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Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe

Business group · Construction & real estate · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

15
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€50k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The German Construction Confederation ZDB (Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe) is the employers' and trade association of the medium-sized German construction industry. It represents the interests of about 35,000 small and medium-sized owner-operated construction companies occupying 70 % of all employees and apprentices of the construction industry.”

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“As the largest trade association in the sector, it represents the entire spectrum of the construction industry from clas-sical building construction, road construction and civil engineering to finishing work. ZDB brings together both small, owner-managed companies with a strong handicraft tradition and large medium-sized companies. ZDB is social partner.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 15 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1067%
Renew Europe320%
Socialists & Democrats213%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2020
3
2021
1
2022
0
2023
2
2024
1
2025
8

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

Christian Doleschal
4 meetings · EPP
Andreas Glück
3 meetings · Renew
Marion Walsmann
2 meetings · EPP
Gabriele Bischoff
2 meetings · S&D
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Sep 2025Marion WalsmannVergaberecht
25 Sep 2025Andreas GlückBaugewerbe
3 Jul 2025Gabriele BischoffAustausch
2 Jul 2025Markus FerberHousing policies
10 Jun 2025Andreas GlückClimate and Environment Policy
12 Mar 2025Christian DoleschalRevision der Vergaberichtlinien
18 Feb 2025Andrea WechslerEU Policy
18 Feb 2025Marion WalsmannVergaberecht
19 Jun 2024Andreas GlückEPBD Gebäu­deef­fi­zienz­richt­li­nie
23 May 2023Christian DoleschalKey note speech on the Revision of the Construction Products Regulation
27 Mar 2023Gabriele BischoffSoziale Versicherungs­systeme
1 Jul 2021Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
15 Jul 2020Christian DoleschalRevision of the Construction Products Regulation
3 Mar 2020Axel VossDigital Policy
3 Mar 2020Christian Doleschaltopical debate on the future of the European construction industry

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