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DIE FAMILIENUNTERNEHMER

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, DIE FAMILIENUNTERNEHMER appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der Verband und seine Mitglieder bekennen sich zur sozialen Marktwirtschaft, zu einem freiheitlichen und fairen Wettbewerb, zur privaten Eigentumsordnung und zu der daraus erwachsenden sozialen Verpflichtung und Verantwortung. Die Arbeit des Verbandes hat zum Ziel die Vertretung der Standpunkte und Interessen der Familienunternehmer in Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft die Schaffung und Erhaltung eines positiven Unternehmerbildes in der Öffentlichkeit die Förderung…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party867%
Renew Europe217%
Socialists & Democrats217%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
2
2023
6
2024
2
2025
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

Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Svenja Hahn
2 meetings · Renew
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Norbert Lins
1 meeting · EPP
Bernd Lange
1 meeting · S&D

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 May 2025Manfred WeberPolitischer Austausch
11 Dec 2024Svenja HahnRevision of the EUs Foreign Direct Investment Screening mechanism
24 Sep 2024Svenja HahnLiberal politics and competitiveness of the European economy
15 Nov 2023Angelika NieblerEU bureaucratic burden
15 Nov 2023Norbert LinsMeinungsaustausch
15 Nov 2023Peter LieseMeinungsaustausch
15 Nov 2023Jens GiesekeWirtschaftspolitik
24 Apr 2023Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of view
7 Feb 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
3 May 2022Jens GiesekeAustausch zur Mittelstandspolitik
10 Feb 2022Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
20 Nov 2019Birgit SippelExchange of Views

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