Corporate Europe Observatory

CEO

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

17 Nov 2025 · CONT Scrutiny Working Group

Meeting with Antonella Rossetti (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen) and

29 Sept 2025 · presentation of and discussion about their roadmap to reduce pesticide use in Europe

Meeting with Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and The Smoke Free Partnership

7 May 2025 · Introductory meeting / EU transparency rules on tobacco lobbying

Meeting with Vilija Sysaite (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

20 Mar 2025 · PFAS

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

10 Mar 2025 · Exchange on Lobby Transparency Priorities

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Sofia Asteriadi (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Maria Olivan Aviles (Head of Unit Secretariat-General) and

24 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting / transparency and ethics

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

18 Feb 2025 · NGO funding & transparency

Meeting with Lynn Boylan (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jan 2025 · Fossil Fuel Lobbying in EU Policymaking

Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2025 · PFAS Lobbyism

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament) and

21 Nov 2024 · New European Commission

Meeting with Catarina Martins (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Oct 2024 · commission candidate's hearings

Meeting with Anthony Smith (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2024 · Dossiers liés à AFCO et préparation des auditions

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl

1 Oct 2024 · Tech and Society Summit: Big Tech lobbying

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Digital Rights

1 Oct 2024 · Speaker - Big tech lobbying

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · uPFAS restriction

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and LobbyControl

2 Jul 2024 · transparency, integrity, lobbying

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Apr 2024 · Staff Level: Politico Tech & AI Summit

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament) and

20 Feb 2024 · Amazon lobbying

Meeting with Christophe Clergeau (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

15 Dec 2023 · Nouveaux OGMs

Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2023 · Demo gegen NGT

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2023 · Corruption, Money Laundering & the European Elections

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

25 Oct 2023 · Greens/EFA event "Reclaiming our Digital Future"

Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl

25 Oct 2023 · Transparenz von Trilogen

Meeting with Anja Hazekamp (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2023 · Demonstration Fossil Free Politics

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Oct 2023 · Transparency issues in the EP

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl

5 Oct 2023 · Staff Level: lobbying of Big Tech

Meeting with Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union

11 Sept 2023 · Rules of Procedure

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Jul 2023 · Staff Level: lobbying of Big Tech

Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament) and

6 Jul 2023 · Teilnahme Veranstaltung zu Patenten und Neuer Gentechnik

Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jun 2023 · Nature Restoration Law, SUR and work of the Committee on COVID-19 (APA)

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

27 Mar 2023 · Reform of rules of procedure (EP)

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl

22 Mar 2023 · Transparency of lobbying

Meeting with Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson) and

28 Feb 2023 · Cost of living crisis

Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament) and

7 Feb 2023 · Übergabe der Petition “Keep New GMOs regulated and labelled!”

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl

9 Nov 2022 · Transparency of lobbying

Meeting with Sarah Wiener (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

25 Jul 2022 · staff only: Discussion on the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 (SUR proposal)

Meeting with Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

3 May 2022 · New Genomic Techinques

Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

3 May 2022 · New genomic techniques

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and

1 Mar 2022 · Transparency register

Meeting with Sabrina Pignedoli (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jan 2022 · Transparency

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

9 Nov 2021 · Governance, hydrogen

Meeting with Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

11 May 2021 · VTC Meeting - New Genomic Techniques and Gene drives

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and European Public Health Alliance

21 Jan 2021 · Transparency in tobacco lobbying

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

15 Jan 2021 · VC Meeting - Farm to Fork Strategy and GMOs

Meeting with Camilla Bursi (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

26 Nov 2020 · to discuss the PPP Circular Bio based Europe

Meeting with Annukka Ojala (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides), Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

25 Jun 2020 · VC-meeting on Farm to Fork Strategy and Pesticides.

Meeting with Annukka Ojala (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides), Giorgos Rossides (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides), Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

19 Feb 2020 · Farm to Fork

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and

20 Apr 2018 · General Food Law

Meeting with Marco Valletta (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility

30 Mar 2017 · EU's Research Policy (Innovation Principle vs. Precautionary Principle)

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Michelle Sutton (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

1 Mar 2017 · Transparency Register

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and

9 Dec 2016 · Acrylamide

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and

9 Mar 2016 · Glyphosate

Meeting with Angelina Gros-Tchorbadjiyska (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva)

21 May 2015 · Meeting with Corporate Europe on Commissioners code of Conduct

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and

30 Jan 2015 · The Food Chain, Innovation and Challenges, Food Information to Consumers, Nutrition, and Food Waste, Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Plant Health

Meeting with Giulia Del Brenna (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas) and

15 Jan 2015 · Meeting on principles of scientific advice