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Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. appears in 119 declared MEP meetings (35 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

119
declared meetings
with current MEPs
35
MEPs met
€4.5M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
20.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der VCI und seine 22 Fach- und 7 Landesverbände vertreten die Interessen von rund 2.000 Unternehmen aus der chemisch-pharmazeutischen Industrie und chemienaher Wirtschaftszweige gegenüber Politik, Behörden, anderen Bereichen der Wirtschaft, der Wissenschaft und den Medien. 2024 setzten die Mitgliedsunternehmen des VCI rund 240 Milliarden Euro um und beschäftigten knapp 560.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 119 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party5849%
Socialists & Democrats2924%
Greens/EFA1613%
Renew Europe1513%
Non-attached11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (25 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
4
2020
15
2021
12
2022
13
2023
13
2024
23
2025
25
2026
14

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

Peter Liese
16 meetings · EPP
Jens Geier
14 meetings · S&D
Tiemo Wölken
9 meetings · S&D
Andreas Glück
9 meetings · Renew
Jens Gieseke
8 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Oct 2026Oliver SchenkRoundtable: Exchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0
1 Oct 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
9 Sep 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
8 Sep 2026Christian EhlerETS
7 Jul 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
28 May 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
10 Apr 2026Christian EhlerEuropean Competitiveness Fund
18 Mar 2026Andrea WechslerChemical Policy
18 Mar 2026Dennis RadtkeEuropäische Chemikalien­agentur / EU-Chemiekalienrecht
9 Mar 2026Andreas GlückEnvironment Policy
24 Feb 2026Christian EhlerETS
2 Feb 2026Peter LieseAustausch
29 Jan 2026Andreas GlückHealth Policy
14 Jan 2026Peter LieseAustausch
11 Dec 2025Peter LieseAustausch

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