Lobby organisation
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.
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.
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.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | Paulo Cunha | Textile Industry |
| 7 Jan 2026 | François Kalfon | Industrie textile européenne |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Maria Guzenina | Textile Industry |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Brando Benifei | e-commerce and digital trade |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | Circular Economy Act |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Paulo Cunha | Opening Exhibition hosted by me |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Rasmus Nordqvist | Waste Framework Directive |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Bruno Gonçalves | ITRE policies |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Dario Nardella | Priorities in the field of fashion industries |
| 4 Oct 2024 | Christian Ehler | Clean Industrial Deal |
| 8 Mar 2023 | Axel Voss | Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence |
| 8 Mar 2023 | Raphaël Glucksmann | Industrie textile européenne |
| 3 Feb 2023 | Delara Burkhardt | Textiles |
| 1 Dec 2022 | Christian Ehler | Sustainable Textiles |
| 21 Nov 2022 | Susana Solís Pérez | Textile Strategy |
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