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Ford Motor Company

Company · Transport & automotive · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Ford Motor Company appears in 31 declared MEP meetings (23 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

31
declared meetings
with current MEPs
23
MEPs met
€900k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), a global American brand woven into the fabric of Europe for more than 100 years, is committed to freedom of movement that goes hand-in-hand with looking after the planet and each other.”

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“The company is driving forward with bold, new EVs, each one designed with European drivers in mind and innovating with services to help people connect, communities grow, and businesses thrive. Selling and servicing Ford vehicles in 50 individual European markets, operations also include the Ford Motor Credit Company, Ford Customer Service Division and 14 manufacturing facilities (eight wholly owned and six unconsolidated joint venture facilities) with four centres based in Cologne, Germany; Valencia, Spain and at our joint venture in Craiova, Romania and Kocaeli, Türkiye. Ford employs about 171,000 people worldwide.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 31 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1342%
Socialists & Democrats1032%
Renew Europe516%
Greens/EFA26%
Patriots for Europe13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (14 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
1
2024
3
2025
12
2026
14

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

Jens Gieseke
4 meetings · EPP
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
3 meetings · Renew
François Kalfon
2 meetings · S&D
Vivien Costanzo
2 meetings · S&D
Andrea Wechsler
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Oct 2026Sebastian KruisIAA and the automotive industry
10 Sep 2026Svenja HahnStakeholder roundtable on the Industrial Accelerator Act
7 Jul 2026François KalfonVerdissement des flottes
11 Jun 2026Pierfrancesco MaranAutomotive Package
3 Jun 2026Michael BlossAutomotive Package
27 May 2026Tiemo WölkenAutomotive Package
12 May 2026Andreas SchwabAutomotive omnibus
16 Apr 2026Jens GiesekeAutomotive Sector
9 Apr 2026Vivien CostanzoExchange on Vans in the Automotive Package
25 Mar 2026Dan-Ştefan MotreanuCO2 standards review, Clean Vehicles Directive, the Omnibus proposal, CBAM
23 Mar 2026Andreas GlückAutomotive Package
16 Mar 2026Vivien CostanzoSite Visit and Exchange on Automotive Package
5 Mar 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenExchange on CO2 standards for cars and vans
5 Mar 2026Jens GiesekeAutomotive Package
26 Nov 2025Danuše NerudováAutomotive package

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