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Lobby organisation

Gong

NGO or non-profit · Democracy & civil society · HQ: Croatia · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Gong appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€10k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Gong is an interdisciplinary research laboratory, social watchdog and a think-do tank focused on enhancing democratic processes and institutions as well as developing democratic political culture.”

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“Over the last 25 years of public engagement Gong has changed from a grassroots organization into one of Croatia’s most influential and vocal policy advocacy organization grounded in strong and focused policy research and close collaboration with investigative journalists, policy experts and engaged in a number of legislative and policy monitoring initiatives geared towards greater transparency and fairness of the electoral process, management of conflict of interest of public officials, improved access to information, more inclusive policy-making, greater political accountability, increased civic participation and resilient civil society. Gong's core portfolio includes democratization, anti-corruption, fair elections, civic education, civil society, digital democracy and responsible media.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA375%
European People's Party125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (1 in 2020). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025
1
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

Daniel Freund
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Karlo Ressler
1 meeting · EPP
Gordan Bosanac
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
11 May 2026Karlo ResslerRole of civil society
25 Jun 2025Gordan BosanacDemocratic values and transparency
10 Sep 2021Daniel FreundEthics Body
26 Mar 2020Daniel FreundNGO GoToMeeting on Hungary

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