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Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.

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

As of 7 November 2026, Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. appears in 118 declared MEP meetings (35 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

118
declared meetings
with current MEPs
35
MEPs met
€200k/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.”

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“The approximately 1,550 member companies organised within VKU are primarily active in the fields of energy supply, water supply and sewage, telecommunications, waste management and municipal cleaning. VKU à pour mission de défendre les intérêts des entreprises communales de réseaux et des entreprises du secteur des déchets en Allemagne. La plupart des quelque 1.550 entreprises affiliées au VKU exercent leurs activités dans les domaines de la distribution de l`énergie et de l`eau, de l`assainissement, la télécommunication, des déchets et du nettoyage urbain.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 118 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party4236%
Socialists & Democrats4034%
Greens/EFA1815%
Renew Europe1815%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (40 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
6
2020
2
2021
7
2022
11
2023
11
2024
12
2025
40
2026
29

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

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

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Oct 2026Markéta GregorováCSA2 - NIS2
11 Sep 2026Christian EhlerETS
1 Sep 2026Delara BurkhardtCircular economy
2 Jul 2026Jutta PaulusWasserfrühstück
2 Jul 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
10 Jun 2026Tiemo WölkenZukunft der erweiterten Hersteller­verantwortung und Ausbau vierter Reinigungsstufe
10 Jun 2026Christine SingerAustausch zu Kom­mu­na­lab­wasser­richt­li­nie, Wasser­rah­men­richt­li­nie, Wasserresilienz
9 Jun 2026Jutta PaulusAustausch mit Wasser­wirtschaft zu KARL
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

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