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Lobby organisation

Social Economy Europe

NGO / non-profit · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Social Economy Europe appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
12
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Social Economy Europe (SEE) is the voice of the 4.3 million social economy enterprises and organisations in the European Union. Created in November 2000 under the name of CEP-CMAF -the European Standing Conference of Cooperatives, Mutuals, Associations and foundations- with the purpose of establishing a permanent dialogue between the social economy and the European Institutions, in 2008, CEP-CMAF changed its…”

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/EFA323%
Socialists & Democrats323%
European People's Party215%
Renew Europe215%
The Left215%
Non-attached18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2024).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
7
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

David Cormand
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Irene Tinagli
1 meeting · S&D
Pascal Arimont
1 meeting · EPP
Jean-Marc Germain
1 meeting · S&D
Estrella Galán
1 meeting · The Left

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
30 Jun 2026Jean-Marc GermainPerformance
27 Jan 2026Ana VasconcelosPerformance Regulation
17 Sep 2025Branislav OndrušEuropean Social Economy Conference
12 May 2025Maravillas Abadía JoverSocial Economy
24 Apr 2025David CormandNew legislative framework
13 Nov 2024Dan BarnaThe social economy sector
30 Oct 2024David CormandThe Social Economy Intergroup
23 Oct 2024Vicent Marzà IbáñezConstitution of the Social Economy Intergroup
17 Oct 2024Estrella GalánMeeting with Juan Antonio Pedreño Frutos, president of CEPES
12 Sep 2024Cecilia Stradasocial economy priorities for the mandate
5 Sep 2024Irene TinagliIntroductory Meeting
17 Jul 2024Per ClausenSocial issues for the coming term
5 Sep 2019Pascal ArimontMemorandum Social Economy Europe

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