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Lobby organisation

MUST & Partners

Business group · Public affairs & consultancy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, MUST & Partners appears in 54 declared MEP meetings (36 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.

54
declared meetings
with current MEPs
36
MEPs met
€625k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
12.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“MUST is a consultancy firm dedicated to lobbying, political communication and public affairs. MUST relies on the professional experience of its founding partners, who have been active in Brussels for more than ten years, with deep expertise in EU law, policy-making, and public affairs.”

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“MUST aims at bridging the international business community with the EU institutions, Brussels-based opinion leaders, trade associations, political entities and social partners. MUST organizes events, meetings and conferences on topics high on the EU agenda, in view of promoting the creation of positive synergies between people and enhancing the relations between the private and public sphere. Headquartered at the heart of Brussels’ EU district, MUST works with a number of partners and external advisers. Coming from both the public and private sectors, all collaborators count on a strong background in the field of political communication and EU affairs.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 54 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European Conservatives & Reformists2037%
Socialists & Democrats1426%
European People's Party611%
Patriots for Europe611%
The Left59%
Renew Europe24%
Non-attached12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (25 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
0
2021
2
2022
0
2023
0
2024
4
2025
25
2026
22

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

Pierfrancesco Maran
6 meetings · S&D
Pietro Fiocchi
4 meetings · ECR
Ruggero Razza
3 meetings · ECR
Denis Nesci
2 meetings · ECR
Aurelijus Veryga
2 meetings · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Oct 2026Pietro FiocchiThematiche di sanità
14 Oct 2026Danuše NerudováCircular Economy Act - EPR
14 Oct 2026Ton DiepeveenCircular Economy Act
29 Sep 2026Aurelijus VerygaEU Emissions Trading System and Waste Incineration
15 Sep 2026Carlo FidanzaLegislative Update
13 Jul 2026Pascale Piera28ème régime
1 Jul 2026Bruno TobbackETS Review and Waste-to-Energy
29 Jun 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with a representative of MUST & Partners
16 Jun 2026Pietro FiocchiBECA
3 Jun 2026Giorgio GoriOrganisation of event in the European Parliament
2 Jun 2026Pietro FiocchiPPWR
5 May 2026Ondřej KnotekEnvironmental Omnibus
5 May 2026Elisabetta GualminiITRE committee
30 Apr 2026Pietro FiocchiPackaging
14 Apr 2026Margarita de la Pisa CarriónSANT COMMITTEE ONGOING WORK

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