Annual recap
EU lobbying in 2022
In 2022, current MEPs declared 6,712 lobby meetings - 188 members declaring, 40% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION | 60 | 32 |
| Climate Action Network Europe | 41 | 15 |
| Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund | 37 | 14 |
| European Environmental Bureau | 36 | 20 |
| Global Witness | 32 | 11 |
| Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) | 29 | 17 |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | 28 | 12 |
| Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. | 23 | 11 |
| Fern | 23 | 11 |
| IG Metall | 23 | 12 |
Month by month
| Month | Declared meetings |
|---|---|
| January | 444 |
| February | 570 |
| March | 743 |
| April | 461 |
| May | 629 |
| June | 711 |
| July | 370 |
| August | 140 |
| September | 719 |
| October | 744 |
| November | 812 |
| December | 369 |