MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Union of European Federalists

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Union of European Federalists appears in 16 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

16
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Union of European Federalists (UEF) is a non governmental and supranational organisation dedicated to the promotion of a democratic and federal Europe. It consists of 27 constituent organisations with over 12,000 members and it has been active at the European, national and local levels for more than 70 years. It was founded in 1946, shortly after World War II,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 16 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA531%
Renew Europe531%
Socialists & Democrats531%
European People's Party16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025).

2021
1
2022
2
2023
1
2024
2
2025
6
2026
4

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

Daniel Freund
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Brando Benifei
4 meetings · S&D
Lukas Mandl
1 meeting · EPP
Klára Dobrev
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Jul 2026Dan BarnaHigh-Level Roundtable on European Competitiveness and the Management Quality impact
18 May 2026Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleEuropean federalism
6 May 2026Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleUEF activities in the Netherlands
30 Jan 2026Lukas MandlUEF - EP Relations
18 Dec 2025Brando BenifeiDiscussion on the current and future activities of the EUF and on the major AFCO activities
21 Nov 2025Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleCompletion of the Single Market - Multiannual Financial Framework - social cohesion - competitiveness - challenges and dilemmas of technology – migration -climate crisis
21 Nov 2025Daniel FreundSpeaker at event "For a stronger, more democratic and inclusive European Union: towards a European federation"
10 Nov 2025Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleEuropean Federalism
10 Apr 2025Brando BenifeiThe institutional aspects of the Draghi report
11 Feb 2025Brando BenifeiThe institutional aspects of the Draghi report
15 Nov 2024Klára DobrevParticipation in an event entitled Lessons learned, current challenges and the way forward after the European elections
9 Oct 2024Daniel FreundSpinelli Group Board Meeting
12 Dec 2023Brando BenifeiDiscussion on treaties reform
27 Sep 2022Daniel FreundFuture of Europe: Next step Convention?
29 Jun 2022Daniel FreundConference on the Future of Europe

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