Lobby organisation
Erste Group Bank AG
Company · Finance · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Erste Group Bank AG appears in 17 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“Erste Group was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank. Ever since its foundation Erste Group has been focusing on the real economy.”
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“As a key financial services provider in the eastern part of the EU, Erste Group's key business is the retail business, covering the entire spectrum from lending, deposit and investment products to current accounts and credit cards. Besides the traditional strength in serving private individuals, Erste Group's core activities also include advisory services and support for corporate clients in financing, investment and access to international capital markets, public sector funding and interbank market operations. Erste Group is strongly committed to offering a comprehensive range of financial products to meet its customer needs.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 17 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | Angelika Winzig | Meeting with representative of Erste Group |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Jonás Fernández | Banking competitiveness |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Helmut Brandstätter | Exchange of Views |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Irene Tinagli | Meeting on housing issues |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Martin Hojsík | Housing crisis, Affordable Housing |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Angelika Winzig | Meeting with representative of Erste Group |
| 22 Sep 2025 | Angelika Winzig | Meeting with representative of Erste Group |
| 28 Aug 2025 | Alexandra Geese | Event: European Forum Alpbach „European Digital Sovereignty in Times of Geopolitical Competition“ |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Ľudovít Ódor | Courtesy meeting |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Tomislav Sokol | Internal market and consumer protection |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Klára Dobrev | Global competitiveness, financial needs of the EU and Central Europe in particular, results of the US Presidential Election |
| 8 Nov 2024 | Victor Negrescu | Introductory meeting and EU budget 2025 |
| 28 Oct 2024 | Lukas Mandl | Deregulierung, europäisches Bankenwesen |
| 26 Apr 2023 | Gilles Boyer | CRR3, Digital Euro |
| 8 Mar 2023 | Axel Voss | Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence |
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