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Handwerkskammer Dresden

Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Handwerkskammer Dresden appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€25k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Chamber of Trades and Crafts Dresden (Handwerkskammer Dresden) represents 120,000 craftswomen and -men in 21,000 trade and craft enterprises in the area of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. As a public body, the Chamber of Trades and Crafts is active in the areas of economic, financial and political consulting.”

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“In the area of political consulting, the Chamber of Trades and Crafts is interested in regional, energy, and environmental policies as well as economic and financial policies. Therefore the Chamber of Trades and Crafts Dresden has a vital interest in being involved in EU consultations on various issues, like the EU transparency initiative, the EU capital market union, the evaluation of the Small Business Act and further developments referring to the devlopment of the strategy for Europe after 2020 by the European Commission. We are looking forward to offer constructive input to the development of EU policies.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats457%
Greens/EFA229%
European People's Party114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
3
2024
0
2025
3
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

Matthias Ecke
4 meetings · S&D
Michael Bloss
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Oliver Schenk
1 meeting · EPP
Anna Cavazzini
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 Apr 2026Anna CavazziniInternal market
30 Sep 2025Matthias EckeIndustrie- und Wirtschafts­politik
28 Aug 2025Oliver SchenkEuropa­ausschuss der HWK Sachsen
28 Aug 2025Matthias EckeEuropa­ausschuss des Sächssichen Handwerks
3 Nov 2023Matthias EckeEuropaauschuss Sächsische Handwerks­kammern
1 Nov 2023Michael BlossAusbildung
31 May 2023Matthias EckeKennenlernen - Austausch zur Wirtschafts­politik

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