MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Global Witness

NGO / non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Global Witness appears in 147 declared MEP meetings (41 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

147
declared meetings
with current MEPs
41
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Global Witness investigates and campaigns to achieve climate justice and safeguard civic freedoms. From undercover investigations, to high level lobby meetings, we aim to engage on every level where we might make a difference and bring about change. Our work has revealed how, rather than benefiting many of the world’s worst environmental and human rights abuses are driven by the…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 147 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA8155%
Socialists & Democrats4430%
European People's Party128%
Renew Europe75%
The Left21%
Non-attached11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (32 in 2022).

2019
7
2020
23
2021
27
2022
32
2023
19
2024
12
2025
26
2026
1

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
54 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lara Wolters
10 meetings · S&D
Tiemo Wölken
7 meetings · S&D
Delara Burkhardt
7 meetings · S&D
Jens Geier
6 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 May 2026Delara BurkhardtDeforestation
17 Nov 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus - update for civil society
11 Nov 2025Alexandra GeeseDigital policies
3 Nov 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus - update for civil society
8 Oct 2025Sirpa PietikäinenDeforestation Regulation
2 Oct 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus - update for civil society
25 Sep 2025Marie ToussaintEUDR (deforestation
24 Sep 2025Rasmus NordqvistFossil fuel taxation
26 Jun 2025Alexandra GeeseDigital policies
17 Jun 2025Ingeborg ter LaakCritical raw materials
11 Jun 2025Ilhan KyuchyukOmnibus 1 package & simplification efforts
27 May 2025Lara WoltersOmnibus
27 May 2025Martin HojsíkClimate Transition Plans
22 May 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus and climate transition plans
22 May 2025Mika AaltolaEU affairs

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