MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Sea-Watch e.V.

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Sea-Watch e.V. appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Die Lücke einer institutionalisierten, flächendeckenden und europäischen Seenotrettung versuchen wir so lange wie möglich und im Rahmen unserer Möglichkeiten zu füllen. Dies ist unsere humanitäre Pflicht. Dass jedoch private Organisationen die Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer anstelle von Staaten übernehmen, kann und darf kein Dauerzustand werden! Wir fordern eine internationale, institutionalisierte Seenotrettung mit eindeutigem Mandat und auf lange Sicht vor allem legale…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA754%
Socialists & Democrats538%
The Left18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
2
2021
0
2022
0
2023
5
2024
2
2025
2
2026
1

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

Tineke Strik
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
3 meetings · S&D
Delara Burkhardt
1 meeting · S&D
Rasmus Andresen
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Saskia Bricmont
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Apr 2026Nicola ZingarettiPact for the Mediterranean
5 Nov 2025Birgit SippelFacilitation Directive
4 Nov 2025Estrella GalánParticipation in the Search and Rescue Conference 10th Anniversary Mediterranean
3 Oct 2024Birgit SippelFacilitation Directive (staff-level)
10 Jul 2024Tineke StrikMigration and asylum
2 May 2023Rasmus AndresenGEAS
27 Mar 2023Tineke StrikEU migration policy
15 Mar 2023Tineke Striksituation in the Central Mediterranean
2 Feb 2023Tineke StrikFrontex
2 Feb 2023Tineke Striksituation in the Central Mediterranean
7 Dec 2020Saskia BricmontRescue ships / migration
10 Jun 2020Delara BurkhardtSeenotrettung
2 Oct 2019Birgit SippelExchange of Views on Situation of Private Search and Rescue NGOs in the Central Mediterranean

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