MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

ING Group

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, ING Group appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ING aims to deliver its financial products and services with exemplary service, convenience and at competitive prices. This is reflected in our mission statement: Empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats643%
European Conservatives & Reformists214%
Greens/EFA214%
Patriots for Europe214%
European People's Party17%
Renew Europe17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024).

2022
1
2023
3
2024
5
2025
3
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

Auke Zijlstra
2 meetings · PfE
René Repasi
2 meetings · S&D
Stephen Nikola Bartulica
2 meetings · ECR
Luděk Niedermayer
1 meeting · EPP
Jonás Fernández
1 meeting · S&D

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
11 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
5 Feb 2026Stephen Nikola BartulicaDigital Euro
23 Sep 2025Stephen Nikola BartulicaBanking Sector Competitiveness
16 Jun 2025René RepasiPayment Services Directive
9 Apr 2025Rasmus AndresenSIU
22 Nov 2024Luděk NiedermayerCMDI package
19 Nov 2024Irene TinagliMeeting on banking issues
19 Nov 2024Kira Marie Peter-HansenCMDI
5 Nov 2024Auke ZijlstraBanking Union
26 Sep 2024Auke ZijlstraBanking
17 Oct 2023René RepasiEU-Lieferkettengesetz/ Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
6 Oct 2023Jonás Fernándezcertain aspects of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (Daisy Chains II)
18 Jan 2023Tsvetelina PenkovaMeeting Between Mihael MIHOV (APA) and ING on the financial aspects of the EPBD
18 Mar 2022Eero HeinäluomaAnti-money laundering

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