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Imperial Brands PLC

Company · Consumer & retail · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Imperial Brands PLC appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.

15
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€900k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Imperial Brands, a FTSE 100 company headquartered in Bristol in the UK, is the parent company of a dynamic international business specialising in tobacco and non-tobacco brands. We are a global consumer-focused business with a distinctive challenger role in the transforming tobacco and nicotine industry. Present in 120 countries world-wide, our portfolio ranges from cigarettes (e.g.”

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“Davidoff, Gauloises), fine-cut tobacco (e.g. Drum, Golden Virginia), heated tobacco (Pulze), vapour (blu) and nicotine pouches (Skruf, Zone), as well as Logista, one of the largest logistics businesses in Europe. We are building scale in smoke-free alternatives present in 20 markets and growing. We want to see a healthier future both for our adult consumers and the planet we all share.”

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.

Patriots for Europe640%
European Conservatives & Reformists427%
European People's Party320%
Non-attached17%
Socialists & Democrats17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
1
2024
0
2025
12
2026
2

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

Sebastian Kruis
2 meetings · PfE
Kosma Złotowski
1 meeting · ECR
Bernd Lange
1 meeting · S&D
Anna Zalewska
1 meeting · ECR
Pietro Fiocchi
1 meeting · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2026Sebastian KruisTobacco regulation
26 Mar 2026Sebastian KruisRegulation tobacco and smoke-free alternatives
19 Nov 2025Elena Nevado del CampoAgricultura extremeña
13 Nov 2025Marie-Luce Brasier-ClainDiscussion autour du rapport d’initiative concernant une stratégie européenne sur les maladies cardiovasculaires
7 Nov 2025Enikő GyőriRevision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive
6 Nov 2025Aurelijus VerygaThe future of nicotine products in Europe
5 Nov 2025Kosma ZłotowskiExcise duties on tobacco
5 Nov 2025Anna ZalewskaDyrektywa Rady 2011/64/UE z dnia 21 czerwca 2011 r. w sprawie struktury oraz stawek akcyzy stosowanych do wyrobów tytoniowych (znanej jako „Tobacco Excise Directive”)
5 Nov 2025Jaroslava Pokorná JermanováEU Directive on the Excise Duty on Tobacco
5 Nov 2025Jana NagyováExcise duty - tobacco
5 Nov 2025Fernand KartheiserAccises sur le tabac
5 Nov 2025Radan KanevUpcoming taxation legislation tobacco products
5 Nov 2025Marco FalconeCouncil Directive amending Directive (EU) 2020/262 as regards the general arrangements for excise duty in respect of tobacco and tobacco related products
7 Oct 2025Pietro FiocchiTED directive
27 Sep 2023Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of Views

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