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Lobby organisation

Schuman Associates

Business group · Public affairs & consultancy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Schuman Associates appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€195k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Schuman Associates is a Brussels-based consultancy with 35 years experience in European funding, public affairs and communications. Our team of around 25 permanent consultants works for more than 35 clients in many sectors ranging from ICT, Energy, Financial Services, Health, Development, Education and Employment. Schuman Associates manages Anti-Money Laundering Europe Secretariat, a forum to discuss AML/CFT rules.”

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“Our client services fall broadly into two categories: funding and policy, capturing the complete life cycle of an opportunity. Schuman Associates is specialised in supporting clients, leveraging market opportunities created by EU Funding Programmes and understanding and influencing the policy and regulatory framework driving these opportunities. We support a broad range of clients from governments and large global firms to SMEs and NGOs in all major sectors including IT and security, energy and environment, trade and development, financial services, telecommunications.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party240%
Socialists & Democrats240%
Renew Europe120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2025
3
2026
2

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

Victor Negrescu
2 meetings · S&D
Eleonora Meleti
1 meeting · EPP
Brigitte van den Berg
1 meeting · Renew
Oliver Schenk
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Jul 2026Oliver SchenkIntroductory Meeting (Chips Act 2.0)
4 Mar 2026Victor NegrescuIntergroup for the Future of Education and Skills Plenary
5 Nov 2025Victor NegrescuUnion of skills in motion addressing the EU's workforce challenges
4 Mar 2025Brigitte van den BergSkills
19 Feb 2025Eleonora MeletiIntergroup on the Future of Education and Skills

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