MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

World Fair Trade Organization - Europe

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, World Fair Trade Organization - Europe appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€10,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“WFTO-Europe has a vision of a world in which trade structures and practices have been transformed to work in favour of the marginalised producers and artisans and to promote sustainable development and justice. WFTO-Europe aims at building a fairer world for everyone, where fair trade and trade justice are the keystones to challenge the problems of the current economic model.…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats240%
European People's Party120%
Greens/EFA120%
The Left120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2024).

2023
1
2024
2
2025
2

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

Marit Maij
2 meetings · S&D
Martin Schirdewan
1 meeting · The Left
Saskia Bricmont
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Sirpa Pietikäinen
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Sep 2025Marit MaijMeeting with representative of the World Fair Trade Organisation-Africa
19 May 2025Sirpa PietikäinenSustainability legislation
5 Dec 2024Marit Maij“Global Green Deal: How the EU can lead a Fair and Just Transition worldwide”
26 Sep 2024Martin SchirdewanFairer Handel
28 Feb 2023Saskia Bricmontprep meeting event on due diligence (meeting with APA)

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