MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH

Business / industry · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€800,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH (Gore) is the German subsidiary of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Newark, Delaware, USA. Founded in 1958, Gore is a global materials science company with operations on five continents and a portfolio of thousands of products serving diverse industries. The company generates annual revenues of about $5.3 billion and remains privately…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European Conservatives & Reformists444%
European People's Party444%
Socialists & Democrats111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026).

2025
3
2026
6

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

Oliver Schenk
2 meetings · EPP
Tomislav Sokol
1 meeting · EPP
Alexandr Vondra
1 meeting · ECR
Aurelijus Veryga
1 meeting · ECR
Ondřej Krutílek
1 meeting · ECR

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Aurelijus VerygaRevision of the Medical Device Regulation and Access to Medical Technologies
5 May 2026Tomislav SokolHealth Policy
1 Apr 2026Oliver SchenkPFAS impact on cardiovascular medical devices
1 Apr 2026Oliver SchenkPFAS and cardiovascular medical devices
28 Jan 2026Alexandr VondraPFAS
28 Jan 2026Ondřej KrutílekPFAS
1 Oct 2025Beatrice TimgrenPFAS restriction proposal
23 Sep 2025Victor NegrescuMeeting with MedTech Europe Cardiovascular Sector Group
15 Jul 2025Angelika NieblerEuropean Defence Policies, EU Defence Readiness Omnibus

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