MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Democracy International e.V.

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

As of 9 September 2026, Democracy International e.V. appears in 16 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

16
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Democracy International wants people to have the final political power. Democracy International aims to strengthen direct democracy and citizens’ participation on the local, national and transnational level across the globe. Democracy International stands for a globalisation of democracy and a democratisation of transnational decision-making processes. Democracy International intends to realise these main goals to accomplish its mission: Learning and exchange…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 16 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA850%
Renew Europe319%
Socialists & Democrats319%
European People's Party16%
The Left16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2019
2
2020
3
2021
1
2022
0
2023
1
2024
4
2025
5

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
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lukas Sieper
2 meetings · Renew
Alessandra Moretti
1 meeting · S&D
Damian Boeselager
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Kim van Sparrentak
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Jun 2025Lukas SieperEvent
15 May 2025René RepasiWhat is Democracy Worth? A Conversation on Priorities for the EU Budget
9 Apr 2025Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleDemocracy
6 Feb 2025Kathleen van BremptDemocracy
6 Feb 2025Alessandra MorettiSituation in Serbia
20 Nov 2024Michał WawrykiewiczMeeting with NGOs supporting the establishment of the Democracy Intergroup
15 Oct 2024Lena SchillingDemocracy Intergroup
3 Oct 2024Sebastian EverdingIntroductory Meeting
8 Aug 2024Lukas SieperProtecting European democracy
26 Jan 2023Damian BoeselagerEU Electoral law
14 Jan 2021Daniel FreundCitizens Take Over Europe’s public hearing on EP Petition on Conference on the Future of Europe
28 Oct 2020Kim van SparrentakDSA
11 May 2020Daniel FreundSpeaker at Democracy International Event - EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
9 May 2020Daniel FreundDemocracy International session "Citizen Lobbyists: Influencing the Conference on the Future of Europe"
11 Sep 2019Daniel FreundReception for Now The Citizens campaign

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