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European Geothermal Energy Council

Business group · Energy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Geothermal Energy Council appears in 27 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

27
declared meetings
with current MEPs
16
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EGEC, the European Geothermal Energy Council, was founded in 1998 as an international non-profit association in Brussels. EGEC has now more than 240 members from 30 European countries: private companies, national associations, consultants, research centers, geological surveys and other public authorities… The aims of our organization are to promote the use of geothermal energy.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 27 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe1037%
Socialists & Democrats726%
Greens/EFA622%
European People's Party311%
The Left14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
1
2021
2
2022
1
2023
6
2024
6
2025
4
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

Martin Hojsík
7 meetings · Renew
Nicolás González Casares
3 meetings · S&D
Niels Fuglsang
2 meetings · S&D
Michal Wiezik
2 meetings · Renew
Ville Niinistö
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Aug 2026Peter LieseAustausch
2 Jul 2026Marina MesureIAA
22 Apr 2026Martin HojsíkGeothermal energy
25 Mar 2026Nicolás González CasaresGeothermal Energy
26 Feb 2026Yannis ManiatisIntroductory Meeting
11 Feb 2026Martin HojsíkEU Industrial Policy
26 Nov 2025Martin HojsíkGeothermal energy breakfast
26 Nov 2025Jan FarskýSupport to geothermal energy
10 Sep 2025Martin HojsíkGeothermal energy
16 Jan 2025Michael McNamaraGeothermal Action Plan
4 Dec 2024Michal WiezikGeothermal sector
20 Nov 2024Niels FuglsangEnergy
17 Oct 2024Pär HolmgrenGeothermal Energy
14 Oct 2024Gordan BosanacGeothermal energy
17 Jul 2024Hildegard BenteleGeothermal energy

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