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Swiss Finance Council

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Swiss Finance Council appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
€400,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Established in 2013, the Swiss Finance Council engages in dialogue around policy developments in finance at a European and international level. We articulate and advocate the interests of internationally active Swiss financial institutions towards the EU institutions and support an integrated Single Market that can contribute to the creation of a strong, open and globally competitive European financial sector. We…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party867%
Renew Europe217%
Socialists & Democrats217%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2022).

2021
1
2022
3
2023
2
2024
0
2025
3
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

Lukas Mandl
2 meetings · EPP
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Markus Ferber
1 meeting · EPP
Arba Kokalari
1 meeting · EPP
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
1 meeting · Renew

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
6 Jul 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with representative of Swiss Finance Council
14 Apr 2026Gerben-Jan GerbrandySFDR
2 Mar 2026Markus FerberSIU
3 Jun 2025Sirpa PietikäinenEU Omnibus I
7 May 2025Arba KokalariSavings and Investments Union
13 Jan 2025Stéphanie Yon-CourtinCapital Markets Union / Retail Investment Strategy
23 Oct 2023Eero HeinäluomaRetail investment strategy
8 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
7 Nov 2022Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
12 Jul 2022Lukas MandlAFET report on Switzerland / EU-Switzerland relations
2 Mar 2022Irene TinagliMeeting on Banking Issues
24 Nov 2021Lukas MandlEU-Swiss relations

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