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Médecins Sans Frontières International

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Médecins Sans Frontières International appears in 49 declared MEP meetings (26 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

49
declared meetings
with current MEPs
26
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.”

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.

Greens/EFA1735%
Socialists & Democrats1531%
Renew Europe1224%
European People's Party36%
The Left24%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (16 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
2
2020
7
2021
4
2022
2
2023
4
2024
7
2025
16
2026
7

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

Birgit Sippel
7 meetings · S&D
Tineke Strik
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Barry Andrews
5 meetings · Renew
Saskia Bricmont
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Fabienne Keller
3 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 Aug 2026Özlem DemirelIrini
23 Jul 2026Birgit SippelSearch & rescue in the Mediterranean; Return
3 Jun 2026Mélissa CamaraDroits des personnes exilées
3 Jun 2026Barry AndrewsGlobal Health Resilience Initiative
16 Apr 2026Tiemo WölkenBiotech Act (JURI Angle) / CMA (SANT)
14 Apr 2026Nicola ZingarettiPact for the Mediterranean
18 Mar 2026Birgit SippelReturn Regulation
19 Nov 2025Valérie HayerIA
5 Nov 2025Birgit SippelFacilitation Directive
15 Oct 2025Kathleen van BremptNGOs and situation on the ground in Palestine
13 Oct 2025Hilde VautmansGaza
13 Oct 2025Barry AndrewsDEVE
30 Sep 2025Barry AndrewsGaza
24 Sep 2025Sandro RuotoloHumanitarian crisis in Gaza
15 Sep 2025Birgit SippelDelegation visit to the Closed Controlled Access Centre on Kos

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