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Lobby organisation

European Leagues

Business group · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Leagues appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€25k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“European Leagues defends the common interests of the major European Professional Football Leagues, which are the Professional Football Competitions Organisers at national level. European Leagues is active in all Ecomonic, Legal and Social aspects of Professional Football across Europe.”

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“European Leagues is the employers' representative in the European Social Dialogue in the Professional Football Sector under the auspicies of the European Commission.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party229%
Socialists & Democrats229%
Greens/EFA114%
Renew Europe114%
The Left114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
1
2024
1
2025
3
2026
2

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

Hannes Heide
2 meetings · S&D
Lynn Boylan
1 meeting · The Left
Erik Marquardt
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Nikola Minchev
1 meeting · Renew

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Oct 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
10 Jun 2026Hannes HeideExchange of views on sport policy
18 Mar 2025Erik MarquardtStakeholder Dialogue on The role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model
18 Mar 2025Hannes HeideStakeholder dialogue on The role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model
18 Mar 2025Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiStakeholder dialogue on The role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model
25 Sep 2024Lynn BoylanImpact of Brexit on Irish youth football and EU funding opportunities to tackle the challenges
12 Oct 2023Andrey KovatchevGeo-blocking implementation report

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