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Insight · Edition November 2026

State of EU Lobbying (November 2026)

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

Disclosed meetings86,510

Commission28,711

Parliament57,799

Business split69%

In short

As of 1 November 2026, Lex counted 86,510 distinct disclosed EU lobbying meetings in its Commission and Parliament corpus: EUDR leads the curated law index with 218 matched disclosed meetings; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) leads the organisation table with 393 distinct disclosed meetings; and business-interest organisations accounted for 69% of classified org-meeting participations in the last 12 months, versus 17.4% for NGOs. Source: EU Transparency Register, European Commission meeting disclosures, European Parliament MEP meeting declarations. Methodology

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Edition November 2026. Generated 1 November 2026 from disclosed records through the cutoff date.

Monthly trend

State of EU Lobbying (November 2026) monthly disclosed meeting trend

Most-lobbied laws

Law	Meetings	Orgs	Citation
1.EUDR the EU Deforestation Regulation	218	126	CELEX 32023R1115
2.AI Act the EU AI Act	207	132	CELEX 32024R1689
3.CBAM the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism	102	60	CELEX 32023R0956
4.Digital Markets Act the Digital Markets Act	87	37	CELEX 32022R1925
5.Digital Services Act the Digital Services Act	47	36	CELEX 32022R2065
6.CSDDD the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive	25	23	CELEX 32024L1760
7.CSRD the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive	14	13	CELEX 32022L2464

Top lobbying organisations

Organisation	Total	Commission	Parliament	Citation
1.Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) TR 58744833263-19	393	156	237	Transparency Register &nearr;
2.BUSINESSEUROPE TR 3978240953-79	353	212	141	Transparency Register &nearr;
3.Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates TR 03181945560-59	323	143	180	Transparency Register &nearr;
4.Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries TR 28666427835-74	309	91	218	Transparency Register &nearr;
5.CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council TR 64879142323-90	296	182	114	Transparency Register &nearr;
6.Apple Inc. TR 588327811384-96	281	102	179	Transparency Register &nearr;
7.European Environmental Bureau TR 06798511314-27	276	144	132	Transparency Register &nearr;
8.EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION TR 06698681039-26	251	61	190	Transparency Register &nearr;
9.TotalEnergies SE TR 1849405799-88	247	88	159	Transparency Register &nearr;
10.Amazon Europe Core SARL TR 366117914426-10	244	131	113	Transparency Register &nearr;

Most-met MEPs

MEP	Group	Meetings	Citation
1.Bruno Tobback Belgium	S&D	261	EP record &nearr;
2.Sebastian Tynkkynen Finland	ECR	228	EP record &nearr;
3.Aura Salla Finland	EPP	208	EP record &nearr;
4.Eero Heinäluoma Finland	S&D	206	EP record &nearr;
5.Christian Ehler Germany	EPP	192	EP record &nearr;
6.Pascal Canfin France	Renew	185	EP record &nearr;
7.Tiemo Wölken Germany	S&D	174	EP record &nearr;
8.Sirpa Pietikäinen Finland	EPP	168	EP record &nearr;
9.François Kalfon France	S&D	159	EP record &nearr;
10.Markus Ferber Germany	EPP	158	EP record &nearr;
11.Lukas Mandl Austria	EPP	156	EP record &nearr;
12.Bart Groothuis Netherlands	Renew	156	EP record &nearr;

Industry versus NGO split

Business interests

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

23,088 participations · 69%

NGOs & civil society

Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

5,839 participations · 17.4%

Trade unions & professional associations

Trade unions and professional associations

1,888 participations · 5.6%

Think tanks & academia

Think tanks and research institutions; Academic institutions

1,399 participations · 4.2%

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 · 3.7%

Split counts org-meeting participations in the last 12 months. 6,514 participations lacked a matched Transparency Register category.

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Canonical URL: https://www.meetlex.eu/insights/state-of-eu-lobbying-2026-11

Lex by WheresMyMEP. "State of EU Lobbying (November 2026): November 2026." Generated 1 November 2026. https://www.meetlex.eu/insights/state-of-eu-lobbying-2026-11

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.

42,146 Commission rows and 64,674 resolved Parliament rows scanned; 17,367 unresolved Parliament rows are outside the TR-resolved lobbying subset. Full methodology.

EU Transparency Register ↗European Commission meeting disclosures ↗European Parliament MEP meeting declarations ↗European Parliament Open Data Portal ↗

Most-lobbied laws

The files drawing the most disclosed contact this edition.

Most-lobbied

EUDR

218 disclosed meetings

Most-lobbied

AI Act

207 disclosed meetings

Most-lobbied

CBAM

102 disclosed meetings

Most-lobbied

Digital Markets Act

87 disclosed meetings

Most-lobbied

Digital Services Act

47 disclosed meetings

Most-lobbied

CSDDD

25 disclosed meetings

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 86,510 distinct disclosed Commission and Parliament meetings up to 1 November 2026.

Which EU law has the most disclosed lobbying meetings?

EUDR leads the curated law index with 218 matched disclosed meetings and 126 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) (393), BUSINESSEUROPE (353), Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates (323). 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 69% of classified participations; NGOs account for 17.4%.

Which MEPs had the most disclosed lobbying meetings?

Bruno Tobback has the highest count in this edition's 12-month MEP table, with 261 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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