MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Goethe-Institut e.V.

Other / unclassified · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Goethe-Institut e.V. appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

““The objective of the Association is to promote knowledge of the German language outside Germany, to maintain international cultural cooperation and to propagate a comprehensive picture of Germany by means of information on cultural, social and political life. The Association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit making objectives in the sense of the section “Tax-favoured objectives” of the German Fiscal Code.…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party655%
Socialists & Democrats327%
Greens/EFA19%
Renew Europe19%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2023
2
2024
0
2025
4
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

Christian Ehler
3 meetings · EPP
Peter Liese
2 meetings · EPP
Katarina Barley
1 meeting · S&D
Katrin Langensiepen
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Hannes Heide
1 meeting · S&D

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Jun 2026Helmut BrandstätterReception
9 Dec 2025Sabine VerheyenCultural Policy
30 Jul 2025Vivien CostanzoSkills shortage and education in Namibia
27 Mar 2025Peter LieseAustausch
4 Feb 2025Peter LieseVeranstaltung Goethe Institut
7 Oct 2023Katrin LangensiepenAustausch zu Syrien
7 Mar 2023Christian EhlerAllgemeiner Austausch
8 Sep 2022Christian EhlerAllgemeiner Austausch
1 Feb 2021Christian EhlerHorizon Europe / Budget 2022
13 Oct 2020Hannes HeideExchange of views on cultural policy
20 Nov 2019Katarina BarleyIntroduction

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