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
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
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
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
24 Mar 2025
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