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Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (21 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

24
declared meetings
with current MEPs
21
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, established in 2007, is the political foundation and think tank of the European People’s Party (EPP). The Martens Centre embodies a pan-European mindset, promoting Christian Democrat, conservative and like-minded political values. It serves as a framework for national political foundations linked to member parties of the EPP. It currently has over 50 members…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1771%
Greens/EFA28%
Renew Europe28%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
Non-attached14%
Socialists & Democrats14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2024).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
4
2024
10
2025
3
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

Axel Voss
3 meetings · EPP
Lukas Mandl
2 meetings · EPP
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Dan Nica
1 meeting · S&D
Karlo Ressler
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Jul 2026Dan BarnaHigh-Level Roundtable on European Competitiveness and the Management Quality impact
25 Mar 2026Fernand KartheiserPolicy research
24 Mar 2026Aurelijus VerygaStrengthening Europe’s Demographic Resilience
19 Feb 2026Matej ToninTopics on Defence
15 Oct 2025Lukas MandlInterlinkage of development cooperation and migration
25 Mar 2025Isabel Benjumea BenjumeaFoundations
18 Mar 2025Karlo ResslerFinancing of European political foundations
11 Dec 2024Lukas MandlPaneuropa
10 Dec 2024Dan NicaPolitico28 Gala
10 Dec 2024Verena MertensIntroductory Meeting
4 Dec 2024Andreas SchwabDigital policy
13 Nov 2024Michał WawrykiewiczMigration agenda in the upcoming 5 years
14 Oct 2024Aura SallaFuture of the EU
2 Oct 2024Dóra DávidPriorities for the 10th legislative term
1 Oct 2024Ingeborg ter LaakWMCES

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