Lobby organisation
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
NGO or non-profit · Think tanks & research · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“The object of the foundation is •to foster the democratic and civic education of the German people on the basis of Christianity, •to promote education, popular and vocational training, including scholarships for students, in particular by opening up access to an academic training for gifted people with the appropriate character, •to foster the academic sector, especially by means of conducting […]”
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“[…] academic studies, •to foster international attitudes and understanding between nationalities and to promote European unification, especially by inviting foreign groups and supporting journeys abroad, •to sponsor cultural aims, especially to promote the preservation and maintenance of cultural works, and to promote the preservation of monuments, •to promote development aid.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 15 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | Ernő Schaller-Baross | Exchange of views |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Marion Walsmann | Verteidigungsindustrie |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Markus Ferber | Verteidigungsindustrie |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Antonio López-Istúriz White | EU. |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Hildegard Bentele | EU-Israel relations |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Antonio López-Istúriz White | United States and EU |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Reinhold Lopatka | Meeting with representatives of the National Council of El Salvador |
| 13 May 2025 | Andrea Wechsler | EU Policy |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Hildegard Bentele | Sustainable development and economic transformation |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Nicolás Pascual de la Parte | Strengthening Europe’s Defence Industrial Capacity |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Andrey Novakov | Security and Defence |
| 11 Jan 2024 | Angelika Niebler | Work as a MEP |
| 11 Jan 2024 | Angelika Niebler | EU energy policy |
| 16 Nov 2023 | Hildegard Bentele | European environmental policy |
| 14 Jun 2023 | Tomas Tobé | Speaker webinar on European asylum and migration policy |
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