BUSINESSEUROPE
EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.
BUSINESSEUROPE has 286 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-15: 159 with the European Commission and 127 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 3978240953-79, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.
Lobbying profile
as declared 2025-08-29- Category
- Trade and business associations
- Legal status
- aisbl (association internationale sans but lucratif)
- Declared lobbying cost
- €6,000,000
- Lobbying FTEs
- 31
Files it’s lobbying on
The org's disclosed policy areas, ranked by number of meetings.
Declared fields of interest
Banking and financial services · Budget · Business and industry · Climate action · Communication · Competition · Consumers · Culture · Culture and media · Customs · Digital economy and society · Economy, finance and the euro
At a glance
The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.
- Christophe Kiener5
- Maroš Šefčovič3
- Nicolo Brignoli3
- Vita Jukne3
- Adam Romanowski3
Disclosed meetings
Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 286. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.
- Politique industrielle européennesource ↗
- Meeting on international partnershipssource ↗
- Competitivenesssource ↗
- Legislation on deregulationsource ↗
- Meeting on the Industrial Emissions Directivesource ↗
- 2026-05-26ECLaia Pinos Mataro · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane SéjournéReview of the EU ETS Directivesource ↗
- Internal marketsource ↗
- Digital policiessource ↗
- Union Customs Codesource ↗
- Environmental Omnibussource ↗
- EU-China relationssource ↗
- Digital Omnibussource ↗
- 2026-05-07ECTerhi Lehtonen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera RodríguezETS Reviewsource ↗
- 2026-05-07ECPatrice Pillet · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke HoekstraVAT simplificationsource ↗
- Discussion about the MFFsource ↗
- Meeting with Markus Beyrersource ↗
- 2026-05-05ECRolf Hoijer · Principal AdviserPresentation of the findings of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board’s Annual Report 2025 at BusinessEurope’s Better Regulation Working Groupsource ↗
- 2026-05-05ECAntonina Cipollone · Head of UnitPresentation of the Communication A simpler, clearer and better enforced EU rulebook”source ↗
- Digital Omnibussource ↗
- Exchange of viewssource ↗
- Acuerdo Global Modernizador UE-Méxicosource ↗
- 2026-04-21ECAlvydas Stancikas · Head of UnitMeeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” worksource ↗
- 2026-04-21ECMary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski · DirectorMeeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” worksource ↗
- European Competitiveness Fundsource ↗
- 2026-04-14ECAnna Jarosz-Friis · DirectorCollaboration on private sector engagement and work of the Business Advisory Council of the Ukraine Donor Platformsource ↗
- Coordination of social security systems 883/2004source ↗
- 2026-04-13ECPernille Weiss-Ehler · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika RoswallWater Framework Directivesource ↗
- PANEL DISCUSSION: THE EUROPEAN COMPETITIVENESS FUND HOW TO BOOST COMPETITIVENESS AND INVESTMENTS IN EUROPEsource ↗
- 2026-03-23ECLaurence De Richemont · Head of UnitMeeting to present the BusinessEurope perspectives for additional simplification of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)source ↗
- Digital policysource ↗
- 2026-03-18ECJan Hendrik Dopheide · Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš ŠefčovičEU-UK relationssource ↗
- 2026-03-17ECKatarina Koszeghy · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke HoekstraTax Simplificationsource ↗
- 2026-03-12ECPaolo Pasimeni · Head of UnitGuest Speaker at BusinessEurope ASG Quarterly meeting. Latest developments on R&I policy and how these interlink with European competitivenesssource ↗
- 2026-03-12ECJakub Boratynski · DirectorForced Labour Regulation and Foreign Subsidies Regulationsource ↗
- 2026-03-12ECMaroš Šefčovič · Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš ŠefčovičEU’s competitiveness and trade agendassource ↗
- Mercosursource ↗
- Meeting with Business Europe Representativessource ↗
- Binnenmarkt, EU-US-Beziehungensource ↗
- Exchange of Viewssource ↗
- 2026-03-04ECRalph Schmitt-Nilson · Head of UnitIndustrial policysource ↗
- FP10source ↗
- 2026-03-03ECFelix Bloch · Head of UnitExchange of views with the Environment Working Group on the Proposal for a Regulation on speeding-up environmental assessmentssource ↗
- General Exchangesource ↗
- 2026-03-02ECMyrto Zambarta · DirectorExchange of views on MC14 and WTO reformsource ↗
- 2026-02-27ECMonika Hencsey · DirectorDiscussion on EUDRsource ↗
- 2026-02-27ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisESRS simplificationsource ↗
- EU Competitivenesssource ↗
- 2026-02-25ECFabrice D'Aprile · Head of UnitBusinessEurope TDI Workshopsource ↗
- EMPL - issuessource ↗
- 2026-02-23ECChristophe Kiener · Head of UnitBusinessEurope’s Meeting on India, Australia and ASEAN Countriessource ↗
- 2026-02-19ECDora Correia · DirectorExchange of views on the recently concluded and ongoing EU FTA negotiations in South East Asiasource ↗
- Meeting with representative of Business Europesource ↗
- 2026-02-12ECChristiane Kirketerp De Viron · Acting Director- Business Wallets - Proposal for a revised Cybersecurity Actsource ↗
- 2026-02-05ECUrsula von der Leyen · Cabinet of President Ursula von der LeyenHigh-Level Dinner – BusinessEurope presents “From Ambition to Delivery”source ↗
- Exchange on Upcoming Priorities of the TRAN Committeesource ↗
- European Competitiveness Fundsource ↗
- 2026-01-29ECDaniela Bankier · Head of UnitMeeting with EU Business associations on Empowering Consumers for the green transition directive and old stock productssource ↗
- 2026-01-29ECIsabelle Perignon · DirectorMeeting with EU Business associations on Empowering Consumers for the green transition directive and old stock productssource ↗
- General Exchange of Viewssource ↗
- Meeting with Business Europesource ↗
Frequently asked
How many EU lobbying meetings has BUSINESSEUROPE disclosed?
BUSINESSEUROPE (EU Transparency Register no. 3978240953-79) appears in 286 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2024-07-01 and 2026-07-15: 159 with the European Commission and 127 with Members of the European Parliament.
What does BUSINESSEUROPE lobby on?
BUSINESSEUROPE's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Trade, Social, Energy, Climate. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.
Who does BUSINESSEUROPE meet in Brussels?
Across its disclosed meetings, BUSINESSEUROPE has met Commission officials including Christophe Kiener, Maroš Šefčovič, Nicolo Brignoli, and MEPs including TOBÉ Tomas, LANGE Bernd, VOSS Axel. These are counts of officially disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence.
Primary sources
Every meeting above is a public disclosure by the European Commission or a Member of the European Parliament; counts are of disclosed meetings only and are not a measure of influence. Methodology. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) & the European Parliament.
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