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European University Institute

Think tank or academic body · Think tanks & research · HQ: Italy · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European University Institute appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (13 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
13
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
0.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate teaching and research institute. Set up in 1972 by the six founding Member States of the European Communities, its aim is to provide advanced academic training for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and to foster research in fields that are of particular interest for the development of Europe.”

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“The EUI opened its doors to its first researchers in November 1976. Today, there are 24 contracting states to the EUI, and it hosts an international community of more than 1100 people. The three pillars of activity of the EUI are: Training of Early Stage Researchers through excellent research, Policy-Relevant Research, and Postgraduate and Executive Education. In all three areas, the EUI delivers real benefits to European societies by reinforcing Europe’s higher education and research area, and its policy-making abilities.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party735%
Socialists & Democrats735%
Greens/EFA630%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2022). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
1
2022
7
2023
1
2024
2
2025
4
2026
5

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

Daniel Freund
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Peter Liese
4 meetings · EPP
Sandro Ruotolo
2 meetings · S&D
Norbert Lins
1 meeting · EPP
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Sep 2026Peter LieseAustausch
3 Jul 2026Nacho Sánchez AmorTürkiye
6 May 2026Peter LieseAustausch
14 Apr 2026Nicola ZingarettiPact for the Mediterranean
24 Mar 2026Erik MarquardtReturns to Syria
7 Nov 2025Sandro RuotoloSecond annual forum on digital regulation
14 Oct 2025Daniel FreundRoundtable - “Democracy in crisis: Should a permanent European Citizens’ Assembly supplement the European Parliament?”
2 Oct 2025Sandro RuotoloEMFA
30 Jan 2025Lina GálvezInnovation
26 Nov 2024Alexandra GeeseEvent: Panel Discussion on “The Fight Against Gender-Based Violence in Europe: Recent Evolutions
17 Sep 2024Birgit SippelE-Evidence (Staff-Level)
26 Jun 2023Daniel FreundTreaty reform
6 Sep 2022Daniel FreundMedia concentration in the EU
5 Sep 2022Daniel FreundMedia freedom and pluralism in the EU
14 Jul 2022Javier Moreno SánchezChild rights

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