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Lobby organisation

European Liver Patients' Association

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

As of 9 September 2026, European Liver Patients' Association appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ELPA’s aim is to promote the interests of people with liver disease and in particular: to highlight the size of the problem; to promote awareness and prevention; to address the low profile of liver disease as compared to other areas of medicine such as heart disease; to share experience of successful initiatives; to work with professional bodies such as EASL…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party250%
Renew Europe125%
Socialists & Democrats125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).

2024
1
2025
2
2026
1

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

Michalis Hadjipantela
2 meetings · EPP
Irena Joveva
1 meeting · Renew

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Apr 2026Michalis HadjipantelaMeeting about event
28 Jan 2025Michalis HadjipantelaFollow up meeting before event
27 Jan 2025Irena JovevaIssues liver patients face in Slovenia and the EU
20 Nov 2024Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisEU health policy

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