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Lobby organisation

Exide Technologies

Company · Chemicals & manufacturing also Transport & automotive, Energy · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Exide Technologies appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
€25k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Exide Technologies is a global provider of stored electrical-energy solutions for automotive and industrial application. Exide operates 9 manufacturing facilities in 6 European countries and employs around 5,000 employees across the region. We manufacture batteries for light and commercial vehicles, as well as for agricultural and marine leisure applications.”

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“Industrial markets – under the division GNB Industrial Power – include efficient energy storage solutions for motive power applications such as lift trucks, cleaning machines and other commercial electrical vehicles, and for network power applications such as telecommunications systems, renewables, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Exide’s portfolio covers standard and advanced lead-based batteries as well as Lithium-Ion battery technology. Two R&D facilities in Europe enable the company to drive innovation. With three state-of-the art recycling plants, Exide is committed to environmental sustainability.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe267%
European People's Party133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (1 in 2020).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
1
2024
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

Jan-Christoph Oetjen
2 meetings · Renew
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Oct 2024Jan-Christoph OetjenGeneral exchange on current transitional challenges
1 Nov 2023Jan-Christoph OetjenVisit at Exide Technologies
16 Dec 2020Jens GiesekeAustausch zur EU-Kreis­lauf­wirtschaft

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