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Lobby organisation

European Association of Co-operative Banks

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Association of Co-operative Banks appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

24
declared meetings
with current MEPs
16
MEPs met
€1.8M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) represents, promotes and defends the common interests of its 29 member institutions and of cooperative banks, with regard to banking as well as to co-operative legislation. Founded in 1970, today the EACB is a leading professional lobbying association in the European banking industry. Co-operative banks play a major role in the financial and…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party938%
Socialists & Democrats833%
Renew Europe417%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
Non-attached14%
The Left14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
2
2021
1
2022
3
2023
4
2024
2
2025
8
2026
3

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

Eero Heinäluoma
4 meetings · S&D
Markus Ferber
3 meetings · EPP
Gilles Boyer
3 meetings · Renew
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Johan van Overtveldt
1 meeting · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 Mar 2026Markus FerberCompetitiveness and simplification agenda
17 Feb 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with representative of ÖGV
15 Jan 2026Lara WoltersDigital Euro
11 Nov 2025Pasquale TridicoDIGITALEURO
3 Sep 2025Johan van OvertveldtFIDA
11 Jun 2025Markus FerberDigital euro
27 May 2025Marco FalconePolitiche abitative
21 Mar 2025Michalis HadjipantelaIntroductory Meeting
19 Feb 2025Eero HeinäluomaDinner Event
19 Feb 2025Bruno GonçalvesECON policies
19 Feb 2025Markus FerberCompetitiveness and simplification agenda
3 Dec 2024Gilles BoyerDigital euro
11 Oct 2024Stéphanie Yon-CourtinRetail Investment Strategy
16 Nov 2023Sirpa PietikäinenFIDA, digital euro
16 Nov 2023Eero HeinäluomaAnti-money laundering

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