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IHK NRW - Die Industrie- und Handelskammern in Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V.

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers also Consumer & retail · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, IHK NRW - Die Industrie- und Handelskammern in Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€10,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“IHK NRW ist der Zusammenschluss der IHKs aus NRW. Zweck: Gesamtheit der Industrie- und Handelskammern in NRW gegenüber der Landesregierung, dem Landtag sowie den für die IHK-Arbeit wichtigen Behörden und Organisationen auf Landesebene vertreten, die Zusammenarbeit der IHKs in NRW unterstützen und koordinieren, die Interessen der IHKs in NRW im Rahmen des DIHK als Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft wahrnehmen. Aufgabe: - enge Kontakte…”

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.

Greens/EFA545%
Socialists & Democrats436%
European People's Party218%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2024
3
2025
8

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
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Jens Geier
2 meetings · S&D
Birgit Sippel
2 meetings · S&D
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Sep 2025Daniel FreundIHK Aachen „Schienenverkehr im Rheinland“
22 Sep 2025Daniel FreundWasserstoff
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
19 Aug 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
4 Jul 2025Axel VossDue Diligence
4 Jun 2025Jens GeierExchange on Clean Industrial Deal and Hydrogen Ramp Up
8 Apr 2025Jens GeierExchange on the Omnibus Initiatives of the Commission
8 Apr 2025Daniel FreundIHK NRW Panel - Round-Table mit MdEPs
29 Oct 2024Alexandra GeeseHandelspolitik, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Sicherheit und Verteidigung
29 May 2024Birgit SippelEU-Wahlen, Green Deal, KMU-Entlastungspaket, Fortentwicklung der Sozialagenda
17 May 2024Birgit SippelEP elections; SMEs in the EU

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