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EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€1.8M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
12.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EURATEX is an association of national textile and apparel employers’ associations and European textile branch associations, representing the whole of that industry in the EU and in its Customs Union partner, Turkey.”

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“Its mission is to define and promote measures with the EU authorities which enhance the international competitiveness of the industry’s companies; to monitor and contribute to the implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements signed by the EU in order to create fair trading conditions; to foster alliances with connected sectors and to maximise synergies with them; to develop an effective innovation policy including research, technology transfer and vocational training; to promote the image of a dynamic industry and provide members with all relevant data of a statistical or economic nature to facilitate decision-taking. EURATEX is the employers’ representative on the European Sectoral Social Dialogue for the textile and apparel industry […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats945%
European People's Party840%
Greens/EFA315%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
3
2022
4
2023
3
2024
1
2025
7
2026
2

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

Raphaël Glucksmann
3 meetings · S&D
Alice Kuhnke
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Susana Solís Pérez
2 meetings · EPP
Paulo Cunha
2 meetings · EPP
Christian Ehler
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 May 2026Paulo CunhaTextile Industry
7 Jan 2026François KalfonIndustrie textile européenne
18 Nov 2025Maria GuzeninaTextile Industry
12 Nov 2025Brando Benifeie-commerce and digital trade
5 Nov 2025Sirpa PietikäinenCircular Economy Act
4 Nov 2025Paulo CunhaOpening Exhibition hosted by me
24 Feb 2025Rasmus NordqvistWaste Framework Directive
29 Jan 2025Bruno GonçalvesITRE policies
28 Jan 2025Dario NardellaPriorities in the field of fashion industries
4 Oct 2024Christian EhlerClean Industrial Deal
8 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
8 Mar 2023Raphaël GlucksmannIndustrie textile européenne
3 Feb 2023Delara BurkhardtTextiles
1 Dec 2022Christian EhlerSustainable Textiles
21 Nov 2022Susana Solís PérezTextile Strategy

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