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DIE PAPIERINDUSTRIE e.V.

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, DIE PAPIERINDUSTRIE e.V. appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

10
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€400k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
11.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“DIE PAPIERINDUSTRIE e.V. is the European association representing the German paper industry. It represents over 80 companies, including major international companies as well as small, medium-sized, and family-run businesses. Together, our members represent over 94% of the industry in terms of turnover.”

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“We speak for the largest national pulp and paper industry in Europe and the fifth largest in the world. We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality paper. The association represents political interests at national level. As a member of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), it is actively involved in the European activities of the industry […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

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

European People's Party880%
Socialists & Democrats220%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
1
2024
4
2025
3
2026
2

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

Peter Liese
3 meetings · EPP
Angelika Niebler
2 meetings · EPP
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Markus Ferber
1 meeting · EPP
Marion Walsmann
1 meeting · EPP

The 10 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
18 Feb 2026Peter LieseAustausch
14 Jan 2026Peter LieseAustausch
28 May 2025Angelika NieblerEU Simplification Proposals
16 Apr 2025Angelika NieblerEuropean energy policy
24 Jan 2025Gabriele BischoffAustausch mit dem Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. zur Revision Eurobetriebsräte
5 Dec 2024Markus FerberTaxonomy
26 Nov 2024Marion WalsmannEuropäische Energie­politik
16 Jul 2024Peter LieseAustausch
17 Apr 2024Jens GiesekeAustausch zu Umweltpolitik
28 Mar 2023Delara BurkhardtPackaging Waste

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