State of EU Lobbying
EUDR leads the law table; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) leads the organisation table.
As of 1 July 2026, Lex counted 72,204 distinct disclosed EU lobbying meetings in its Commission and Parliament corpus: EUDR leads the curated law index with 188 matched disclosed meetings; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) leads the organisation table with 294 distinct disclosed meetings; and business-interest organisations accounted for 67.7% of classified org-meeting participations in the last 12 months, versus 18.2% for NGOs. Source: EU Transparency Register, European Commission meeting disclosures, European Parliament MEP meeting declarations. Methodology
Edition July 2026. Generated 1 July 2026 from disclosed records through the cutoff date.
Monthly trend
Most-lobbied laws
| Law | Meetings | Orgs | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.EUDR the EU Deforestation Regulation | 188 | 118 | CELEX 32023R1115 |
| 2.AI Act the EU AI Act | 170 | 116 | CELEX 32024R1689 |
| 3.CBAM the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism | 93 | 57 | CELEX 32023R0956 |
| 4.Digital Markets Act the Digital Markets Act | 60 | 35 | CELEX 32022R1925 |
| 5.Digital Services Act the Digital Services Act | 38 | 30 | CELEX 32022R2065 |
| 6.CSDDD the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive | 23 | 22 | CELEX 32024L1760 |
| 7.CSRD the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive | 11 | 11 | CELEX 32022L2464 |
Top lobbying organisations
| Organisation | Total | Commission | Parliament | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) TR 58744833263-19 | 294 | 117 | 177 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 2.BUSINESSEUROPE TR 3978240953-79 | 281 | 159 | 122 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 3.Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries TR 28666427835-74 | 255 | 61 | 194 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 4.CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council TR 64879142323-90 | 244 | 142 | 102 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 5.Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates TR 03181945560-59 | 243 | 93 | 150 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 6.European Environmental Bureau TR 06798511314-27 | 229 | 110 | 119 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 7.Apple Inc. TR 588327811384-96 | 225 | 74 | 151 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 8.EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION TR 06698681039-26 | 218 | 50 | 168 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 9.Airbus TR 2732167674-76 | 204 | 109 | 95 | Transparency Register ↗ |
| 10.American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union TR 5265780509-97 | 195 | 59 | 136 | Transparency Register ↗ |
Most-met MEPs
| MEP | Group | Meetings | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Eero Heinäluoma Finland | S&D | 284 | EP record ↗ |
| 2.Christian Ehler Germany | EPP | 213 | EP record ↗ |
| 3.Sebastian Tynkkynen Finland | ECR | 206 | EP record ↗ |
| 4.Aura Salla Finland | EPP | 204 | EP record ↗ |
| 5.Sirpa Pietikäinen Finland | EPP | 198 | EP record ↗ |
| 6.Lukas Mandl Austria | EPP | 175 | EP record ↗ |
| 7.Pascal Canfin France | Renew | 169 | EP record ↗ |
| 8.Angelika Niebler Germany | EPP | 168 | EP record ↗ |
| 9.Tiemo Wölken Germany | S&D | 167 | EP record ↗ |
| 10.Birgit Sippel Germany | S&D | 166 | EP record ↗ |
| 11.Markus Ferber Germany | EPP | 165 | EP record ↗ |
| 12.Bruno Tobback Belgium | S&D | 158 | EP record ↗ |
Industry versus NGO split
Split counts org-meeting participations in the last 12 months. 8,101 participations lacked a matched Transparency Register category.
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Lex by WheresMyMEP. "State of EU Lobbying (July 2026): July 2026." Generated 1 July 2026. https://www.meetlex.eu/insights/state-of-eu-lobbying
Methodology
Counts are deduped disclosed contacts: Commission meetings by date, official and topic; Parliament meetings by date, MEP and subject. The industry split counts organisation-meeting participations because the category belongs to the organisation. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence of influence.
29,839 Commission rows and 55,219 resolved Parliament rows scanned; 12,883 unresolved Parliament rows are outside the TR-resolved lobbying subset. Full methodology.
Most-lobbied laws
The files drawing the most disclosed contact this edition.
Frequently asked
What is the State of EU Lobbying report?
It is Lex's monthly statistical report over disclosed EU lobbying contacts. This edition counts 72,204 distinct disclosed Commission and Parliament meetings up to 1 July 2026.
Which EU law has the most disclosed lobbying meetings?
EUDR leads the curated law index with 188 matched disclosed meetings and 118 organisations.
Which organisations appear most often in disclosed EU lobbying meetings?
The top ranked organisations are Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) (294), BUSINESSEUROPE (281), Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (255). Rankings count distinct disclosed meetings, not influence.
How does Lex count industry versus NGO lobbying?
Lex groups the organisation's own Transparency Register category into buckets and counts org-meeting participations in the last 12 months. Business-interest organisations account for 67.7% of classified participations; NGOs account for 18.2%.
Which MEPs had the most disclosed lobbying meetings?
Eero Heinäluoma has the highest count in this edition's 12-month MEP table, with 284 disclosed meetings involving TR-registered organisations.
Does a disclosed lobbying meeting prove influence?
No. A disclosed meeting is a public record that a contact was declared. Lex does not infer causation, influence, support or opposition from a meeting disclosure.
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