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Umicore

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Umicore appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
12
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Today Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group, with about 11,000 employees and a turnover of € 18 billion. Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and recycling. Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats630%
European People's Party525%
Greens/EFA420%
Renew Europe420%
European Conservatives & Reformists15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2026).

2021
3
2022
0
2023
2
2024
2
2025
5
2026
8

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

Sara Matthieu
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Bruno Tobback
3 meetings · S&D
Yvan Verougstraete
2 meetings · Renew
Wouter Beke
2 meetings · EPP
Kathleen van Brempt
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackIndustrial Accelerator Act (IAA) - EU preference criteria for the battery value chain
3 Jun 2026Pierre JouvetIndustrial accelerator act
3 Jun 2026Wouter BekeRoundtable Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)
3 Jun 2026Pascal ArimontDiscussion on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)
12 May 2026Bruno TobbackIAA
27 Apr 2026Kathleen van BremptIndustrial Accelerator Act and Critical Raw Materials
1 Apr 2026Yvan VerougstraeteIndustrial policy
26 Mar 2026Kris van DijckIndustrial Accelerator Act
4 Nov 2025Hildegard BenteleCobalt
13 Jun 2025Wouter BekeCRMA - Germanium project
5 Mar 2025Sara MatthieuBatteries and recycling
21 Jan 2025Bruno TobbackCrisis in de Europese batterij-industrie
21 Jan 2025Sara MatthieuCE Act and batteries
2 Oct 2024Yvan VerougstraeteInformations on batteries
27 Sep 2024Kathleen van BremptPriorities for the upcoming legislative term // factory visit

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