Lobby organisation
LONELY-EU
NGO or non-profit · Think tanks & research · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, LONELY-EU appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“LONELY-EU is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project. The project’s main objectives are: – To understand how loneliness is impacted by socioeconomic factors, and how loneliness in turn affects socioeconomic outcomes – To develop and propose evidence-based policies to prevent and reduce loneliness and social isolation across the EU – To build social and economic resilience and inclusive growth by establishing […]”
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“[…] a Europe-wide stakeholder network and a framework for monitoring loneliness […]”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 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 5 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2026 | Idoia Mendia | Loneliness in the EU and intergenerational fairness |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Verena Mertens | Lonely-EU Initative |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Idoia Mendia | Loneliness, ageing |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Idoia Mendia | Meeting with Lonely-EU |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Chiara Gemma | Loneliness in the EU |
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