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Médecins Sans Frontières International

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

As of 9 September 2026, Médecins Sans Frontières International appears in 34 declared MEP meetings (23 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

34
declared meetings
with current MEPs
23
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to 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 34 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1338%
Socialists & Democrats1235%
Renew Europe515%
European People's Party26%
The Left26%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2025).

2019
2
2020
3
2021
2
2022
2
2023
2
2024
6
2025
12
2026
5

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
5 meetings · S&D
Tineke Strik
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Mélissa Camara
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Erik Marquardt
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Saskia Bricmont
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 Aug 2026Özlem DemirelIrini
3 Jun 2026Mélissa CamaraDroits des personnes exilées
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
24 Sep 2025Sandro RuotoloHumanitarian crisis in Gaza
15 Sep 2025Birgit SippelDelegation visit to the Closed Controlled Access Centre on Kos
16 Jul 2025Lynn BoylanMSF's work in Gaza
3 Jul 2025Sirpa PietikäinenGaza
6 Jun 2025Mélissa CamaraReglement retour
5 Jun 2025Adam JarubasZdrowie w ujęciu globalnym

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