Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on democracy & civil society?
Pro-European movements, youth and student councils, democracy-support, election-observation and rule-of-law groups, anti-corruption and lobbying-transparency watchdogs, and citizens' campaigning platforms.
Organisations classified under Democracy & civil society account for 1,061 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €0.1M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 5 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union↗ | NGO or non-profit | 162 | 40 |
| Civil Society Europe↗ | NGO or non-profit | 114 | 63 |
| European Youth Forum↗ | NGO or non-profit | 97 | 54 |
| Corporate Europe Observatory↗ | NGO or non-profit | 68 | 26 |
| LobbyControl↗ | NGO or non-profit | 49 | 17 |
| European Partnership for Democracy↗ | NGO or non-profit | 42 | 23 |
| Young European Federalists↗ | NGO or non-profit | 37 | 23 |
| Avaaz Foundation↗ | NGO or non-profit | 31 | 18 |
| European Movement International↗ | NGO or non-profit | 29 | 16 |
| Forum Civique Européen↗ | NGO or non-profit | 28 | 17 |
| Alliance4Europe gGmbH↗ | NGO or non-profit | 25 | 12 |
| Campact↗ | NGO or non-profit | 24 | 9 |
Also active here: organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in democracy & civil society - EUMANS.
MEPs most met by democracy & civil society organisations
Across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs. A member's own page counts this term only, so its sector figures can be lower.
Sector labels are this site's own: reviewers chose the sector for 70 of the 72 profiled organisations here, and the other 2 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.