MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Morningstar, Inc

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Morningstar, Inc appears in 8 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

8
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Morningstar, Inc. is a leading global provider of independent investment insights. Our core competencies are data, research, and design, and we employ each of these to create products that clearly convey complex investment information. Today, we offer a variety of products and solutions that serve a wide range of market participants, including individual and institutional investors in public and private…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 8 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party338%
Renew Europe338%
Socialists & Democrats225%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026).

2024
2
2025
2
2026
4

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

Pascal Canfin
2 meetings · Renew
Luděk Niedermayer
1 meeting · EPP
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP
Gilles Boyer
1 meeting · Renew
Eero Heinäluoma
1 meeting · S&D

The 8 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
28 Jan 2026Lara WoltersSustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
28 Jan 2026Luděk NiedermayerSFDR
28 Jan 2026Pascal CanfinSFDR
27 Jan 2026Sirpa PietikäinenSFDR
23 May 2025Pascal CanfinOmnibus I
15 May 2025Jörgen WarbornOmnibus
14 Nov 2024Eero HeinäluomaCurrent Affairs
14 Nov 2024Gilles BoyerBenchmarks Regulation + Sustainable Finance

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