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European Brain Council

NGO or non-profit · Health & pharma · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Brain Council appears in 34 declared MEP meetings (26 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

34
declared meetings
with current MEPs
26
MEPs met
€600k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
11.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Brain Council (EBC) is a coordinating council formed by European organisations in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, basic brain research (neuroscience), as well as patient organisations and industry.”

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“It therefore represents a vast network of patients, doctors and scientists, and these stakeholders along with its industrial partners make it eminently suited to work in close partnership with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as other decision-making bodies. The EBC was officially founded on 22 March 2002 in Brussels, and has offices in Brussels.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 34 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1647%
Socialists & Democrats824%
European Conservatives & Reformists618%
Renew Europe26%
Greens/EFA13%
Patriots for Europe13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (16 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
3
2024
11
2025
16
2026
4

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

Aurelijus Veryga
4 meetings · ECR
Tomislav Sokol
3 meetings · EPP
Miriam Lexmann
2 meetings · EPP
Nina Carberry
2 meetings · EPP
Sirpa Pietikäinen
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
30 Sep 2026Aurelijus VerygaEuropean Neurological Health Strategy and Brain Health
9 Sep 2026Sirpa PietikäinenNeurological Health Strategy
23 Jul 2026Sophie WilmèsBrain Cancer
17 Mar 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisBrain diseases in the EU
26 Jun 2025Aurelijus VerygaShaping Research Priorities in Europe
26 Jun 2025Elena Nevado del CampoChallenges of the European research Ecosystems
26 Jun 2025Nadine MoranoRecherche sur le cerveau & innovation
26 Jun 2025Adam JarubasZdrowie Mózgu
26 Jun 2025João Cotrim de FigueiredoResearch
25 Jun 2025Nicola Zingarettiresearch
25 Jun 2025Aurelijus VerygaBridging the Gap Between Science and Policy in Mental and Neurological Health
25 Jun 2025Sebastian TynkkynenNeurologian ajankohtaiset asiat
25 Jun 2025Tomislav SokolHealth policy
25 Jun 2025Eleonora MeletiMental health policies
25 Jun 2025François KalfonPolitique européenne de santé

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