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Handwerkskammer Dresden

Business / industry · Finance also Public affairs & consultancy, Energy · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Handwerkskammer Dresden appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€25,000/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. In the area of political consulting, the Chamber of Trades and…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats467%
European People's Party117%
Greens/EFA117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2023
3
2024
0
2025
3

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

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
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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