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Verkor

Company · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Verkor appears in 16 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

16
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Founded in 2020, Verkor’s mission is to increase the manufacture of low carbon batteries to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and make Europe a key manufacturer of sustainable batteries.”

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“Backed by major shareholders EIT InnoEnergy, Groupe IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Renault Group, EQT Ventures, Arkema, Tokai COBEX, Demeter FMET, Plastic Omnium and Sibanye-Stillwater, Verkor has been mandated to accelerate the large-scale industrialisation of batteries in Europe, and roll out intelligent and sustainable manufacturing processes as part of the first French Gigafactory.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 16 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe1062%
Socialists & Democrats531%
European People's Party16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
3
2024
1
2025
6
2026
4

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

Pascal Canfin
8 meetings · Renew
Christophe Grudler
2 meetings · Renew
Raphaël Glucksmann
1 meeting · S&D
Aurore Lalucq
1 meeting · S&D
Mohammed Chahim
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 May 2026Pierre JouvetIndustry Accelerator Act
28 Apr 2026Raúl de la Hoz QuintanoIAA
26 Feb 2026Raphaël GlucksmannBatteries
9 Jan 2026Pascal CanfinAutomotive Package
25 Sep 2025Pascal CanfinBattery Value Chain
29 Aug 2025Pascal CanfinAutomotive Package
15 Jul 2025Bruno TobbackEU Battery Cell Manufacturing Competitiveness
17 Mar 2025Pascal CanfinBattery Booster
14 Mar 2025Pascal CanfinBattery Industry
8 Jan 2025Aurore LalucqRencontre avec des élus et des industriels sur la situation industrielle à Dunkerque
12 Sep 2024Pascal CanfinClean Industrial Deal - Battery industry
23 May 2023Christophe GrudlerNZIA
2 May 2023Pascal CanfinGreen Deal
27 Apr 2023Mohammed ChahimCRMA
7 Feb 2022Pascal CanfinGreen Deal

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