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Zentralverband Deutsches Kfz-Gewerbe e.V.

Business / industry · Transport & automotive · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Zentralverband Deutsches Kfz-Gewerbe e.V. appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der ZDK ist die berufsständische Interessenvertretung der Autohäuser und Werkstätten in Deutschland. Dem Verband gehören 14 Landesverbände und 35 Fabrikatsvereinigungen an. Mitglieder der jeweiligen Fabrikatsvereinigungen sind die Vertriebs- und/oder Servicepartner der betreffenden Marken. In den Landesverbänden sind wiederum 234 Innungen organisiert, in denen die ca. 36000 Kfz-Unternehmen (sowohl markengebundene als auch markenungebundene Unternehmen) Mitglied sind. Die deutschen Kfz-Unternehmen beschäftigen 439.000…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party350%
Renew Europe233%
Socialists & Democrats117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2023
3
2024
0
2025
3

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 Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Markus Ferber
1 meeting · EPP
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
1 meeting · Renew
Andreas Glück
1 meeting · Renew
Andrea Wechsler
1 meeting · EPP

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 Sep 2025Markus FerberState of the automotive sector
2 Apr 2025Andrea WechslerEU Industry Policy
1 Apr 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenChallenges for the German automobile dealers and workshops
8 Nov 2023Andreas GlückEuro 7
22 Mar 2023Jens GeierExchange on Euro 7
27 Jan 2023Jens GiesekeAustausch zur EU-Politik

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