MEP of the week

Annual recap

EU lobbying in 2023

In 2023, current MEPs declared 9,560 lobby meetings - 203 members declaring, 48% 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 counterpartMeetingsMEPs
Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs5024
Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund4714
European Environmental Bureau4727
Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)4123
Climate Action Network Europe3718
Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V.3714
EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION3618
Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates3123
European Digital Rights2914
ClientEarth AISBL2511

Month by month

MonthDeclared meetings
January709
February875
March1,305
April815
May808
June867
July527
August246
September866
October903
November1,173
December466