MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Zalando SE

Company · Consumer & retail · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Zalando SE appears in 43 declared MEP meetings (30 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

43
declared meetings
with current MEPs
30
MEPs met
€600k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“About Zalando Founded in Berlin in 2008, Zalando is Europe’s leading online multi-brand fashion destination. We are building a pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce, along two growth vectors: Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B). In B2C, we provide an inspiring, high-quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to almost 52 million active customers across 25 markets.”

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“In B2B, we leverage our logistics infrastructure, software, and service capabilities to support brands and retailers in managing and scaling their entire e-commerce business, both on and off the Zalando platform. Through our ecosystem vision, Zalando aims to enable positive change in the fashion and lifestyle industry. https://corporate.zalando.com […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 43 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1842%
Renew Europe1126%
Socialists & Democrats819%
Greens/EFA49%
European Conservatives & Reformists25%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
4
2021
4
2022
1
2023
1
2024
12
2025
15
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

Svenja Hahn
5 meetings · Renew
Mirosława Nykiel
3 meetings · EPP
Adam Jarubas
2 meetings · EPP
Michał Kobosko
2 meetings · Renew
Andreas Schwab
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 Nov 2026Irena JovevaDigital Omnibus
8 Apr 2026Diego SolierPresentation of Position - Digital Omnibus
8 Apr 2026Birgit SippelDigital Omnibus
16 Mar 2026Veronika Cifrová OstrihoňováDigital Fairness Act
3 Mar 2026Svenja HahnExchange on AI Act Omnibus and current digital policies
28 Jan 2026Dóra DávidDigital Fairness Act, digital omnibus
11 Dec 2025Jeannette BaljeuEPR, UCC
4 Dec 2025Birgit SippelDigital Omnibus & Privacy: From Simplification to Smart Regulation Policy Breakfast
24 Nov 2025Adam JarubasDFA and Digital Omnibus
12 Nov 2025Pablo Arias Echeverríaupcoming EU digital legislation(Digital Fairness Act) and Digital Omnibus
5 Nov 2025Andreas SchwabDigital omnibus
29 Oct 2025Michał KoboskoDigital Fairness Act, minors protection, EU competitiveness, digital sovereignty
22 Oct 2025Aura SallaDigital Omnibus and Digital Fairness Act
21 Oct 2025Mirosława NykielKonkurencyjność europejskich firm wobec nieuczciwej globalnej konkurencji
21 Oct 2025Christian DoleschalDigitalomnibus

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