The Pew Charitable Trusts

EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.

Disclosed meetings43 (36 EC · 7 EP)

Period2020-01-29 → 2026-09-29

In short

The Pew Charitable Trusts has 43 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2020-01-29 to 2026-09-29: 36 with the European Commission and 7 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 46834536998-79, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.

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Lobbying profile

as declared 2025-11-27

Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Legal status: U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity
Declared lobbying cost: €0
Lobbying FTEs: 32

LobbyFacts / Transparency Register source ↗

Files it’s lobbying on

The org's disclosed policy areas, ranked by number of meetings.

Trade5 mtgs

Agriculture1 mtgs

Energy1 mtgs

Social1 mtgs

A disclosed meeting is contact, not influence. Counts are of disclosed meetings only.

Declared fields of interest

Environment · Maritime affairs and fisheries

At a glance

The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.

Commission officials

Virginijus Sinkevičius6
Eglantine Cujo5
Carmen Preising5
Milena Mihaylova3
Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene2

MEPs met

Disclosed meetings

Newest first. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.

2026-09-29ECCristina-Adriana Vasile · Head of Unit
Trade policy’s role in support to the EU Strategy for Fisheries External Action, and other fisheries related policies - meeting with the EU IUU Fishing Coalitionsource ↗
2026-09-24ECCeline Idil · Head of Unit
Exchange of views on the EU IUU fishing policysource ↗
2026-01-28ECMilena Mihaylova · Head of Unit
Exchange of views on 2026 priorities for GFCMsource ↗
2025-09-05ECLuis Molledo · Head of Unit
Meeting on the EU’s fisheries external action and policy observations related to a vessel casesource ↗
2025-09-05ECFernando Andresen Guimaraes · Director
Meeting on the EU’s fisheries external action and policy observations related to a vessel casesource ↗
2025-09-05ECRoberto Cesari · Head of Unit
Meeting on the EU’s fisheries external action and policy observations related to a vessel casesource ↗
2025-09-01ECPernille Weiss-Ehler · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall
Plastic Pollutionsource ↗
2025-05-21ECEva Maria Carballeira Fernandez · Head of Unit
Discussion on ToR for mackerel and MSEsource ↗
2025-04-14ECMilena Mihaylova · Head of Unit
The Pew Charitable Trusts would like to learn more about DG MARE's GFCM priorities for 2025.source ↗
2025-03-17ECFrancesca Arena · Cabinet of Commissioner Costas Kadis
Presentation and discussion of priorities of Pewsource ↗
2025-03-17ECCostas Kadis · Cabinet of Commissioner Costas Kadis
Presentation and discussion of priorities of Pewsource ↗
2025-02-17ECMilena Mihaylova · Head of Unit
Mediterranean fisheries priorities for 2025 and regional approach to VME protectionsource ↗
2025-02-05EPSOMMEN Liesbet
Regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollutionsource ↗
2025-02-03EPLUENA César
Pellets Regulationsource ↗
2025-01-30EPWÖLKEN Tiemo
Microplastics (staff level)source ↗
2025-01-28EPPAULUS Jutta
Podiumsdiskussion - Plastic Pellet Lossessource ↗
2024-12-12EPKARLSBRO Karin
Plastic pelletssource ↗
2024-12-09EPPAULUS Jutta
Plastic Pellets Eventsource ↗
2024-09-30EPLUENA César
Pelletssource ↗
2024-01-19ECEglantine Cujo · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Marine Protected Area and Antarctica and Preparation of Our Ocean Conferencesource ↗
2023-11-28ECEglantine Cujo · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Antarctica MPAssource ↗
2023-10-10ECEglantine Cujo · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Antarctica MPAssource ↗
2023-09-14ECEglantine Cujo · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Antartica MPAssource ↗
2022-11-24ECAgne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Meeting to discuss NEA fisheries management, with a focus on recent consultations (Coastal states, NEAFC, EU-UK-NO talks) and progress towards ecosystem-based fisheries management.source ↗
2022-10-10ECCarmen Preising · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Discussions on the preparations of COP15 and MPAs at international levelsource ↗
2022-09-29ECCarmen Preising · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Discussions on preparations for COP15source ↗
2022-07-19ECVirginijus Sinkevičius · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To exchange views, upon NGO request, on the upcoming Action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems, on Commission implementing act on vulnerable marine ecosystems and on European eel statussource ↗
2022-03-29ECCarmen Preising · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
WTO, RFMO, microplastics, MPAs, Mediterranean, Sharks.source ↗
2022-02-22ECVirginijus Sinkevičius · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
A regular meeting with NGO to discuss various fisheries matters: 2022 TAC setting, upcoming new Commission initiatives, WTO negotiation, cetaceans by-catch in the Bay of Biscay and in the Baltic Sea, control regulation negotiations etc.source ↗
2021-11-04ECArunas Ribokas · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Meeting with NGOs together with CAB Dombrovskis, MARE and TRADE) and Anna Holl, WWF, Paulus Tak, Pew, Isabel Jarrett, Pew. Topics discussed: WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidiessource ↗
2021-11-04ECMichael Hager · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
WTO fisheries subsidiessource ↗
2021-07-13ECCarmen Preising · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To exchange views with the ‘’blue’’ NGOs on the upcoming Action Plan on sustainable fisheries and protection of marine resources, annual exercise of fixing total allowable catches and ongoing WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies.source ↗
2021-05-11ECCharlina Vitcheva · Director-General
Discussion on IUUsource ↗
2021-05-04ECHelena Braun · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
Energy Taxation Directive and fisheriessource ↗
2021-02-12ECAgne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To discuss different blue/marine related issues, in particular bycatch emergency measures, EU-UK negotiations and implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy.source ↗
2020-10-14ECVirginijus Sinkevičius · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To discuss the upcoming Commission proposals for fishing opportunities for the North Sea/ Atlantic and for the Deep Sea.source ↗
2020-09-16ECCharlina Vitcheva · Director-General
Workings of the Advisory Councilssource ↗
2020-07-16ECVirginijus Sinkevičius · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To discuss the fishing opportunities exercise for 2021, in particular for the Baltic Sea, as well as issues related to the Biodiversity Strategy.source ↗
2020-03-12ECKevin Keary · Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
Fisheries subsidiessource ↗
2020-03-09ECCarmen Preising · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Marine Protected Areas, Fisheries Subsidies and Regional Fisheries Management organisationsource ↗
2020-02-14ECEglantine Cujo · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishingsource ↗
2020-02-04ECVirginijus Sinkevičius · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To discuss outcome of the Council of December 2019 and the NGO views regarding the process of setting the TACs and quotassource ↗
2020-01-29ECVirginijus Sinkevičius · Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
To discuss illegal, unreported and unregulated fishingsource ↗

Frequently asked

How many EU lobbying meetings has The Pew Charitable Trusts disclosed?

The Pew Charitable Trusts (EU Transparency Register no. 46834536998-79) appears in 43 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2020-01-29 and 2026-09-29: 36 with the European Commission and 7 with Members of the European Parliament.

What does The Pew Charitable Trusts lobby on?

The Pew Charitable Trusts's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Trade, Agriculture, Energy, Social. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.

Who does The Pew Charitable Trusts meet in Brussels?

Across its disclosed meetings, The Pew Charitable Trusts has met Commission officials including Virginijus Sinkevičius, Eglantine Cujo, Carmen Preising, and MEPs including LUENA César, PAULUS Jutta, SOMMEN Liesbet. These are counts of officially disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence.

Primary sources

EU Transparency Register · no. 46834536998-79 ↗European Commission meeting disclosures ↗European Parliament — MEP meeting declarations ↗

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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