MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

The Protein Project

NGO / non-profit · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, The Protein Project appears in 21 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

21
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The association aims to improve the European agri-food system with a focus on accelerating protein diversification. It does so by acting as a bridge between stakeholders and policymakers, and by depolarising the protein debate through a unifying narrative that benefits farmers, the economy, consumers, animals, and the planet. The association defines protein diversification in the food system as broadening the…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 21 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe943%
Greens/EFA629%
Socialists & Democrats419%
European People's Party15%
The Left15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (14 in 2026).

2025
7
2026
14

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

Sigrid Friis
6 meetings · Renew
Pär Holmgren
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Niels Fuglsang
1 meeting · S&D
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew
Tilly Metz
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Jun 2026Marie Toussaintbiotech
11 Jun 2026Benoit CassartPAC post-2027
19 May 2026Claire FitaEchange de vues
7 May 2026Benedetta ScuderiFood
23 Apr 2026Sigrid FriisProtein Diversification
30 Mar 2026Seán KellyENVI opinion on CAP
18 Mar 2026Sigrid FriisProtein Diversification
5 Mar 2026Thomas Pellerin-CarlinFood innovation
24 Feb 2026Pär HolmgrenCommon Agricultural Policy
3 Feb 2026Sigrid FriisProtein diversification
15 Jan 2026Elsi KatainenProtein crops for food and feed in the post-2027 CAP
15 Jan 2026Sebastian EverdingProtein Diversification
15 Jan 2026Jérémy DecerleCAP, proteins
6 Jan 2026Eric SargiacomoProtéines végétales
6 Nov 2025Sigrid FriisProtein diversification

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