MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Fair Trials Europe

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Fair Trials Europe appears in 16 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

16
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“In accordance with its statutes, FTE has the purpose of promoting respect for human rights in the context of criminal justice in the European Union and the wider Council of Europe Area, and to promote action by the European Union and other regional organisations and national governments in Europe with the aim of reinforcing respect for human rights in the…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 16 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1169%
Socialists & Democrats319%
European People's Party212%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2022).

2019
2
2020
2
2021
3
2022
6
2023
1
2024
2

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

Saskia Bricmont
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
3 meetings · S&D
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Alice Kuhnke
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Oct 2024Tineke StrikLIBE Civil Society Meeting
16 Oct 2024Daniel FreundCooperation on LIBE related matters
19 Apr 2023Saskia BricmontPoints de vue sur la directive sanctions
25 Oct 2022Birgit SippelEquality data collection
27 Sep 2022Jeroen Lenaersequality data collection
20 Jun 2022Alice KuhnkeAnti-discrimination and Intersectionality
2 Jun 2022Saskia BricmontEuropol regulation reform
3 May 2022Sergey LagodinskyArtificial Intelligence Act
7 Apr 2022Axel VossAI Act
15 Apr 2021Saskia BricmontEuropol regulation reform
5 Mar 2021Saskia BricmontPrison detention condition
2 Feb 2021Birgit SippelExchange of Views
19 Nov 2020Sergey LagodinskyArtificial Intelligence and Data
22 Jun 2020Birgit SippelExchange of views on Fair Trials' Work
12 Dec 2019Saskia BricmontRencontre ONGs LIBE

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