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Lobby organisation

Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

NGO / non-profit · Finance · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.6
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“In 2011 the Group of Twenty called on the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to provide recommendations for a global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and a supporting governance structure. This led to the development of the Global LEI System which, through the issuance of LEIs, now provides unique identification of legal entities participating in financial transactions across the globe. The FSB…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats556%
European People's Party333%
Renew Europe111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
0
2024
2
2025
3
2026
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

Eero Heinäluoma
3 meetings · S&D
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Bernd Lange
1 meeting · S&D
Marion Walsmann
1 meeting · EPP
René Repasi
1 meeting · S&D

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Feb 2026Marion WalsmannEuropean Business Wallets
12 Feb 2026Eero HeinäluomaEuropean Business Wallets
9 Oct 2025René Repasi28th Regime
24 Jul 2025Axel Voss28th Regime
16 Jul 2025Pascal Canfin28th Regime
12 Sep 2024Eero HeinäluomaCurrent Affairs
1 Mar 2024Eero HeinäluomaFramework for Financial Data Access and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2022/2554.
23 Jun 2021Axel VossCommon global standards for AI
17 Nov 2020Bernd LangeGeneral Exchange of Views

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