MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

NRW.BANK

Other / unclassified · Finance · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, NRW.BANK appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€500,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Die NRW.BANK ist die Förderbank für Nordrhein-Westfalen. Sie unterstützt ihren Eigentümer, das Land NRW, bei dessen struktur- und wirtschaftspolitischen Aufgaben. In ihren drei Förderfeldern „Wirtschaft“, „Wohnraum“ und „Infrastruktur/Kommunen“ setzt die NRW.BANK ein breites Spektrum an Förderinstrumenten ein: von zinsgünstigen Förderdarlehen über Eigenkapitalfinanzierungen, Zuschüssen bis hin zu Beratungsangeboten. Dabei arbeitet sie wettbewerbsneutral mit allen Banken und Sparkassen in NRW zusammen. In…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party343%
Greens/EFA229%
Socialists & Democrats229%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2026).

2024
1
2025
1
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

Christian Ehler
2 meetings · EPP
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Peter Liese
1 meeting · EPP
Tobias Cremer
1 meeting · S&D

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Jul 2026Daniel FreundPerformance Framework, MFF 2028-2034
16 Apr 2026Christian EhlerEuropean Competitiveness Fund
8 Apr 2026Christian EhlerEuropean Competitiveness Fund
19 Mar 2026Alexandra GeeseEU Competitiveness Fund, InvestEU
5 Feb 2026Peter LieseAustausch
25 Feb 2025Tobias CremerDefence industry
4 Dec 2024Jens GeierExchange on financial aspects of the Grid Action Plan and Hydrogen ramp up

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