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SEMI Europe GmbH

Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, SEMI Europe GmbH appears in 17 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

17
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€500k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
14.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SEMI Europe is the industry association that connects over 2,500 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products.”

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“Since 1970, SEMI has built connections that have helped its members prosper, create new markets, and address common industry challenges together. Owned and managed by SEMI, SEMICON Europa, Industry Strategy Symposium, MEMs, Sensors and Imaging Summits are key European platforms promoting new technologies towards wider industry and research communities of the electronics industry and helping commercialization of new ideas and research findings by technology developers and users.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 17 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1165%
Renew Europe529%
Socialists & Democrats16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
1
2025
5
2026
11

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

Oliver Schenk
6 meetings · EPP
Bart Groothuis
4 meetings · Renew
Hildegard Bentele
1 meeting · EPP
Engin Eroglu
1 meeting · Renew
Matthias Ecke
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Oct 2026Oliver SchenkExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
1 Oct 2026Bart GroothuisIndustry Roundtable: Chips Act 2 and Semiconductor Developments
3 Sep 2026Engin ErogluEconomic affairs
3 Jun 2026Oliver SchenkTech and Digital Policy in the EU / Tech sovereignty package
3 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisChips Act 2
1 Jun 2026Christian EhlerEuropean innovation policies
15 Apr 2026Bart GroothuisChips Act 2
15 Apr 2026Matthias EckeChips Act
16 Mar 2026Eva MaydellEU Tech Agenda
5 Feb 2026Oliver SchenkChips Act 2.0 and industrial policy - roundtable
16 Jan 2026Oliver SchenkHalbleiter­industrie in der EU
5 Nov 2025Angelika NieblerEU Semiconductor Policy
24 Oct 2025Hildegard BenteleWater Resilience Strategy
14 Oct 2025Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
7 Mar 2025Oliver SchenkSemiconductor industry in Europe

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