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Bundesverband Kooperierender Mittelstand

Business / industry · Consumer & retail · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Bundesverband Kooperierender Mittelstand appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

10
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND (SME Groups Germany) is the leading professional association of cooperations between small and medium sized enterprises. DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND unites companies from the retail, crafts and services sectors as well as the production industry. DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND represents around 230.000 independent entrepreneurs which are organized in about 310 groups. The legal form differs between the groups. Whereas around the half…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 10 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe330%
Socialists & Democrats330%
European People's Party220%
Greens/EFA220%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
1
2024
1
2025
5
2026
1

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

Andreas Glück
3 meetings · Renew
Alexandra Geese
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Katarina Barley
1 meeting · S&D
Gabriele Bischoff
1 meeting · S&D

The 10 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Apr 2026Katarina Barleyinternal market legislation
14 Oct 2025Andreas GlückEnvironment Policy
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
25 Feb 2025Andreas GlückClimate and Environment Policy
6 Feb 2025René RepasiAustausch zum geplanten Omnibus Vorschlag
24 Jan 2025Gabriele BischoffAustausch mit dem Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. zur Revision Eurobetriebsräte
3 Oct 2024Andreas GlückEnvironmental Policy
8 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
20 Apr 2020Alexandra GeeseImpact of COVID-19 on German SMEs and e-Commerce
4 Sep 2019Alexandra GeeseThema Data Sharing / Data Pooling

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