MEP of the week

Weekly edition · 2026-W42

Week 42, 2026: Michael Bloss

12-18 October 2026 - the week in declared EU lobbying.

In the publication week of 12-18 October 2026, this site first observed 779 distinct meeting declarations by current MEPs. 247 carried a Register link and appeared within 14 days of the meeting; Michael Bloss led with 11 qualifying meetings.

608
meetings dated this week
current MEPs; fills in over time
223
current MEPs with meetings dated this week
63%
eligible entries linked at source
diplomacy excluded
11
qualifying meetings by the winner

Published that week: 779 distinct meeting declarations by 167 MEPs, of which 411 carried at least one declared Register link and 247 also came within 14 days of the meeting - the pool the MEP of the week is chosen from.

MEP of the week

Michael Bloss, official European Parliament portrait
Michael Bloss
Greens/EFA · Germany · Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

11 qualifying meetings published that week across 16 registered counterparts; 28% of this MEP's published meetings qualified. The most-met industry was Transport & automotive (Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, E-MOBILITY EUROPE, IVECO GROUP N.V., Robert Bosch GmbH, Verband der Automobilindustrie).

Chosen by the publication methodology (since 2026-W30): the most meetings published this week that were at most 14 days old and carried a Transparency Register link. Method.

Most-met organisations among meetings dated that week

This table is meeting-date context and is separate from the first-seen publication pool used to select the winner.