MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

First Solar GmbH

Business / industry · Energy · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, First Solar GmbH appears in 8 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

8
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“First Solar is a leading solar technology company and global provider of responsibly-produced eco-efficient solar modules advancing the fight against climate change. We are unique among the world’s ten largest solar manufacturers for being the only US-headquartered company and for not using a crystalline silicon (c-Si) semiconductor. Developed at R&D labs in California and Ohio, First Solar’s advanced thin film…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 8 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe450%
European People's Party225%
Greens/EFA112%
Socialists & Democrats112%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023).

2023
6
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

Christophe Grudler
2 meetings · Renew
Raphaël Glucksmann
1 meeting · S&D
Bart Groothuis
1 meeting · Renew
Susana Solís Pérez
1 meeting · EPP
Christian Ehler
1 meeting · EPP

The 8 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Oct 2024Bart GroothuisEnergy policy
10 Sep 2024Raphaël GlucksmannForced labour
22 Dec 2023Christophe GrudlerRèglement pour une industrie à zéro émission
13 Dec 2023Anna CavazziniForced Labour
19 Oct 2023Susana Solís PérezNZIA meeting held by parliamentary assistant
11 Oct 2023Christophe GrudlerNZIA
26 Sep 2023Pascal CanfinGreen Deal
30 Jun 2023Christian EhlerNZIA

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