MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Business / industry · Agriculture & food · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA appears in 21 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

21
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Around 5,000 employees (excluding seasonal workers) in over 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in fiscal 2024/2025. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet,…”

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.

European People's Party1152%
Renew Europe419%
European Conservatives & Reformists210%
Greens/EFA210%
Socialists & Democrats210%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).

2022
3
2023
5
2024
4
2025
5
2026
4

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
5 meetings · EPP
Pietro Fiocchi
2 meetings · ECR
Martin Häusling
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Herbert Dorfmann
2 meetings · EPP
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 May 2026Pierfrancesco MaranNew Genomic Techniques
21 May 2026Christine SingerTrilogergebnis NGTs
13 May 2026Norbert LinsNGTs und PRM
4 Mar 2026Pietro FiocchiIndustry
2 Sep 2025Martin HäuslingGespräch zu NGTs
1 Jul 2025Pietro FiocchiTematiche ambientali
25 Jun 2025Martin HäuslingVeranstaltung zu NGT und Patenten
25 Mar 2025Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch
21 Jan 2025Benoit CassartSustainable feeding
13 Nov 2024Krzysztof HetmanMeeting on New Genome Technices
13 Nov 2024Elisabetta GualminiAGRI Committee
25 Sep 2024Ştefan MuşoiuPresentation of the company's activity in the field of agriculture
12 Feb 2024Norbert LinsDinner on Policy Developments in Seed Sector
24 Nov 2023Herbert DorfmannPRM
24 Oct 2023Norbert LinsNGTs, PRM, FRM

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