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Lobby organisation

Direct Selling Europe

HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Direct Selling Europe appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“- Promote the visibility and defend the interests of the direct selling industry in the European Institutions, ensuring that they understand and take into account the concerns and realities of the sector throughout the decision-making process. - Raise awareness among EU decision-makers of the growing economic significance of this sector. - Improve the quality of EU legislation so as to…”

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.

European People's Party250%
Non-attached125%
Renew Europe125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2022. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2021).

2021
2
2022
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

Dennis Radtke
1 meeting · EPP
Tomislav Sokol
1 meeting · EPP
Elisabetta Gualmini
1 meeting · Renew
Kateřina Konečná
1 meeting · Non-attached

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Dec 2022Dennis RadtkePlatform work
12 Apr 2022Elisabetta Gualmini2nd roundtable on platform work directive
9 Nov 2021Tomislav SokolConsumer Credit Directive (CCD)
27 Oct 2021Kateřina KonečnáCredit Consumer Directive

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