MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

World Jewish Congress

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, World Jewish Congress appears in 8 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

8
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Since it’s inception in 1936 the WJC - the ‘Diplomatic Arm of the Jewish People’ - has been active in countless campaigns: advocating for justice for Holocaust victims and their heirs and protecting the memory of the Holocaust; combating antisemitism and all forms of racism and discrimination, raising public awareness to the dangers in incitement to religious, racial, or ethnic…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 8 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party562%
Socialists & Democrats225%
Greens/EFA112%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2024).

2022
2
2023
0
2024
4
2025
1
2026
1

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

Pina Picierno
2 meetings · S&D
Lukas Mandl
2 meetings · EPP
Tomas Tobé
1 meeting · EPP
Sergey Lagodinsky
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 8 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Jun 2026Pina PiciernoDiscussion on the fight against antisemitism with Jewish students
15 Jul 2025Lukas MandlMiddle East
11 Dec 2024Pina PiciernoFight against anti-Semitism in Europe
13 Nov 2024Lukas MandlFight against antisemitism
24 Sep 2024Antonio López-Istúriz WhiteDiscuss the problem of antisemitism in Europe
24 Sep 2024Lena DüpontHow to tackle antisemitism
15 Nov 2022Sergey LagodinskyEP's efforts towards Promoting Jewish Life
9 Nov 2022Tomas TobéWork against antisemitism

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