MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions

Labour / trade union · Labour & trade unions · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions appears in 63 declared MEP meetings (34 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

63
declared meetings
with current MEPs
34
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“1. Composition EFFAT is the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism sectors resulting from the merger concluded between two European trade union federations, the ECF-IUF and EFA, on 11 December 2000. As a European Federation representing 120 national trade unions from 35 European countries, EFFAT defends the interests of more than 2.6 million employees towards…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 63 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats2641%
The Left1422%
Greens/EFA1321%
Renew Europe610%
European People's Party35%
Non-attached12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (23 in 2025).

2019
3
2020
8
2021
0
2022
3
2023
5
2024
10
2025
23
2026
11

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

Johan Danielsson
7 meetings · S&D
Leila Chaibi
4 meetings · The Left
Martin Häusling
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Norbert Lins
3 meetings · EPP
Maria Noichl
3 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jul 2026Fabio de Masi28th Regime
2 Jul 2026Thomas WaitzCAP
2 Jul 2026Arash Saeidi28th Regime
30 Jun 2026Rudi KennesWorkers' rights
12 May 2026Barry CowenMeeting with European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
22 Apr 2026Thomas WaitzAgriculture, CAP
14 Apr 2026Norbert LinsGAP
10 Feb 2026Anthony SmithManifestation contre la sous-traitance et pour le renforcement des inspections du travail en Europe
10 Feb 2026Per ClausenSubcontracting
28 Jan 2026Benedetta ScuderiSubcontracting chain
14 Jan 2026Norbert LinsGAP
10 Dec 2025Rudi KennesWorkers' rights, international trade
3 Dec 2025Johan DanielssonSubcontacting
17 Nov 2025Marit MaijDomestic Workers in Europe: Recognition, Rights, and Regulation
10 Nov 2025Cristina MaestreTrade unions movement for a more social CAP

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