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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik appears in 32 declared MEP meetings (21 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

32
declared meetings
with current MEPs
21
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Aufgabe der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit - ist, den Bundestag und die Bundesregierung anhand eigener Forschung und Expertise mündlich und schriftlich in allen Fragen deutscher Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zu beraten und zu informieren. Das Brüsseler Büro der SWP bildet seit 2009 eine Schnittstelle zwischen der SWP in Berlin und der politischen Community…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 32 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1753%
Socialists & Democrats928%
European People's Party39%
Renew Europe26%
The Left13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023).

2019
2
2020
5
2021
1
2022
5
2023
6
2024
4
2025
3
2026
6

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

Daniel Freund
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Thomas Waitz
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Delara Burkhardt
3 meetings · S&D
Hannah Neumann
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Jun 2026Engin ErogluEU-China relations
30 Apr 2026Angelika NieblerIndia-EU relations
23 Apr 2026Thomas WaitzRaw materials and WB
17 Apr 2026Nela RiehlExchange on German Cultural Scene
8 Apr 2026Katarina BarleyAllgemeiner Austausch
12 Feb 2026Thomas WaitzEU accession
8 Dec 2025Thomas WaitzWestern Balkans accession
10 Jul 2025Hannah NeumannParticipant Roundtable on the war in Gaza
4 Feb 2025Hannah NeumannExchange of views on Cooperation Think Tank MEP
30 Oct 2024Sebastian EverdingPolicy Seminar (Preparing for a new Cycle of EU Foreign and Security Policy) u.a. Green Deal
23 Oct 2024Eszter LakosEuropean strategic autonomy workshop
3 Oct 2024Hannah NeumannExchange of views Chances and limits for a feminist EU
3 Apr 2024Nathalie LoiseauCaucase du Sud
15 Nov 2023Angelika NieblerEU industrial and digital policy
18 Jul 2023Tiemo WölkenNet-Zero Industry Act (staff level)

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