MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

European Disability Forum

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Disability Forum appears in 56 declared MEP meetings (39 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

56
declared meetings
with current MEPs
39
MEPs met
€1.5M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
19.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“We are an umbrella organisation of persons with disabilities that advocates for the rights of over 100 million persons with disabilities in Europe. We are an independent non-governmental organisation (NGO) that brings together representative organisations of persons with disabilities from across Europe. We are run by persons with disabilities and their families. We are a strong united voice of persons…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 56 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1730%
Socialists & Democrats1629%
Renew Europe1221%
European People's Party611%
Non-attached24%
The Left24%
Patriots for Europe12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (16 in 2025).

2019
3
2020
5
2021
4
2022
3
2023
6
2024
9
2025
16
2026
10

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

Katrin Langensiepen
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alice Kuhnke
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alex Agius Saliba
3 meetings · S&D
Kim van Sparrentak
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jana Toom
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 Mar 2026Daniel FreundPerformance Framework, MFF 2028-2034
25 Mar 2026Elena Nevado del CampoEuropean Social Fund
23 Mar 2026Katrin LangensiepenStrategic meeting
19 Mar 2026Ana VasconcelosDigital Networks Act
17 Mar 2026Elsi KatainenNRPP negotiations
10 Mar 2026Sabrina ReppRights of Persons with Disabilities
5 Mar 2026David CasaESF
25 Feb 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - civil society
24 Feb 2026Gordan BosanacInclusion of persons with disabilities in the next MFF
27 Jan 2026Romana JerkovićEuropean Disability Strategy 2021-2030
16 Jul 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúRoundtable on Inclusive Tourism
2 Jul 2025Dainius ŽalimasMeeting
13 May 2025Isilda GomesEU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
19 Feb 2025Kim van SparrentakWithdrawal horizontal anti-discrimination directive
19 Feb 2025Alice KuhnkeAnti-discrimination

Meeting an MEP is a normal part of democratic life; the record is shown so anyone can see it.