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LONELY-EU

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, LONELY-EU appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

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…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats360%
European Conservatives & Reformists120%
European People's Party120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025).

2025
4
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

Idoia Mendia
3 meetings · S&D
Chiara Gemma
1 meeting · ECR
Verena Mertens
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Jul 2026Idoia MendiaLoneliness in the EU and intergenerational fairness
16 Dec 2025Verena MertensLonely-EU Initative
15 Dec 2025Idoia MendiaLoneliness, ageing
1 Oct 2025Idoia MendiaMeeting with Lonely-EU
1 Oct 2025Chiara GemmaLoneliness in the EU

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