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Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.

Business / industry · Energy also Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. appears in 107 declared MEP meetings (32 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

107
declared meetings
with current MEPs
32
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der VKU ist die Interessenvertretung der kommunalen Ver- und Entsorgungswirtschaft in Deutschland. Die im VKU organisierten rund 1.550 Mitgliedunternehmen sind v.a. in der Energieversorgung, der Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft, der Telekommunikation sowie der Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung tätig. VKU represents the interests of the local public utility sector in Germany, which includes both supply and disposal services. The approximately 1,550 member companies…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 107 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party3836%
Socialists & Democrats3634%
Renew Europe1817%
Greens/EFA1514%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (34 in 2025).

2019
6
2020
2
2021
7
2022
11
2023
11
2024
12
2025
34
2026
24

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 Geier
14 meetings · S&D
Delara Burkhardt
13 meetings · S&D
Peter Liese
8 meetings · EPP
Hildegard Bentele
8 meetings · EPP
Andreas Glück
8 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Jul 2026Jutta PaulusWasserfrühstück
2 Jul 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
10 Jun 2026Christine SingerAustausch zu Kommunalabwasserrichtlinie, Wasserrahmenrichtlinie, Wasserresilienz
5 Jun 2026Hildegard BenteleKommunale Abwasserrichtlinie
12 May 2026Norbert LinsEU- Verordnungsvorschlag zur Beschleunigung emissionsfreier Unternehmensflotten ("Clean Corporate Vehicles")
29 Apr 2026Andreas GlückGrids Package
29 Apr 2026Jens GeierExchange on Energy Grids Package
29 Apr 2026Michael BlossGrids Package
16 Apr 2026Delara BurkhardtEPR
15 Apr 2026Gabriele BischoffAustausch
15 Apr 2026Hildegard BenteleExchange on ITRE work
14 Apr 2026Peter LieseAustausch
14 Apr 2026Christian EhlerEU Industrie- und Klimapolitik
31 Mar 2026Delara BurkhardtCircular Economy Act
18 Mar 2026Andrea WechslerEU Policy

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