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Empowered By Us

Business / industry · Health & pharma · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Empowered By Us appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€75,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Empowered By Us is an independent, patient-led strategic advisory initiative operating at the intersection of rare disease policy, health system design, and equitable access. It connects lived experience with policy, governance, and innovation processes, engaging EU institutions, national authorities, and cross-sector stakeholders to support more coherent, inclusive, and implementable health systems. Its work focuses on strengthening how rare disease priorities…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party360%
Greens/EFA240%

Meetings by year

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

2025
5

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

Katrin Langensiepen
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Kim van Sparrentak
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
András Tivadar Kulja
1 meeting · EPP
Ingeborg ter Laak
1 meeting · EPP
Michalis Hadjipantela
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
19 May 2025Michalis HadjipantelaMeeting about action on rare diseases
22 Apr 2025András Tivadar KuljaRare disease patients' participation
3 Feb 2025Kim van SparrentakEquity and inclusion
3 Feb 2025Ingeborg ter LaakRare diseases
28 Jan 2025Katrin LangensiepenGeneral exchange

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