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FoodDrinkEurope

Business / industry · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, FoodDrinkEurope appears in 73 declared MEP meetings (54 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

73
declared meetings
with current MEPs
54
MEPs met
€400,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The purpose of FoodDrinkEurope is servicing the horizontal interests of the European food and drink manufacturing industry from the commercial, technical, economic, legal and scientific points of view, and in particular : a) the defence and promotion of the products of the food and drink industries, in full transparency and in complete independence vis-à-vis the members of the Association; b)…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 73 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2433%
European Conservatives & Reformists1723%
Socialists & Democrats1723%
Renew Europe1318%
Greens/EFA23%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (30 in 2025).

2021
2
2022
0
2023
9
2024
13
2025
30
2026
19

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

Pietro Fiocchi
5 meetings · ECR
César Luena
4 meetings · S&D
Maria Walsh
3 meetings · EPP
Sebastian Tynkkynen
3 meetings · ECR
Norbert Lins
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Pietro FiocchiBECA, Circular Economy Act
2 Jul 2026Michalis HadjipantelaCircularity Act
22 Jun 2026Pietro FiocchiBECA
20 May 2026Pietro FiocchiFood and drinks
26 Mar 2026Sebastian TynkkynenRuokaketjut
5 Mar 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange of views on Circular Economy Act
3 Mar 2026Jérémy DecerleUTP
26 Feb 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenAustausch zu Unfair Trading Practices und Landwirtschaft
25 Feb 2026Maria WalshAgricultural Policy
23 Feb 2026Dirk GotinkUnfair Trading Practices
4 Feb 2026Tomislav SokolHealth Policy
21 Jan 2026Maria WalshUnfair trading practices
21 Jan 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
21 Jan 2026Cristina MaestreUnfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain
21 Jan 2026Pierre JouvetEchange sur les pratiques commerciales déloyales

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