MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

UNIFE

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

As of 7 November 2026, UNIFE appears in 72 declared MEP meetings (47 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

72
declared meetings
with current MEPs
47
MEPs met
€500k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“UNIFE is representing the European rail manufacturing industry in Brussels since 1992. With 23 fulltime staff, the Association gathers over 100 of Europe’s leading large and SME rail supply companies active in the design, manufacture, maintenance and refurbishment of rail transport systems, subsystems and related equipment. UNIFE also brings together 14 national rail industry associations of European countries.”

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“UNIFE advocates its members’ interests at both the European and International level-actively promoting EU rail equipment and standards within Europe and abroad.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 72 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1926%
Greens/EFA1926%
Socialists & Democrats1724%
Renew Europe1115%
European Conservatives & Reformists34%
The Left34%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (29 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
5
2021
2
2022
2
2023
0
2024
20
2025
29
2026
13

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

Sophia Kircher
4 meetings · EPP
Pierre Jouvet
4 meetings · S&D
Rosa Serrano Sierra
4 meetings · S&D
Christophe Grudler
3 meetings · Renew
Lena Schilling
3 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
30 Oct 2026François KalfonPublic Procurement Act
23 Oct 2026Markéta GregorováCybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) meeting
17 Jul 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with a representative of UNIFE
28 May 2026Pierre JouvetIndustrial Accelerator Act
6 May 2026Christine SingerPFAS, Wett­be­werbs­fä­hig­keit
22 Apr 2026Ştefan MuşoiuStakeholder meeting UNIFE
7 Apr 2026Hildegard BenteleGlobal Europe
1 Apr 2026Lynn BoylanCBAM downstream extension
25 Mar 2026Sophia KircherCEF
18 Mar 2026François KalfonMobilité militaire, Accélérateur industriel, cybersécurité et Marchés publics
16 Mar 2026Benedetta ScuderiEuropean Competitiveness Fund
5 Mar 2026Sophia KircherSingle Basic Act
27 Jan 2026Andreas SchiederRail Breakfast
4 Dec 2025Oihane Agirregoitia MartínezMecanismo Conectar Europa
18 Nov 2025Kai TegethoffCEF

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