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Lobby organisation

Plastics Europe

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Plastics Europe appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (23 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

24
declared meetings
with current MEPs
23
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. 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…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats938%
European People's Party833%
Renew Europe417%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
Greens/EFA14%
Patriots for Europe14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2022
4
2023
3
2024
5
2025
8
2026
4

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
2 meetings · EPP
Biljana Borzan
1 meeting · S&D
Dan Nica
1 meeting · S&D
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew
Jessica Polfjärd
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackCEA
25 Jun 2026Pietro FiocchiCircular Economy Act
1 Jun 2026Pierfrancesco MaranCircular Economy Act
30 Mar 2026Dimitris TsiodrasPFAS restriction
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
5 Mar 2025Biljana BorzanPlastics industry in Europe
13 Feb 2025Ingeborg ter LaakCircular economy
6 Feb 2025Adina VăleanEnd of Life Vehicles Directive
29 Jan 2025Ana Vasconcelos2023/0284 (COD) Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles
10 Dec 2024Dan NicaPolitico28 Gala
11 Nov 2024Hildegard BenteleEnvironmental Quality Standards
25 Sep 2024Elena Sancho MurilloRelevant issues to the ITRE Committee

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