Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on think tanks & research?
Think tanks and policy institutes, political foundations, universities and research organisations, and the foundations that fund research.
Organisations classified under Think tanks & research account for 3,608 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €1.1M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 8 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V.↗ | NGO or non-profit | 187 | 41 |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung↗ | NGO or non-profit | 160 | 45 |
| Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung↗ | NGO or non-profit | 117 | 47 |
| Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd↗ | Think tank or academic body | 76 | 26 |
| Foundation for European Progressive Studies↗ | Political party | 74 | 34 |
| European Policy Centre↗ | Think tank or academic body | 57 | 28 |
| European Council on Foreign Relations↗ | Think tank or academic body | 50 | 29 |
| Kangaroo Group↗ | Think tank or academic body | 50 | 18 |
| Farm Europe↗ | Think tank or academic body | 48 | 30 |
| Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute↗ | Think tank or academic body | 46 | 19 |
| Agora Think Tanks gGmbH↗ | Think tank or academic body | 44 | 17 |
| Centre for European Policy Studies↗ | Think tank or academic body | 43 | 21 |
Also active here: 13 organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in think tanks & research
- EuroNatur - Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe
- The Good Food Institute Europe (Belgium)
- Global Initiative for Digital Empowerment
- Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte e.V.
- Ecologic Institute
- Karolinska Institutet
- SEA SHEPHERD FRANCE
- e-mobil BW GmbH
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- Oxford PV Germany GmbH
- Agora Transport Tranformation gGmbH
- Fonden Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
- Political Capital Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság
MEPs most met by think tanks & research 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 120 of the 321 profiled organisations here, and the other 201 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.