Lobby organisation
European Round Table for Industry
Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 8 October 2026, European Round Table for Industry appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.
In their own words
“The European Round Table for Industry (ERT) is a forum that brings together around 60 Chief Executives and Chairs of leading multinational companies of European parentage, covering a wide range of industrial and technological sectors. ERT strives for a strong, open and competitive Europe, with the EU and its Single Market as a driver for inclusive growth and sustainable prosperity.”
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“Companies of ERT Members have combined revenues exceeding €2 trillion, providing direct jobs to around 5 million people worldwide - of which half are in Europe - and sustaining millions of indirect jobs. They invest more than €60 billion annually in R&D, largely in Europe. The European Round Table for Industry (ERT) has a long history of promoting competitiveness and prosperity in Europe. In April 1983, 17 leading European business leaders came together to launch ERT. They were then, as we are now, united by a belief that European co-operation between industry, policymakers and all stakehol (...)”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025).
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
The 9 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Mar 2025 | Sophie Wilmès | Relations EU- United States |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Hilde Vautmans | EU-US relations |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Dan Barna | Relations between European Union and United States; The tech and digital industry’s views on EU-US trade relations |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Christian Ehler | FP10 |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Daniel Attard | FDI Screening |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Andrea Wechsler | EU Energy and Industry Policy |
| 6 Dec 2023 | Christian Ehler | EU-Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Allgemeiner Austausch |
| 1 Feb 2022 | Karin Karlsbro | Exchange of views CBAM |
| 19 May 2020 | Sandro Gozi | COVID-19 EU response |
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