MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Philip Morris International Inc.

Company · Consumer & retail · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Philip Morris International Inc. appears in 187 declared MEP meetings (120 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

187
declared meetings
with current MEPs
120
MEPs met
€2.8M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Philip Morris International (PMI) is a leading international tobacco company, actively delivering a smoke-free future and evolving its portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. The company’s current product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products.”

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“In the EU, PMI's subsidiaries and affiliates sell conventional tobacco products as well as smoke-free products in the majority of the Member States. The data contained herein cover PMI’s activities in the EU conducted for the full calendar year 2024. The data do not incorporate PMI’s Vectura Fertin Pharma subsidiary nor Swedish Match AB.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 187 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party6937%
European Conservatives & Reformists3117%
Socialists & Democrats2916%
Patriots for Europe2815%
Renew Europe147%
Greens/EFA53%
Non-attached53%
The Left42%
Europe of Sovereign Nations21%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (76 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
2
2022
6
2023
6
2024
39
2025
76
2026
57

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

Auke Zijlstra
8 meetings · PfE
Niclas Herbst
4 meetings · EPP
Angelika Niebler
4 meetings · EPP
Jüri Ratas
3 meetings · EPP
Tomislav Sokol
3 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Nov 2026Fulvio MartuscielloRevision of the Tobacco Products Directive, Europe's Beating Cancer plan - BECA
30 Oct 2026Tom VandendriesscheProduction
21 Oct 2026Michalis HadjipantelaIntroductory meeting with new team
21 Sep 2026Katarína Roth NeveďalováEU tobacco tax
16 Sep 2026Joachim StreitSituation of tobacco industry in Europe
16 Sep 2026Elisabeth DieringerTobacco Excise Directive
15 Sep 2026Marcin SypniewskiAgriculture; TED, TPD and their influence on the national economy
15 Sep 2026Ruggero RazzaIncontro di aggiornamento e scambio di vedute
15 Sep 2026Carlo FidanzaLegislative Update
15 Sep 2026Tobiasz BocheńskiPhilip Morris's activities
9 Sep 2026Salvatore de MeoTobacco
8 Sep 2026Pietro FiocchiTobacco
8 Sep 2026Stephen Nikola BartulicaTobacco taxation
3 Jul 2026Auke ZijlstraScientific research tobacco related harm reduction
2 Jul 2026Auke ZijlstraNovel Tobacco Products

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