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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

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

As of 7 November 2026, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a higher education and research organisation with about 10.000 employees, 22.800 students, and a total annual budget of about 1,26 billion Euro. It bundles the missions of a university of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and of a large-scale research institution of the Helmholtz Association.”

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“Within these missions, KIT is operating along the three strategic fields of action of research, teaching, and innovation. In establishing innovative research structures, KIT is pursuing joint strategies and visions. KIT is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany and is devoted to top research and excellent academic education as well as to being a prominent location of academic life, life-long learning, comprehensive advanced training, exchange of know-how, and sustainable innovation culture.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party457%
Socialists & Democrats229%
Greens/EFA114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2023). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
2
2024
0
2025
2
2026
1

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

Norbert Lins
3 meetings · EPP
René Repasi
2 meetings · S&D
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Jutta Paulus
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 Mar 2026René RepasiHorizon Europe
11 Sep 2025René Repasi28. Regime
20 Jan 2025Jens GiesekeAltfahrzeuge-Verordnung
15 Feb 2023Norbert LinsAAQD
13 Jan 2023Norbert LinsAAQD
14 Jul 2021Norbert LinsLuftqualität
29 May 2020Jutta Paulusstore and go technology

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