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Lobby organisation

vbw - Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e. V.

NGO / non-profit · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, vbw - Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e. V. appears in 19 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

19
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€500,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Vertretung der Interessen der bayerischen Wirtschaft gegenüber staatlichen und nichtstaatlichen Organisationen”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 19 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1474%
Socialists & Democrats316%
Greens/EFA211%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2023).

2021
1
2022
1
2023
7
2024
3
2025
4
2026
3

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

Axel Voss
4 meetings · EPP
Christian Doleschal
3 meetings · EPP
Angelika Niebler
3 meetings · EPP
Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Markus Ferber
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 Feb 2026Angelika NieblerEU Competitiveness Policies
3 Feb 2026Christian DoleschalVereinfachsungsstrategie
3 Feb 2026Michael BlossETS
14 Oct 2025Markus FerberCurrent simplification agenda
1 Jul 2025Markus FerberCompetitiveness in the EU
1 Jul 2025Christian Doleschalvbw Wirtschaftstreff
4 Jun 2025René RepasiPolitischer Dialog Brüssel: Das 28. Regime – neue Potenziale für den europäischen Binnenmarkt / The 28th Regime – New Potentials for the European Single Market
15 Oct 2024Jens GiesekeAustausch zu EU-Politik
31 Jan 2024Angelika NieblerEU competition policy
31 Jan 2024Christian DoleschalPodiumsdiskussion zum Thema Zirkuläre Bioökonomie
17 Nov 2023Angelika NieblerEU industrial policy
27 Jun 2023Martin HäuslingTeilnahme Politischer Dialog - Zukunftsfähige Wälder und nachhaltige Holznutzung
8 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
6 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
6 Mar 2023René RepasiPolitischer Dialog Brüssel: Online Kongress - Sorgfaltspflichten in der Lieferkette

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