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European Solar Manufacturing Council

Business / industry · Energy also Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Solar Manufacturing Council appears in 27 declared MEP meetings (21 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

27
declared meetings
with current MEPs
21
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ESMC promotes solar manufacturing made in Europe, the creation of a political environment to support industrial manufacturing and research while maintaining it at the top level globally. It promotes the development and investment in solar technology along the whole value chain (i.e. materials, wafer, modules, inverters and other electronic components) to assist high level system integration as well as production…”

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.

Socialists & Democrats933%
European People's Party519%
Greens/EFA519%
Renew Europe311%
Patriots for Europe27%
The Left27%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (17 in 2026).

2021
1
2022
0
2023
1
2024
3
2025
5
2026
17

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

Raphaël Glucksmann
4 meetings · S&D
Michael Bloss
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Oliver Schenk
2 meetings · EPP
Sigrid Friis
2 meetings · Renew
Petras Auštrevičius
1 meeting · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Jun 2026Markéta GregorováCybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) meeting
11 Jun 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange of views on Industrial Accelerator Act
9 Jun 2026Reinis PozņaksIndustrial Accelerator Act
4 Jun 2026Jörgen WarbornIndustrial Accelorator Act
1 Jun 2026Hanna GedinIndustrial Accelerator Act
13 May 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaIndustrial Accelerator Act
30 Mar 2026Benedetta ScuderiIndustrial Accelerator Act
5 Mar 2026Bruno TobbackIAA
3 Mar 2026Oliver SchenkIndustriepolitik in der EU / Halbleiterbranche in Europa
3 Mar 2026Raphaël GlucksmannEUFLR
3 Mar 2026Sigrid FriisEnergy resilience, European preference
24 Feb 2026Isabella LövinIndustrial accelerator act and solar PV
15 Jan 2026Nicolás González CasaresIndustrial Accelerator Act
14 Jan 2026Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
14 Jan 2026Yannis ManiatisIntroductory Meeting

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