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Plastics Europe

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Plastics Europe appears in 31 declared MEP meetings (27 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

31
declared meetings
with current MEPs
27
MEPs met
€4.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
15.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Plastics Europe is the pan-European association of plastics manufacturers with offices across Europe. For over 100 years, science and innovation has been the DNA that cuts across our industry.”

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“With close to 100 members producing over 90% of all polymers across Europe, we are the catalyst for the industry with a responsibility to openly engage with stakeholders and deliver solutions which are safe, circular and sustainable. We are committed to implementing long-lasting positive change.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 31 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1135%
Socialists & Democrats929%
Renew Europe516%
Greens/EFA310%
Patriots for Europe26%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
4
2023
3
2024
5
2025
10
2026
9

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

Peter Liese
3 meetings · EPP
Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Isabella Tovaglieri
2 meetings · PfE
Biljana Borzan
1 meeting · S&D
Dan Nica
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Sep 2026Svenja HahnStakeholder roundtable on the Industrial Accelerator Act
9 Sep 2026David CormandIAA
25 Aug 2026Peter LieseAustausch
25 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackCEA
25 Jun 2026Pietro FiocchiCircular Economy Act
10 Jun 2026Rasmus NordqvistCircular economy
1 Jun 2026Pierfrancesco MaranCircular Economy Act
26 May 2026Isabella TovaglieriEuropean policies on plastic
30 Mar 2026Dimitris TsiodrasPFAS restriction
8 Dec 2025Jens GiesekeEnd of Life Vehicles
1 Dec 2025Kathleen van BremptInternational trade
6 Nov 2025Elsi KatainenPolycarbonates
15 May 2025Isabella TovaglieriPolitiche europee sulla plastica
7 Apr 2025Giorgio GoriUpcoming Circular economy act and Bioeconomy strategy
31 Mar 2025Jens GiesekeEnd of Life Vehicles

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