MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

National Endowment for Democracy

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: United States · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, National Endowment for Democracy appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“NED is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing freedom and democracy worldwide. Established in 1983 as part of President Reagan’s vision to foster an “infrastructure of democracy” with a bipartisan Congressional mandate, NED supports grassroots leaders striving for the freedom to think, speak, worship, engage politically, and support their families without fear. It mobilizes key pillars of American democracy,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe250%
European People's Party125%
Socialists & Democrats125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2026).

2023
1
2024
0
2025
1
2026
2

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

Tomáš Zdechovský
1 meeting · EPP
Nathalie Loiseau
1 meeting · Renew
Bernard Guetta
1 meeting · Renew
Raphaël Glucksmann
1 meeting · S&D

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 Feb 2026Tomáš ZdechovskýMeeting within the framework of the EUDS mission in the United States:: President and CEO of National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
17 Feb 2026Nathalie LoiseauLutte contre les ingérences étrangères et la désinformation
16 Sep 2025Bernard GuettaFacing new theories against democracy
28 Jun 2023Raphaël GlucksmannING2

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