Lobby organisation
LobbyControl
NGO or non-profit · Democracy & civil society · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, LobbyControl appears in 49 declared MEP meetings (17 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“LobbyControl promotes transparency and a vivid democracy. We campaign for more transparency of lobbying and a legal, institutional and societal framework that limits undue influence of lobbyists on both politics and the public at large.”
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“Our organisation moreover works to expose and challenge the privileged and biased access and influence enjoyed by big corporations and their lobby groups on EU policy-making. Curbing the market power of major corporations is another aim of our work. LobbyControl was founded in 2005. We are committed to transparency about EU interest representation. We have been campaigning for the EU transparency register since 2005 and have witnessed progress. Still the register fails to provide full EU lobbying transparency. Moreover, the register clearly lacks enforcement. A stronger secretariat with more ressources and more sanctioning possibilities is urgently needed.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 49 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (17 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | Erik Marquardt | Attacks against civil society |
| 6 May 2026 | Daniel Freund | Attack against civil society |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Daniel Freund | Attack against civil society |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Daniel Freund | Transparency, Ethics body, Corruption scandals, Attacks on civil society |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Rasmus Andresen | EU Merger Guidelines |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Erik Marquardt | CONT Scrutiny Working Group |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Daniel Freund | CONT Scrutiny Working Group |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Terry Reintke | EU Initiatives for Civil Society and Democracy |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Jutta Paulus | Europagruppe Grüne: Austausch mit NGOs |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Alexandra Geese | CSO meeting, democracy |
| 17 Oct 2025 | Rasmus Andresen | Europaworkshop |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Daniel Freund | Speaker at Cross-Party Event on "Transparency of the EU Legislative process" |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Alexandra Geese | Transparency of 3rd country interest representation |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Daniel Freund | Videodreh Bürokratieabbau |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Alexandra Geese | Transparency and Defence of Democracy |
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