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VIER PFOTEN International

NGO / non-profit · Agriculture & food also Environment & climate · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, VIER PFOTEN International appears in 31 declared MEP meetings (18 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

31
declared meetings
with current MEPs
18
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Stiftungszweck Zweck der Stiftung, deren Tätigkeit nicht auf Gewinn gerichtet ist, ist den Gedanken des Tierschutzes zu verbreiten und bedrängten Tieren in Not zu helfen. Die Stiftung organisiert gewaltfreie Kampagnen, um die Öffendlichkeit über die ethische Verantwortung des Menschen gegenüber den Tieren zu informieren. Ebenso ist die Förderung von Wissenschaft und Foschung auf dem Gebiet des Tierschutzes Zweck der Stiftung.…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 31 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1239%
Socialists & Democrats723%
The Left516%
European People's Party413%
Renew Europe26%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025).

2019
3
2020
0
2021
0
2022
0
2023
3
2024
6
2025
11
2026
8

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

Tilly Metz
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Thomas Waitz
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Maria Noichl
2 meetings · S&D
Anja Hazekamp
2 meetings · The Left
Sebastian Everding
2 meetings · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Sep 2026Tilly MetzAnimal Welfare
1 Jul 2026Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch zu Tierwohlthemen, GAP
12 May 2026Tilly MetzAnimal Transport
7 May 2026Norbert LinsGAP, NRPP
5 May 2026David CormandStakeholder’s consultation event on the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPP) Regulation
4 Mar 2026Thomas WaitzAnimal Welfare in Agriculture
26 Feb 2026Marianne VindAnimal transport
28 Jan 2026Anja HazekampDogs & Cats Regulation
14 Nov 2025Thomas WaitzCommon Agricultural Policy
12 Nov 2025Tilly MetzAnimal transport
29 Oct 2025Andi CristeaEuropean Citizens' Initiative: Fur Free Europe
20 Oct 2025Tilly MetzAnimal transport
15 Jul 2025Tilly MetzAnimal transport
12 Jun 2025Thomas WaitzAnimal welfare during transport
27 Mar 2025Anja HazekampWelfare of dogs and cats

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