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Unione Italiana del Lavoro

Trade union · Labour & trade unions · HQ: Italy · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Unione Italiana del Lavoro appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€50k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“UIL, Unione Italiana del Lavoro, is the democratic and unitarian trade union confederation of workers and retired people of any belief, creed, political and ethnical belonging affiliated for the defense of rights and common professional, economic social and moral interests in compliance with the principles of democracy and freedom enshrined both in the Italian republican Constitution and the E.U.”

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“Charter of Fundamental Rights proclaimed at the Nice European Council. Thanks to its more than 2 million members, UIL is the third Italian trade union confederation. Its representation is expressed by means of a dual level: - a horizontal level: through Regional unions and 107 provincial union chambers as well as the structures responsible for assistance and protection to workers and retired people and the achievement of the so called "citizens' trade union"; - a vertical level: with 16 industry-wide National Unions through which it concludes labour contracts and performs an ac (...)”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group. Every meeting was with a single group.

Socialists & Democrats13100%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
3
2025
9
2026
1

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

Pierfrancesco Maran
5 meetings · S&D
Brando Benifei
2 meetings · S&D
Nicola Zingaretti
2 meetings · S&D
Irene Tinagli
1 meeting · S&D
Laura Ballarín Cereza
1 meeting · S&D

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
28 May 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaStandardisation regulation
2 Jul 2025Brando BenifeiRevisione legislazione europea sugli appalti pubblici
3 Jun 2025Pierfrancesco MaranPublic procurement
3 Jun 2025Brando BenifeiRevisione legislazione europea sugli appalti pubblici
4 Apr 2025Pierfrancesco MaranPublic procurement
25 Mar 2025Nicola ZingarettiTraineeship Directive
25 Mar 2025Pierfrancesco MaranTraineeships Directive
4 Mar 2025Irene TinagliCourtesy meeting
5 Feb 2025Stefano Bonaccini"Le politiche industriali in Europa"
22 Jan 2025Nicola ZingarettiTraineeship Directive
21 Nov 2024Pierfrancesco MaranPriorities new legislature
14 Nov 2024Pierfrancesco MaranPriorities new legislature
13 Nov 2024Dario NardellaPriorities in the field of industries, research and energy

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