Global Witness
EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.
Global Witness has 36 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2024-07-16 to 2026-05-13: 8 with the European Commission and 28 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 10439809375-73, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.
Lobbying profile
as declared 2026-02-04- Category
- Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
- Legal status
- ASBL: Numero d’enterprise 0763.679.119
- Declared lobbying cost
- €0
- Lobbying FTEs
- 3.25
Files it’s lobbying on
The org's disclosed policy areas, ranked by number of meetings.
Declared fields of interest
Agriculture and rural development · Banking and financial services · Budget · Business and industry · Climate action · Communication · Culture and media · Digital economy and society · Economy, finance and the euro · Energy · Environment · External relations
At a glance
The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.
- Monika Hencsey2
- Nicolo Brignoli2
- Taru Haapaniemi1
- Sarah Nelen1
- Vita Jukne1
Disclosed meetings
Newest first. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.
- Deforestationsource ↗
- 2026-05-08ECMonika Hencsey · DirectorCattle skins and hides in EU Deforestation Regulation EUDRsource ↗
- 2026-03-11ECMonika Hencsey · DirectorDiscussion about the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)source ↗
- Digital policiessource ↗
- EUDR (deforestationsource ↗
- Fossil fuel taxationsource ↗
- 2025-07-17ECTaru Haapaniemi · Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe HansenDeforestation Regulation (EUDR)source ↗
- Digital policiessource ↗
- 2025-06-18ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisOmnibussource ↗
- Critical raw materialssource ↗
- Omnibus 1 package & simplification effortssource ↗
- Omnibussource ↗
- EU affairssource ↗
- Mining Myanmarsource ↗
- Myanmar - Heavy Rare Earth minerals and earthquake of 28 Marchsource ↗
- Heavy Rare Earth Minerals and the Environmental and Social Impactsource ↗
- Impact of mining in Myanmarsource ↗
- Developmentsource ↗
- CRM Myanmarsource ↗
- CRM prep meetingsource ↗
- Omnibus Isource ↗
- Omnibussource ↗
- 2025-03-05ECSarah Nelen · Acting DirectorEUDR Risk Benchmarking Systemsource ↗
- 2025-01-29ECVita Jukne · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika RoswallUpcoming Omnibus proposalsource ↗
- Human Rights, Environmental Protection; Natural Resourcessource ↗
- 2025-01-20ECNicolo Brignoli · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis DombrovskisExchange of views on the simplification policysource ↗
- ENV Defenders Philippinessource ↗
- Environment / human rights in the Philippinessource ↗
- 2024-10-09ECPeter Van Kemseke · Cabinet of President Ursula von der LeyenEUDR (NGOs)source ↗
- protecting human rights defenders across the worldsource ↗
- EUDRsource ↗
- Safeguarding of human rights by companiessource ↗
- Deforestationsource ↗
- Due Dilligence, EUDRsource ↗
- CSDDD and Deforestationsource ↗
- General Introductions and fields of worksource ↗
Frequently asked
How many EU lobbying meetings has Global Witness disclosed?
Global Witness (EU Transparency Register no. 10439809375-73) appears in 36 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2024-07-16 and 2026-05-13: 8 with the European Commission and 28 with Members of the European Parliament.
What does Global Witness lobby on?
Global Witness's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Deforestation, Digital policies, Omnibus, EUDR (deforestation. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.
Who does Global Witness meet in Brussels?
Across its disclosed meetings, Global Witness has met Commission officials including Monika Hencsey, Nicolo Brignoli, Taru Haapaniemi, and MEPs including BURKHARDT Delara, GEESE Alexandra, TOUSSAINT Marie. 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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