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Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl appears in 50 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

50
declared meetings
with current MEPs
16
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Die Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl) vertritt die politischen Interessen der stahlproduzierenden Unternehmen in Deutschland mit ihren rund 85.000 Beschäftigten gegenüber Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit. Zentrales Anliegen der Organisation ist es, die politischen Rahmenbedingungen für die Zukunft so mitzugestalten, dass am Standort Deutschland Stahl nachhaltig und wettbewerbsfähig produziert werden kann. Kernauftrag der WV Stahl ist die politische Interessenvertretung. Voraussetzung dafür ist…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 50 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2448%
Socialists & Democrats1530%
Renew Europe816%
Greens/EFA36%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2023).

2020
2
2021
1
2022
9
2023
12
2024
9
2025
12
2026
5

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

Jens Geier
12 meetings · S&D
Peter Liese
9 meetings · EPP
Andreas Glück
6 meetings · Renew
Christian Ehler
6 meetings · EPP
Jens Gieseke
3 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jun 2026Jens GiesekeAutomotive Package, Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)
11 May 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
9 Mar 2026Andreas GlückAutomotive Package
3 Feb 2026Dennis RadtkeZukunft der EU-Stahlindustrie
14 Jan 2026Peter LieseAustausch
19 Nov 2025Svenja HahnExchange on Trade Policies
18 Nov 2025Jens GeierExchange on safeguard measures for steel
9 Oct 2025Jens GeierExchange on imposing a definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain steel products
30 Sep 2025Angelika NieblerEU trade policies
4 Sep 2025René RepasiHandelspolitisches Frühstück mit der deutschen Stahlindustrie
4 Sep 2025Jutta PaulusHandelspolitisches Frühstück mit der deutschen Stahlindustrie
4 Sep 2025Christian EhlerCompetitiveness of the steel industry
4 Sep 2025Udo BullmannBreakfast meeting
3 Sep 2025Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
21 May 2025Jens GeierExchange on the steel and metals action plan

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