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Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V.

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V. appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V. is a private German economic research institute. It seeks to support common views and objectives of the German business community through fact-based, policy-relevant, up-to-date and empirically and methodically sound research. The Institut is promoted by BDI and BDA, the German Business Representations. Its members are German industrial associations, which are directly or indirectly…”

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.

European People's Party857%
Socialists & Democrats429%
Greens/EFA214%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026).

2022
1
2023
1
2024
2
2025
4
2026
6

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

Marion Walsmann
3 meetings · EPP
Markus Ferber
2 meetings · EPP
Peter Liese
2 meetings · EPP
Michael Bloss
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
René Repasi
2 meetings · S&D

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Jul 2026Michael BlossEU-China
30 Jun 2026Markus FerberVergaberichtlinie
14 May 2026Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of views
11 Feb 2026Marion WalsmannVertiefung des Europäischen Binnenmarktes
5 Feb 2026Peter LieseAustausch
28 Jan 2026Marion WalsmannVertiefung des Europäischen Binnenmarktes
31 Oct 2025René RepasiEU-China Relations
13 May 2025Marion WalsmannPKM-Frühstück zu Startup-Wachstumspotenzial
13 May 2025Markus FerberStartup-Wachstumspotenzial
25 Mar 2025Andrea WechslerEU Industry policy
16 Oct 2024Michael BlossOffshore Panel Energiewende
21 Feb 2024René RepasiAustausch zu aktuellen wirtschaftspolitischen Themen - inkl. Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der europäischen/deutschen Industrie, Berichtspflichten und Lieferkettenthematik
1 Feb 2023Matthias EckeKennenlernen - Austausch zur Wirtschafts- und Industriepolitik
30 Nov 2022Peter LieseETS

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