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Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen

Business / industry · Transport & automotive · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Organisation der deutschen Verkehrsunternehmen mit Tätigkeit im öffentlichen Personenverkehr und Schienen(güter)verkehr. Beratung der Mitgliedsunternehmen. Pflege des Erfahrungsaustausches zwischen den Mitgliedern und die Erarbeitung einheitlicher technischer, betrieblicher, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Grundlagen. Interessensvertretung gegenüber Parlamenten, Behörden, Industrie und anderen Institutionen.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party436%
Greens/EFA436%
Socialists & Democrats327%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
3
2024
3
2025
1
2026
2

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

Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Vivien Costanzo
2 meetings · S&D
Kai Tegethoff
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Markus Ferber
1 meeting · EPP
Delara Burkhardt
1 meeting · S&D

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 Feb 2026Kai TegethoffCEF
7 Jan 2026Vivien CostanzoExchange on VDVs priorities in transport policy
12 Nov 2025Vivien CostanzoExchange of views
9 Dec 2024Lena SchillingSigle Ticketing, Weights & Dimensions, Rail Policy
31 Oct 2024Sophia KircherTicketing Regulation
17 Oct 2024Kai TegethoffTransport Policy
1 Sep 2023Markus FerberWDD
23 Mar 2023Jens GiesekeAustausch zur EU-Verkehrspolitik
7 Mar 2023Jens GiesekeAustausch zur Europapolitik
26 Mar 2020Jutta Paulustransport policy
20 Nov 2019Delara BurkhardtAustausch zur europäischen Verkehrspolitik aus umweltpolitischer Perspektive

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