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Lobby organisation

EuroCommerce

Business / industry · Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, EuroCommerce appears in 138 declared MEP meetings (85 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

138
declared meetings
with current MEPs
85
MEPs met
€800,000/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. The…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 138 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party4936%
Socialists & Democrats4230%
Renew Europe2014%
Greens/EFA1712%
European Conservatives & Reformists54%
Patriots for Europe54%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (40 in 2024).

2019
3
2020
14
2021
6
2022
5
2023
12
2024
40
2025
33
2026
25

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

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jul 2026Christel SchaldemoseProduct act
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
19 May 2026Fernando Navarrete RojasDigital Euro
9 Apr 2026Pascal ArimontGeneral Exchange on EMPL work
8 Apr 2026Christel SchaldemoseCPC reviews
8 Apr 2026Christel SchaldemoseRetail & Wholesale
7 Apr 2026Christel SchaldemoseRetail & Wholesale
25 Mar 2026Anna StrolenbergProtein diversification event (multiple organisations)
23 Mar 2026Ana VasconcelosENVI Omnibus_EPR
19 Mar 2026Dirk GotinkSingle Market Barriers
4 Mar 2026Alex Agius SalibaEuropean Single Market
25 Feb 2026Jeannette BaljeuEuropean Product Act

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