MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Edelman Public Relations Worldwide

Business / industry · Public affairs & consultancy · HQ: Belgium · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€2.9M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
25.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Edelman is the world’s leading independent communications firm with over 6,000 employees over 60 offices worldwide. Our public affairs practice has more than 200 professionals in key political capitals, including Brussels, Beijing, Berlin, London, Paris and Washington, D.C. Edelman Brussels benefits from a multinational and multilingual staff with experience in European Union institutions, national governments, business, NGOs and the media.…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats343%
European People's Party229%
European Conservatives & Reformists114%
Renew Europe114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2023
1
2024
0
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

Brando Benifei
1 meeting · S&D
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Hildegard Bentele
1 meeting · EPP
Michal Wiezik
1 meeting · Renew
Marta Temido
1 meeting · S&D

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
23 Sep 2025Marta TemidoAdvancing Early Detection Diabetes Type 1
19 Mar 2025Brando BenifeiEU-US Relationship
18 Feb 2025Aurelijus VerygaVoluntary Industry Initiatives in Responsible Food and Beverage Marketing to Children
18 Feb 2025Hildegard BenteleWater policy
20 Jan 2025Michal Wiezikwider water policy
23 Aug 2023Tiemo WölkenExchange on EU Health Policy (staff level)

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