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Kangaroo Group

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

As of 9 September 2026, Kangaroo Group appears in 43 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

43
declared meetings
with current MEPs
16
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Kangaroo Group, Free Movement and Security, is an organisation of cross-party Members from the European Parliament, Commission, Council and of Industry and Academia, working to enhance European unity step by step around the pursuit of common projects. The motto of the Kangaroo Group is: Free Movement and Security. The objective is the further realisation of the European Home Market…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 43 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats2660%
European People's Party921%
Renew Europe819%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2023
5
2024
14
2025
15
2026
5

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

Eero Heinäluoma
16 meetings · S&D
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
8 meetings · S&D
Seán Kelly
5 meetings · EPP
Nathalie Loiseau
2 meetings · Renew
Jonás Fernández
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Jul 2026Eero HeinäluomaMarket Integration and Supervision Package
20 May 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisEU Own Resources discussion
14 Apr 2026Lara WoltersSFDR revision
11 Feb 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisCardiovascular Disease Strategy
3 Feb 2026Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisAI in Europe
26 Nov 2025Seán KellyEnabling equal and fair access to medical products
26 Nov 2025Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisEuropean Orphan Medical Products
19 Nov 2025Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisHealth Security
12 Nov 2025Eero HeinäluomaTopical debate
5 Nov 2025Jeannette BaljeuIndustrial decarbonisationq
22 Oct 2025Seán KellyEuropean support for Ukraine
22 Oct 2025Eero HeinäluomaTopical debate
14 Oct 2025Iuliu WinklerAluminium Value Chain
9 Jul 2025Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisExchange of views
1 Jul 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenCurrent challenges for the drone industry

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