ECJ |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Vasile Dîncu | The administration of justice in the EU Member States and the role of the CJEU in upholding judicial independence |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Lukas Mandl | 28th Regime |
| 2 Jun 2026 | René Repasi | The 28th Regime Corporate Legal Framework – 'EU Inc.'/ Gesellschaftsrechtlicher Rahmen des 28. Regimes – „EU Inc.“ |
| 12 May 2026 | Pascal Canfin | EU INC |
| 7 May 2026 | Sandro Ruotolo | Informal meeting on future initiatives of the IG against spyware abuse |
| 6 May 2026 | Katarina Barley | Training for lawyers in the European Union |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Nikola Minchev | Exchange of views |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Lukas Mandl | 28th Regime |
| 15 Sep 2025 | Malik Azmani | Return Regulation |
| 8 May 2025 | Birgit Sippel | EU-US eEvidence |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Birgit Sippel | Facilitation directive; entry-exit-system |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Birgit Sippel | EU-US e-evidence |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Axel Voss | eJustice |
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