Verband der Automobilindustrie
EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.
Verband der Automobilindustrie has 125 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2024-07-16 to 2026-06-03: 56 with the European Commission and 69 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 95574664768-90, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.
Lobbying profile
as declared 2026-02-11- Category
- Trade and business associations
- Legal status
- Eingetragener Verein
- Declared lobbying cost
- €700,000
- Lobbying FTEs
- 7.3
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 · Customs · Digital economy and society · Economy, finance and the euro · Education and training · Employment and social affairs
At a glance
The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.
- Arthur Corbin5
- Mark Nicklas4
- Max Lemke4
- Edoardo Turano3
- Matthieu Moulonguet2
Disclosed meetings
Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 125. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.
- Automotive sectorsource ↗
- Automotive Packagesource ↗
- Exchange on Industrial Accelerator Actsource ↗
- 2026-06-02ECPaulina Dejmek Hack · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika RoswallAutomotive sector, the green transition, simplification, circularitysource ↗
- Automotive omnibussource ↗
- Automotive sectorsource ↗
- Automotive Packagesource ↗
- 2026-04-22ECMark Nicklas · Head of UnitEU Industrial Policy for the automotive industrysource ↗
- CO2 Standards for carssource ↗
- 2026-03-25ECTerhi Lehtonen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera RodríguezClimate-neutral fuels and CO₂ standardssource ↗
- Exchange on Automotive Packagesource ↗
- Automotive Packagesource ↗
- EU Automotive Packagesource ↗
- Participation in Working Group on CO2 Emission Standards for new carssource ↗
- Mittelstandspolitiksource ↗
- Critical Raw Materialssource ↗
- Automotive Packagesource ↗
- Automotive Packagesource ↗
- Participation at Webinar on Automotive Packagesource ↗
- 2026-01-20ECMatthieu Moulonguet · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke HoekstraAutomotive Packagesource ↗
- 2026-01-14ECJan Hendrik Dopheide · Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš ŠefčovičInternational trade policysource ↗
- Exportorientierte Industrie und globalen Wertschöpfungskettensource ↗
- Austauschsource ↗
- 2025-12-03ECGabriele Giudice · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Raffaele FittoAutomotive policy topicssource ↗
- 2025-12-03ECJan Ceyssens · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika RoswallDecarbonisationsource ↗
- revision of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vanssource ↗
- Austausch zu EU-Verkehrspolitiksource ↗
- Emissions in the Transport Sectorsource ↗
- Environment Policysource ↗
- End of Life Vehiclessource ↗
- 2025-10-31ECMark Nicklas · Head of UnitExchange of views on automotive topicssource ↗
- 2025-10-31ECKerstin Jorna · Director-GeneralExchange of views on automotive topicssource ↗
- Automobilindustriesource ↗
- End of Life Vehiclessource ↗
- 2025-10-14ECRoxana Mînzatu · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana MînzatuMeeting on the transition in the automotive industrysource ↗
- Current situation of the German automotive industrysource ↗
- ETS2source ↗
- 2025-10-13ECKurt Vandenberghe · Director-GeneralThe green and digital transformation, the CO2 fleet regulations for cars vans, and HDV, and the ongoing work in the strategic dialogue.source ↗
- 2025-10-13ECAnna Panagopoulou · Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos TzitzikostasAutomotive industrysource ↗
- Austauschsource ↗
- Austausch zu EU-Verkehrspolitiksource ↗
- State of play in the automotive industrysource ↗
- 2025-10-10ECEdoardo Turano · Head of UnitCO2 emissions from cars and vanssource ↗
- 2025-10-09ECSimone Ritzek-Seidl · Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos TzitzikostasVDA Input to Automotive Omnibussource ↗
- 2025-10-09ECJoaquim Nunes De Almeida · DirectorAutomotive industrysource ↗
- Exchange of viewssource ↗
- EU-US Trade Deal, Mercosur Agreementsource ↗
- 2025-09-24ECEdoardo Turano · Head of UnitCO2 standards Regulation for cars and vanssource ↗
- EU-US trade relations, tariffssource ↗
- Co2 standards for cars and vanssource ↗
- 2025-09-18ECNils Behrndt · Deputy Secretary-GeneralAutomotive industrysource ↗
- IAA Mobilitysource ↗
- 2025-09-11ECStéphane Séjourné · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné- Compétitivité des entreprises - Marché intérieur - Decarbonation - Neutralité carbonne - Voiture électriquesource ↗
- 2025-09-10ECMark Nicklas · Head of UnitExchange of views on automotive issuessource ↗
- 2025-09-01ECArthur Corbin · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane SéjournéPreparation of IAA meetingsource ↗
- Stärken, Chancen, Herausforderungen der deutschen Automobilindustrie bei der doppelten Transformation aus Defossilierung und Digitalisierungsource ↗
- 2025-07-23ECAurel Ciobanu-Dordea · DirectorExchange of views on the general situation of the automotive industrysource ↗
- 2025-07-04ECSimone Ritzek-Seidl · Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos TzitzikostasAutomotive Action Plansource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECHenna Virkkunen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna VirkkunenAutomotive Action Plan (AAP) - pillar “Innovation and Digitalisation”source ↗
- Politischer Austauschsource ↗
Frequently asked
How many EU lobbying meetings has Verband der Automobilindustrie disclosed?
Verband der Automobilindustrie (EU Transparency Register no. 95574664768-90) appears in 125 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2024-07-16 and 2026-06-03: 56 with the European Commission and 69 with Members of the European Parliament.
What does Verband der Automobilindustrie lobby on?
Verband der Automobilindustrie's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Industry, Technology, Climate, Trade. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.
Who does Verband der Automobilindustrie meet in Brussels?
Across its disclosed meetings, Verband der Automobilindustrie has met Commission officials including Arthur Corbin, Mark Nicklas, Max Lemke, and MEPs including GIESEKE Jens, OETJEN Jan-Christoph, COSTANZO Vivien. 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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