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EuropaBio

Business group · Health & pharma · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, EuropaBio appears in 48 declared MEP meetings (28 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

48
declared meetings
with current MEPs
28
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EuropaBio is Europe's largest and most influential biotech industry group. Initiated in 1996 to represent the interests of the biotechnology industry at European level, and constantly engaged in a dialogue with the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers EuropaBio aims to influence legislation on biotechnology, representing Healthcare and Industrial biotechnology sectors.”

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“EuropaBio goals include: (1) promoting an innovative, coherent, and dynamic biotechnology-based industry in Europe; (2) advocating free and open markets and the removal of barriers to competitiveness with other areas of the world; (3) committing to an open, transparent, and informed dialogue with all stakeholders about the ethical, social, and economic aspects of biotechnology and its benefits; (4) championing the socially responsible use of biotechnology to ensure that its potential is fully used to the benefit of humans and their environment.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 48 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2042%
Renew Europe1327%
Socialists & Democrats1225%
Greens/EFA24%
European Conservatives & Reformists12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (20 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
2
2021
1
2022
1
2023
3
2024
5
2025
20
2026
16

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

Stine Bosse
7 meetings · Renew
Eero Heinäluoma
4 meetings · S&D
Jessica Polfjärd
3 meetings · EPP
András Tivadar Kulja
3 meetings · EPP
Wouter Beke
3 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
31 Aug 2026Jessica PolfjärdEnvironmental Policy
6 Jul 2026Wouter BekeEU Biotech Act I
6 Jul 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisEuropean Biotech Sector
1 Jul 2026Sebastian TynkkynenBiovalmistus Euroopassa
22 Jun 2026Jessica PolfjärdBiotech
28 May 2026Katri KulmuniBiotech I
20 Apr 2026Wouter BekeBiotech Act I
16 Apr 2026Ingeborg ter LaakBiotech Act
15 Apr 2026Anna StrolenbergPrecision fermentation
15 Apr 2026Benoit CassartOmnibus Food and Feed
7 Apr 2026Tomislav SokolHealth Policy
17 Mar 2026Stine BosseBiotech Act working lunch
17 Mar 2026Wouter BekeBiotech Act I
10 Mar 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisEuropean Biotech Act
23 Feb 2026Stine BosseECF ENVI opinion

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