MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

ING Group

Company · Finance · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, ING Group appears in 21 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

21
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€600k/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 21 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats629%
Renew Europe524%
European People's Party314%
Greens/EFA314%
European Conservatives & Reformists210%
Patriots for Europe210%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
3
2024
5
2025
4
2026
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

Bart Groothuis
4 meetings · Renew
Auke Zijlstra
2 meetings · PfE
Luděk Niedermayer
2 meetings · EPP
René Repasi
2 meetings · S&D
Stephen Nikola Bartulica
2 meetings · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Oct 2026Dirk GotinkEuropean strategic independence in the financial sector
1 Oct 2026Markéta GregorováCSA2 - Sovereignty, Cloud, Frontier AI
11 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
7 May 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
1 Apr 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
19 Mar 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
5 Feb 2026Gilles BoyerDigital Euro
5 Feb 2026Stephen Nikola BartulicaDigital Euro
23 Sep 2025Stephen Nikola BartulicaBanking Sector Competitiveness
16 Jun 2025René RepasiPayment Services Directive
10 Apr 2025Luděk NiedermayerCMDI
9 Apr 2025Rasmus AndresenSIU
22 Nov 2024Luděk NiedermayerCMDI package
19 Nov 2024Irene TinagliMeeting on banking issues
19 Nov 2024Kira Marie Peter-HansenCMDI

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