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European farmers

Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European farmers appears in 33 declared MEP meetings (28 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

33
declared meetings
with current MEPs
28
MEPs met
€800k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The remit of Copa is to: represent the voice of European farmers and set the requisite political objectives to promote their interests; boost their income and defend a strong agricultural sector; influence political decisions on agriculture by lobbying the European Union's public institutions and both European and international organisations; promote the multifunctional role of farmers in society; provide a platform […]”

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“[…] for members to debate and exchange their views; seek and promote solutions to important matters of mutual concern; facilitate communication and coordination between its members and between its members' national offices in Brussels and help them to pool their resources if necessary; foster exchanges of opinion and debates, but also with other representative organisations at European and international level ecc […]”

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 33 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party927%
Renew Europe927%
Socialists & Democrats824%
The Left39%
Greens/EFA26%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%
Patriots for Europe13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
3
2024
12
2025
12
2026
6

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

Valérie Hayer
2 meetings · Renew
Elsi Katainen
2 meetings · Renew
Maria Walsh
2 meetings · EPP
Arash Saeidi
2 meetings · The Left
Victor Negrescu
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Jul 2026Tilly MetzAnimal Transport
23 Jun 2026Siegfried MureşanDiscussion about the MFF
10 Jun 2026Victor NegrescuMeeting on the post-2027 CAP and future MFF priorities
20 May 2026Jessica PolfjärdNGT
11 May 2026Christian EhlerEuropean Competitiveness Fund
5 May 2026Per ClausenThe JMR on The UWWTD
10 Dec 2025Victor NegrescuSecuring the Eastern Flank: Ensuring a Level Playing Field for CEE Farmers
19 Nov 2025David CormandEvent: "This Land Is Our Land: Generational Renewal and Access to Land in Europe"
24 Sep 2025Carla TavaresIntroduction
24 Jun 2025Pascal ArimontSustainable crops protection
26 Apr 2025Raphaël GlucksmannGSP
24 Apr 2025Cristina Maestrefarmers' situation
9 Apr 2025Arash SaeidiEchange de point de vue
7 Apr 2025Brando BenifeiAmendments to the public procurement INI Report
12 Feb 2025Christine SingerGreen Claims

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