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Friends of the Earth Europe

NGO / non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Belgium · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Friends of the Earth Europe appears in 129 declared MEP meetings (49 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

129
declared meetings
with current MEPs
49
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Friends of the Earth Europe campaigns for sustainable and just societies and for the protection of the environment. We campaign on today's most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalization, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies. We promote environmentally sustainable societies on the local,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 129 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA7760%
Socialists & Democrats2016%
The Left1915%
Renew Europe86%
European People's Party54%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (25 in 2021).

2019
11
2020
15
2021
25
2022
16
2023
14
2024
21
2025
17
2026
10

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

Marie Toussaint
41 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lynn Boylan
10 meetings · The Left
Jutta Paulus
8 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lara Wolters
4 meetings · S&D
Daniel Freund
3 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Jul 2026César LuenaInvestor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
30 Jun 2026Eric Sargiacomopesticides
24 Jun 2026Lynn BoylanUpdate on negotiations on UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights
14 Apr 2026Catarina VieiraFair trade Indonesia
13 Apr 2026Dan-Ştefan MotreanuNGTs
10 Apr 2026Lynn BoylanOrganisation of event to launch MEP Fossil Free Politics Pledge
17 Mar 2026Thomas WaitzFarming
17 Mar 2026Tilly MetzFood and Feed
11 Feb 2026Lynn BoylanFossil Fuel Lobbying
22 Jan 2026Rima HassanUN-level due diligence initiatives
8 Dec 2025Rudi KennesInternational cooperation
3 Nov 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus - update for civil society
28 Oct 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus and climate transition plans
15 Oct 2025Martin GüntherNature credits
2 Oct 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus - update for civil society

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