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Lobby organisation

SQM Europe N.V.

Company · Energy also Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, SQM Europe N.V. appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€400k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SQM Europe is a subsidiary of SQM. SQM, a global mining company operating in northern Chile, is present in industries that are strategic for sustainable development, such as health, food, technology and the clean energies that move the world.”

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“It is a global leader in each of its five business lines: Specialty Plant Nutrition; Iodine and Derivatives; Potassium and Solar Salts. On its 52nd anniversary and in keeping with its corporate values of Excellence, Safety, Integrity and Sustainability, SQM has moved decisively on innovation and technological development. It has adapted its production, commercial, logistics and management processes to the different conditions on the global market, ensuring operational continuity under high sustainability parameters. As a result, it obtains better results and creates more value for its customers, shareholders and the environment where it operates.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats457%
European People's Party114%
Renew Europe114%
The Left114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

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

Alicia Homs Ginel
1 meeting · S&D
Lynn Boylan
1 meeting · The Left
Karin Karlsbro
1 meeting · Renew
Mohammed Chahim
1 meeting · S&D
Susana Solís Pérez
1 meeting · EPP

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Oct 2026Karin KarlsbroCBAM
25 Jun 2026Mohammed ChahimChilean sodium nitrate
22 Jun 2026Lynn BoylanCBAM: accreditated bodies and default values
17 Feb 2025Kathleen van BremptLithium and critical raw materials
17 Feb 2025Bruno TobbackCritical Raw Materials Act and the role of lithium in Europe's sustainable future
17 Feb 2025Susana Solís PérezCritical Raw Materials Policy
22 Jan 2025Alicia Homs GinelDiscussion on Lithium and good practices reated to Chile

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