BUSINESSEUROPE

EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what.

Register no.: 3978240953-79 ↗
Disclosed meetings: 278 (159 Commission · 119 MEP)
Period: 2024-07-01 → 2026-06-08

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

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

LobbyFacts / Transparency Register source ↗

At a glance

Most-met policy areas

Trade30
Social13
Energy10
Climate7
Finance7

Commission officials

Christophe Kiener5
Maroš Šefčovič3
Nicolo Brignoli3
Vita Jukne3
Adam Romanowski3

MEPs met

TOBÉ Tomas4
LANGE Bernd4
VOSS Axel4
LOPATKA Reinhold3
GIMÉNEZ LARRAZ Borja3

Disclosed meetings

Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 278. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.

2026-06-08EPMÜLLER Piotr
Legislation on deregulationsource ↗
2026-05-27EPBAJADA Thomas
Meeting on the Industrial Emissions Directivesource ↗
2026-05-26ECLaia Pinos Mataro · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné
Review of the EU ETS Directivesource ↗
2026-05-19EPTSIODRAS Dimitris
Digital policiessource ↗
2026-05-13EPGOTINK Dirk
Union Customs Codesource ↗
2026-05-12EPEROGLU Engin
EU-China relationssource ↗
2026-05-12EPSOLÍS PÉREZ Susana
Environmental Omnibussource ↗
2026-05-07ECTerhi Lehtonen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
ETS Reviewsource ↗
2026-05-07ECPatrice Pillet · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
VAT simplificationsource ↗
2026-05-06EPLOPATKA Reinhold
Meeting with Markus Beyrersource ↗
2026-05-05ECRolf Hoijer · Principal Adviser
Presentation 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 Unit
Presentation of the Communication A simpler, clearer and better enforced EU rulebook”source ↗
2026-04-23EPMINCHEV Nikola
Exchange of viewssource ↗
2026-04-22EPGIMÉNEZ LARRAZ Borja
Acuerdo Global Modernizador UE-Méxicosource ↗
2026-04-21ECAlvydas Stancikas · Head of Unit
Meeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” worksource ↗
2026-04-21ECMary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski · Director
Meeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” worksource ↗
2026-04-15EPEHLER Christian
European Competitiveness Fundsource ↗
2026-04-14ECAnna Jarosz-Friis · Director
Collaboration on private sector engagement and work of the Business Advisory Council of the Ukraine Donor Platformsource ↗
2026-04-14EPLENAERS Jeroen
Coordination of social security systems 883/2004source ↗
2026-04-13ECPernille Weiss-Ehler · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall
Water Framework Directivesource ↗
2026-03-25EPNICA Dan
PANEL DISCUSSION: THE EUROPEAN COMPETITIVENESS FUND HOW TO BOOST COMPETITIVENESS AND INVESTMENTS IN EUROPEsource ↗
2026-03-23ECLaurence De Richemont · Head of Unit
Meeting to present the BusinessEurope perspectives for additional simplification of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)source ↗
2026-03-20EPTOBÉ Tomas
Digital policysource ↗
2026-03-18ECJan Hendrik Dopheide · Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič
EU-UK relationssource ↗
2026-03-17ECKatarina Koszeghy · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
Tax Simplificationsource ↗
2026-03-12ECPaolo Pasimeni · Head of Unit
Guest Speaker at BusinessEurope ASG Quarterly meeting. Latest developments on R&I policy and how these interlink with European competitivenesssource ↗
2026-03-12ECJakub Boratynski · Director
Forced Labour Regulation and Foreign Subsidies Regulationsource ↗
2026-03-12ECMaroš Šefčovič · Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič
EU’s competitiveness and trade agendassource ↗
2026-03-10EPDOLESCHAL Christian
Binnenmarkt, EU-US-Beziehungensource ↗
2026-03-10EPREGNER Evelyn
Mercosursource ↗
2026-03-10EPBRANDSTÄTTER Helmut
Exchange of Viewssource ↗
2026-03-10EPLOPATKA Reinhold
Meeting with Business Europe Representativessource ↗
2026-03-04ECRalph Schmitt-Nilson · Head of Unit
Industrial policysource ↗
2026-03-04EPEHLER Christian
FP10source ↗
2026-03-03ECFelix Bloch · Head of Unit
Exchange of views with the Environment Working Group on the Proposal for a Regulation on speeding-up environmental assessmentssource ↗
2026-03-02ECMyrto Zambarta · Director
Exchange of views on MC14 and WTO reformsource ↗
2026-02-27ECMonika Hencsey · Director
Discussion on EUDRsource ↗
2026-02-27ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis
ESRS simplificationsource ↗
2026-02-26EPWARBORN Jörgen
EU Competitivenesssource ↗
2026-02-25ECFabrice D'Aprile · Head of Unit
BusinessEurope TDI Workshopsource ↗
2026-02-25EPDAHL Henrik
EMPL - issuessource ↗
2026-02-23ECChristophe Kiener · Head of Unit
BusinessEurope’s Meeting on India, Australia and ASEAN Countriessource ↗
2026-02-19ECDora Correia · Director
Exchange of views on the recently concluded and ongoing EU FTA negotiations in South East Asiasource ↗
2026-02-18EPWINZIG Angelika
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 Leyen
High-Level Dinner – BusinessEurope presents “From Ambition to Delivery”source ↗
2026-02-05EPVOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI Elissavet
Exchange on Upcoming Priorities of the TRAN Committeesource ↗
2026-01-30EPEHLER Christian
European Competitiveness Fundsource ↗
2026-01-29ECDaniela Bankier · Head of Unit
Meeting with EU Business associations on Empowering Consumers for the green transition directive and old stock productssource ↗
2026-01-29ECIsabelle Perignon · Director
Meeting with EU Business associations on Empowering Consumers for the green transition directive and old stock productssource ↗
2026-01-29EPLANGE Bernd
General Exchange of Viewssource ↗
2026-01-29EPMATO Gabriel
Meeting with Business Europesource ↗
2026-01-28EPVIVALDINI Mariateresa
Omnibus IVsource ↗
2026-01-27ECPaula Rey Garcia · Head of Unit
Exchange of views on the role of electrification in the EU industry’s competitiveness, including the role of PPAs, and on the post-2030 framework for renewablessource ↗
2026-01-27ECThomas Auger · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
Competitiveness and electrificationsource ↗
2026-01-20ECAlmoro Rubin De Cervin · Head of Unit
Bankingsource ↗
2026-01-15ECMehdi Hocine · Head of Unit
Exchange on the services actions of the Single Market Strategysource ↗
2026-01-15EPKOKALARI Arba
Employment policysource ↗
2026-01-15EPBAJADA Thomas
Omnibus 4source ↗
2026-01-07ECPaolo Garzotti · Head of Unit
Discussions on the EU-Latin American relationssource ↗

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Frequently asked

How many EU lobbying meetings has BUSINESSEUROPE disclosed?

BUSINESSEUROPE (EU Transparency Register no. 3978240953-79) appears in 278 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2024-07-01 and 2026-06-08: 159 with the European Commission and 119 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. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) & the European Parliament.

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