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Environmental Defense Fund Europe (Stichting Environmental Defense Fund International)

NGO / non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Environmental Defense Fund Europe (Stichting Environmental Defense Fund International) appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
8.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Environmental Defense Fund Europe works in the heart of decision making in Brussels and across Europe, with a strong track record of using economics,science and partnerships to provide pragmatic solutions to the world's most pressing environmental problems. We collaborate with politicians, policy makers, businesses and academia to hasten the transition to a carbon free economy, develop and implement ambitious environmental…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA950%
Socialists & Democrats633%
Renew Europe211%
European People's Party16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
2
2021
1
2022
2
2023
6
2024
2
2025
3
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

Jutta Paulus
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jens Geier
5 meetings · S&D
Ville Niinistö
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Peter Liese
1 meeting · EPP
Bart Groothuis
1 meeting · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
18 May 2026Thomas Pellerin-CarlinMethane Regulation
29 Aug 2025Peter LieseAustausch
14 Mar 2025Jutta PaulusSecurity of Energy Supply
28 Jan 2025Jens GeierExchange on follow up of the Gas and Hydrogen market dircetive and the Methane Regulation
3 Dec 2024Lena SchillingMethan Emissions
3 Apr 2024Jens GeierExchange on hydrogen and methane emissions and the priorities for the upcoming elections
10 Nov 2023Jutta PaulusMethane
18 Oct 2023Jutta PaulusMeth
5 Oct 2023Jutta PaulusMethane
21 Sep 2023Jutta PaulusMethane
27 Jul 2023Jens GeierExchange on the Methane Regulation (staff level)
12 Jul 2023Jens GeierExchange on the gas market directive (staff level)
31 Aug 2022Jens GeierVorschlag einer Verordnung über die Verringerung von Methanemissionen im Energiesektor
2 May 2022Jutta PaulusMethane regulation
27 Sep 2021Ville NiinistöFit for 55 and EU methane legislation

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