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European Alliance for Research Excellence

Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Alliance for Research Excellence appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€50k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Alliance for Research Excellence (EARE) is a coalition of companies and research organisations committed to fostering excellence in research and innovation in Europe. Established in 2017 with the support of Microsoft, Allied for Startups, and BSA The Software Alliance, EARE brings together members from the European research and innovation ecosystem (see our full members' list below).”

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“At EARE, we firmly believe in the principle that data should be "as open as possible, as closed as necessary." Our primary objective is to advocate for a policy and legal environment that facilitates data sharing, fosters innovation, and promotes a competitive European research and innovation ecosystem. We strive to ensure that all European researchers have access to data in line with open data principles, encouraging advancements in various societal and economic domains.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party133%
Greens/EFA133%
Renew Europe133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2025
2
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

Sergey Lagodinsky
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Michael McNamara
1 meeting · Renew
Axel Voss
1 meeting · EPP

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
11 May 2026Michael McNamaraDigital simplification
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
30 Jul 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views

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