Annual recap
EU lobbying in 2020
In 2020, current MEPs declared 4,427 lobby meetings - 158 members declaring, 16% of eligible counterpart entries carried a declared Register link (diplomatic and government entries excluded).
Covers meetings attributable to current members of the Parliament - the same scope as the site-wide totals (methodology). Weekly editions with a named MEP of the week begin with the site's launch in July 2026 (2026-W30); earlier years are summarised here.
The year's most-met organisations
| Declared counterpart | Meetings | MEPs |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs | 30 | 21 |
| Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund | 29 | 12 |
| EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION | 29 | 21 |
| Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V. | 25 | 11 |
| Global Witness | 23 | 13 |
| Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union | 22 | 2 |
| WWF Deutschland | 21 | 15 |
| PES | 18 | 1 |
| Svenskt Näringsliv | 18 | 7 |
| European Digital Rights | 17 | 12 |
Month by month
| Month | Declared meetings |
|---|---|
| January | 533 |
| February | 652 |
| March | 231 |
| April | 224 |
| May | 311 |
| June | 388 |
| July | 231 |
| August | 66 |
| September | 452 |
| October | 508 |
| November | 510 |
| December | 321 |