MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Philip Morris International Inc.

Business / industry · Consumer & retail · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 10 September 2026, Philip Morris International Inc. appears in 167 declared MEP meetings (110 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

167
declared meetings
with current MEPs
110
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. In the EU, PMI's subsidiaries and affiliates sell conventional tobacco products as well as smoke-free…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 167 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party6438%
Socialists & Democrats2817%
European Conservatives & Reformists2716%
Patriots for Europe2616%
Renew Europe127%
Greens/EFA32%
Non-attached32%
The Left32%
Europe of Sovereign Nations11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (69 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
2
2022
6
2023
6
2024
39
2025
69
2026
44

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
9 Sep 2026Salvatore de MeoTobacco
8 Sep 2026Stephen Nikola BartulicaTobacco taxation
3 Jul 2026Auke ZijlstraScientific research tobacco related harm reduction
2 Jul 2026Auke ZijlstraNovel Tobacco Products
17 Jun 2026Joanna Scheuring-WielgusStructure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products
9 Jun 2026Johan van OvertveldtSustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
3 Jun 2026Cristina MaestreReplacing cigarettes with smoke-free alternatives
2 Jun 2026Nora Junco GarcíaChanges in tobacco insdustry
2 Jun 2026Laurence TrochuLégislation européenne sur le tabac
2 Jun 2026Eva MaydellRevision of the tobacco taxation Directive
2 Jun 2026Juan Fernando López AguilarState of the Sector in the Canary Islands
2 Jun 2026Enikő GyőriRevision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive
2 Jun 2026Elisabetta GualminiITRE committee
2 Jun 2026Carlo Fidanzalegislative update
2 Jun 2026Andi CristeaCurrent legislative developments in the tobacco sector

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