MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

CropLife Europe

Business / industry · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, CropLife Europe appears in 70 declared MEP meetings (42 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

70
declared meetings
with current MEPs
42
MEPs met
€1.2M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Association aims to advance research and development of crop protection solutions in Europe and encourage public policies based on science, creating the conditions to bring these tools that protect plant health to the market. The Association also promotes sustainable farming practices and the responsible use of crop protection solutions. The Association promotes the complementarity of its members’ crop solutions,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 70 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2231%
Socialists & Democrats1623%
European Conservatives & Reformists1521%
Renew Europe1319%
Patriots for Europe46%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (21 in 2026).

2022
3
2023
13
2024
14
2025
19
2026
21

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

Alexander Bernhuber
7 meetings · EPP
Norbert Lins
4 meetings · EPP
Veronika Vrecionová
4 meetings · ECR
Valérie Hayer
3 meetings · Renew
Silvia Sardone
3 meetings · PfE

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 Jun 2026Michele PicaroFood And Feed
17 Jun 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisBiotech Act and Food and Feed Omnibus
16 Jun 2026Sander SmitFood & Feed Omnibus
16 Jun 2026Silvia SardoneENVI NGT
15 Jun 2026Bert-Jan RuissenFood Feed Omnibus
26 May 2026Katri KulmuniBiotech I
20 May 2026Gheorghe CârciuOmnibus Food and Feed Package
2 Apr 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisBiotech act
24 Mar 2026Benoit CassartOmnibus Food and Feed
18 Mar 2026Stefano BonacciniMeeting with CropLife Europe
27 Feb 2026Maria WalshAgricultural Policy
25 Feb 2026Sander Smit2025/0409 (COD)
11 Feb 2026Peter LieseAustausch
10 Feb 2026Laurence TrochuNouvelles Techniques Génomiques (NGT)
10 Feb 2026Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch über den Food&Feed-Omnibus

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