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Lobby organisation

SOS MEDITERRANEE

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Italy · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, SOS MEDITERRANEE appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SOS MEDITERRANEE is an international maritime and humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives at sea. It was founded by citizens in May 2015 in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Central Mediterranean and authorities’ failure to to take action to prevent more deaths. SOS MEDITERRANEE operates as a European network with teams in Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland.…”

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.

Greens/EFA240%
Renew Europe240%
Socialists & Democrats120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2023).

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

Fabienne Keller
2 meetings · Renew
Erik Marquardt
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Mounir Satouri
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
1 meeting · S&D

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Sep 2025Mounir SatouriDroits d'asile - Sauvetage en mer
14 Nov 2023Fabienne KellerParticipation à un séminaire de réflexion avec les acteurs institutionnels et associatifs impliqués dans les opérations de recherche et de sauvetage en mer
10 Feb 2023Fabienne KellerRencontre et débat avec les jeunes de l’Académie Notre Europe et SOS Méditerranée sur "l’Europe des migrations et des droits humains"
26 Oct 2022Erik MarquardtCurrent Situation in the Mediterranean
2 Oct 2019Birgit SippelExchange of Views on Situation of Private Search and Rescue NGOs in the Central Mediterranean

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