As of 14 June 2026, Lex counted 71,179 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 288 distinct disclosed meetings; and business-interest organisations accounted for 67.8% 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

State of EU Lobbying

EUDR leads the law table; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) leads the organisation table.

Edition June 2026. Generated 14 June 2026 from disclosed records through the cutoff date.

Disclosed meetings: 71,179
Commission: 21,174
Parliament: 50,005
Business split: 67.8%

Monthly trend

State of EU Lobbying (June 2026) monthly disclosed meeting 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	37	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	288	117	171	Transparency Register &nearr;
2.BUSINESSEUROPE TR 3978240953-79	278	159	119	Transparency Register &nearr;
3.Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries TR 28666427835-74	252	61	191	Transparency Register &nearr;
4.CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council TR 64879142323-90	242	142	100	Transparency Register &nearr;
5.Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates TR 03181945560-59	239	93	146	Transparency Register &nearr;
6.European Environmental Bureau TR 06798511314-27	228	110	118	Transparency Register &nearr;
7.Apple Inc. TR 588327811384-96	220	74	146	Transparency Register &nearr;
8.EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION TR 06698681039-26	213	50	163	Transparency Register &nearr;
9.Airbus TR 2732167674-76	203	109	94	Transparency Register &nearr;
10.Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles TR 0649790813-47	194	131	63	Transparency Register &nearr;

Most-met MEPs

MEP	Group	Meetings	Citation
1.Eero Heinäluoma Finland	S&D	301	EP record &nearr;
2.Christian Ehler Germany	EPP	225	EP record &nearr;
3.Angelika Niebler Germany	EPP	204	EP record &nearr;
4.Aura Salla Finland	EPP	189	EP record &nearr;
5.Tiemo Wölken Germany	S&D	187	EP record &nearr;
6.Pascal Canfin France	Renew	187	EP record &nearr;
7.Sirpa Pietikäinen Finland	EPP	184	EP record &nearr;
8.Lukas Mandl Austria	EPP	182	EP record &nearr;
9.François Kalfon France	S&D	174	EP record &nearr;
10.Markus Ferber Germany	EPP	173	EP record &nearr;
11.Elsi Katainen Finland	Renew	162	EP record &nearr;
12.Jens Gieseke Germany	EPP	160	EP record &nearr;

Industry versus NGO split

Business interests

Companies & groups; Trade and business associations; Professional consultancies; Law firms; Self-employed individuals

21,387 participations · 67.8%

NGOs & civil society

Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

5,745 participations · 18.2%

Trade unions & professional associations

Trade unions and professional associations

1,854 participations · 5.9%

Think tanks & academia

Think tanks and research institutions; Academic institutions

1,305 participations · 4.1%

Public & other bodies

Other organisations, public or mixed entities; Associations and networks of public authorities; Organisations representing churches and religious communities; Entities, offices or networks established by third countries

1,255 participations · 4%

Split counts org-meeting participations in the last 12 months. 8,596 participations lacked a matched Transparency Register category.

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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 54,112 resolved Parliament rows scanned; 12,225 unresolved Parliament rows are outside the TR-resolved lobbying subset. Full methodology.

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 71,179 distinct disclosed Commission and Parliament meetings up to 14 June 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) (288), BUSINESSEUROPE (278), Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (252). 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 67.8% 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 301 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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