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The European Steel Association

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, The European Steel Association appears in 155 declared MEP meetings (84 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

155
declared meetings
with current MEPs
84
MEPs met
€800k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EUROFER represents the total of steel production in the European Union. Its members are steel companies and national steel federations throughout the EU. The major steel companies and national steel federations in Switzerland and Turkey are associate members.”

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“The objectives of EUROFER are to provide information, services and guidance to it's members related to European and international policy affairs and political, economic and market analysis, and providing guidance for the implementation of EU legislation. These services consist, inter alia, in the - exchange of information on all issues of common interest, particularly as regards market developments, employment and the global development of the steel industry, and this in full compliance with competition rules. - co-operation in the fields of energy and raw materials supply, transport, environmental protection, financial and legal questions, promotion and technical research, and, more generally, by means of all studies (...)”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 155 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party6139%
Socialists & Democrats5032%
Renew Europe2315%
Greens/EFA117%
European Conservatives & Reformists96%
The Left11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (56 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
3
2021
10
2022
17
2023
3
2024
31
2025
35
2026
56

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

Peter Liese
15 meetings · EPP
Jens Geier
9 meetings · S&D
Raphaël Glucksmann
5 meetings · S&D
Bruno Tobback
5 meetings · S&D
Dan Nica
4 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2026Kristian VigeninEU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
20 Oct 2026Anna CavazziniIAA
17 Sep 2026Jacek OzdobaETS system
17 Sep 2026Eero HeinäluomaETS, CBAM and IAA
16 Sep 2026Bruno TobbackDebate on the ETS Review
16 Sep 2026Pierfrancesco MaranETS
16 Sep 2026Raphaël GlucksmannSteel industry
16 Sep 2026Engin ErogluEconomic affairs
15 Sep 2026Jens GiesekeEU ETS, Industrial Accelerator Act
15 Sep 2026Michael BlossAutomotive Package
8 Sep 2026Marit Maij50th anniversary of the European Steel Association (EUROFER).
8 Sep 2026Jens GeierSpeaker at Panel Discussion Navigating Europe's Steel Transformation
6 Jul 2026Angelika NieblerEU Competitiveness
12 Jun 2026Karin KarlsbroIAA
9 Jun 2026Tomislav SokolIndustrial policy

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