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Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät ry)

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry

As of 11 September 2026, Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät ry) appears in 36 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

36
declared meetings
with current MEPs
12
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Organisaatio vaikuttaa yrittäjyyden toimintaympäristöä koskevaan päätöksentekoon paikallisella, alueellisella, valtakunnallisella ja eurooppalaisella tasolla. Tavoitteena on parantaa yrittäjyyden toimintaympäristöä ja huolehtia siitä, että yrittäjyyden tarpeet otetaan yhteiskunnallisessa päätöksenteossa riittävästi huomioon. Vaikuttaminen kohdentuu yrittäjyyden ja 115 000 jäsenyrityksen kannalta olennaisille yhteiskunnan sektoreille kuten verotus, ympäristö- ja energia-asiat, yhtiöoikeus, kilpailu ja kuluttajansuoja, koulutuspolitiikka, alue- ja rakennepolitiikka, julkiset hankinnat ja niin edelleen. Vaikuttamistehtävien ohessa järjestöllä…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 36 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe1439%
European People's Party1233%
Socialists & Democrats617%
European Conservatives & Reformists38%
Greens/EFA13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (13 in 2024).

2021
1
2022
2
2023
0
2024
13
2025
10
2026
10

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

Elsi Katainen
9 meetings · Renew
Maria Guzenina
4 meetings · S&D
Mika Aaltola
4 meetings · EPP
Aura Salla
4 meetings · EPP
Anna-Maja Henriksson
3 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Sep 2026Elsi KatainenUpdate on EU Inc. Legislation
3 Jun 2026Elsi KatainenCurrent EU policies and initiatives affecting Finnish SMEs
3 Jun 2026Mika AaltolaMeeting with Federation of Finnish Enterprises
2 Jun 2026Elsi KatainenEU advocacy and decision-making
19 Mar 2026Pekka ToveriCurrent SME issues, including regulatory simplification and the development of the internal market from the perspective of Finnish SMEs
19 Mar 2026Aura SallaSMEs, simplification and Digital Omnibus
18 Mar 2026Anna-Maja HenrikssonMunicipal governance, Preparedness
4 Mar 2026Elsi KatainenCompetitiveness of the EU, the Vitality of Regions and Development
29 Jan 2026Anna-Maja HenrikssonGDPR, Better regulation, Digital Omnibus
29 Jan 2026Maria GuzeninaDiscussion on EU regulatory simplification initiatives, the GDPR, and consumer affairs
20 Nov 2025Elsi KatainenCurrent EU affairs
24 Sep 2025Axel Voss28th Regime
24 Sep 2025Aura SallaGeneral introduction
5 Jun 2025Katri KulmuniKauppapolitiikka
28 May 2025Aura SallaSMEs

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