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UITP - International Association of Public Transport

Business group · Transport & automotive · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, UITP - International Association of Public Transport appears in 22 declared MEP meetings (18 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

22
declared meetings
with current MEPs
18
MEPs met
€700k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“UITP is the only worldwide network to bring together all public transport stakeholders and all sustainable transport modes. In the European Union, UITP represents the interests of more than 500 urban, suburban and regional public transport operators and authorities from all Member States and interacts with the European institutions and other organisations.”

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“UITP is: - The catalyst for new business opportunities By uniting the entire supply chain of public transport players, UITP is an ideal platform for developing business partnerships and joint ventures. - The global centre of knowledge and know-how UITP acts as the point of reference and a centre of best practices and benchmarking for the public transport sector. UITP gathers and monitors public transport statistics and mobility indicators, and acts as knowledge hub on past and current developments and future trends as well as technical harmonisation.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 22 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats941%
European People's Party418%
European Conservatives & Reformists29%
Greens/EFA29%
Renew Europe29%
The Left29%
Patriots for Europe15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
4
2023
0
2024
3
2025
8
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

Peter Liese
3 meetings · EPP
François Kalfon
3 meetings · S&D
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
1 meeting · Renew
David Cormand
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Leila Chaibi
1 meeting · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Nov 2026Roberts ZīlePublic transport sector
28 Oct 2026David CormandIndustrial accelerator Act
15 Jul 2026Daniele Polatolocal transport, decarbonization, fuels, public procurement
27 Jan 2026Dario NardellaExchange of views on Public Transport
26 Jan 2026Ana VasconcelosPerformance Regulation
26 Jan 2026Carla TavaresExchange of views on the next MFF and urban mobility
4 Dec 2025Sérgio GonçalvesEuropean Competitiveness Fund
16 Sep 2025François KalfonTransports publics
29 Aug 2025François KalfonTransports publics
30 Jun 2025François KalfonTransports publics
3 Jun 2025Jean-Marc GermainBilletterie dans les transports urbains et régionaux
27 Mar 2025Nikolina BrnjacPackage Travel Directive
18 Feb 2025Daniel AttardPublic Transport
13 Jan 2025Lena SchillingEU Public Transport Policies, Single Ticketing
9 Dec 2024Isabella TovaglieriSituazione dei trasporti in Italia ed Europa

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