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smartEn Smart Energy Europe

Business / industry · Energy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 11 September 2026, smartEn Smart Energy Europe appears in 41 declared MEP meetings (25 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

41
declared meetings
with current MEPs
25
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“smartEn Smart Energy Europe is the European business association dedicated to demand-side flexibility. Our vision is that every European benefits from playing an active role in the clean energy transition. smartEn’s activities include: • create a cross-sectoral single voice for innovative market players driving digital, de-centralized and de-carbonized energy solutions; • interact with policymakers to advocate smart energy solutions on…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 41 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1434%
Socialists & Democrats1229%
European People's Party820%
Renew Europe512%
The Left25%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2024).

2019
3
2020
1
2021
4
2022
8
2023
3
2024
15
2025
4
2026
3

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

Michael Bloss
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jutta Paulus
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Ville Niinistö
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Seán Kelly
3 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Sep 2026Ana VasconcelosElectrification Action Plan
5 Jun 2026François KalfonVerdissement des flottes d'entreprises
26 Jan 2026Bruno TobbackSmart Meters
10 Dec 2025Virgil-Daniel PopescuConference Debate "The grids package: storage for system strength and affordability"
17 Mar 2025Dario TamburranoReti elettriche
17 Feb 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenStakeholder roundtable on electricity grids
29 Jan 2025Eszter LakosElectricity markets
9 Oct 2024Matej ToninTopics on transport, industry, building sectors
9 Oct 2024Thomas Pellerin-CarlinMeeting with Smart EN on grids
8 Oct 2024Bruno TobbackSmart energy integration
8 Oct 2024Dario TamburranoPriorità per la legislatura
8 Oct 2024Virginijus SinkevičiusDiscussion on innovative and smart solutions in the digital, transport, industry and building sectors
8 Oct 2024Benedetta ScuderiEnergy
8 Oct 2024Elisabetta GualminiITRE Committee
8 Oct 2024Christophe GrudlerPolitiques énergétique et industrielle européennes

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