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EuroCommerce

Business group · Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, EuroCommerce appears in 158 declared MEP meetings (93 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

158
declared meetings
with current MEPs
93
MEPs met
€800k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
8.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EuroCommerce is the principal European organisation representing the retail and wholesale sector. It embraces national associations in 27 countries and 5 million companies, both leading global players such as Carrefour, Ikea, Metro, and many small businesses. Over a billion times a day, retailers and wholesalers distribute goods and provide an essential service to millions of business and individual customers.”

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“The sector generates 1 in 7 jobs, offering a varied career to 26 million Europeans, many of them young people. It also supports millions of further jobs throughout the supply chain, from small local suppliers to international businesses. EuroCommerce is the recognised European social partner for the retail and wholesale sector.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 158 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party5937%
Socialists & Democrats4428%
Renew Europe2616%
Greens/EFA1912%
European Conservatives & Reformists53%
Patriots for Europe53%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (40 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
14
2021
6
2022
5
2023
12
2024
40
2025
40
2026
38

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

Axel Voss
7 meetings · EPP
Jeannette Baljeu
6 meetings · Renew
Christel Schaldemose
6 meetings · S&D
Marc Angel
5 meetings · S&D
Alex Agius Saliba
4 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Oct 2026Svenja HahnUpcoming Single Market legislation
13 Oct 2026Marta WcisłoMeeting with Eurocommerce on organics
15 Sep 2026Jörgen WarbornDinner on Trade and simplification
15 Sep 2026Idoia MendiaQuality Jobs Act-social and employment policy
15 Sep 2026Krzysztof HetmanUnfair trading practices
15 Sep 2026Gordan BosanacSingle Market-related challenges in the retail sector
8 Sep 2026Dimitris TsiodrasMeting with Heads of National Associations
15 Jul 2026Christel SchaldemoseProduct act
2 Jul 2026Dirk GotinkTSCs
30 Jun 2026Jérémy DecerleUTP
11 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackTerritorial Supply Contraints
3 Jun 2026Marta WcisłoMeeting with Eurocommerce on Organics Regulation
27 May 2026Aurore LalucqDigital euro, sovereignty of payments
20 May 2026Dimitris TsiodrasConsumer protection policies
20 May 2026Mohammed ChahimCBAM

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