MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Datenna B.V.

Business / industry · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Datenna B.V. appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€25,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Datenna is an independent Dutch open-source intelligence (OSINT) company that equips European and allied authorities with validated, data-driven insights on China. Our mission is to turn complex Chinese-language open sources into actionable knowledge that supports evidence-based policymaking, export-control, FDI screening and national-security risk assessment. Through a proprietary platform that continuously collects, enriches and analyses over a billion data points, we…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe250%
European People's Party125%
Greens/EFA125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025).

2024
1
2025
3

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

Niclas Herbst
1 meeting · EPP
Hannah Neumann
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Bart Groothuis
1 meeting · Renew
Michael McNamara
1 meeting · Renew

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Jul 2025Hannah NeumannExchange of views on the organisations activities
11 Jun 2025Niclas HerbstDefence and security, techno-economic intelligence
13 May 2025Michael McNamaraData-driven intelligence
8 Nov 2024Bart GroothuisAsia Pacific issues

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