DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND
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DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND (SME Groups Germany) is the leading professional association of cooperations between small and medium sized enterprises. DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND unites companies from the retail, crafts and services sectors as well as the production industry. DER MITTELSTANDSVERBUND represents around 230.000 independent entrepreneurs which are organized in about 310 groups. The legal form differs between the groups. Whereas around the half of the groups reside as registered cooperatives, the other groups are limited liability companies or stock corporations
Lobbying Activity
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament) and Medienverband der freien Presse e.V.
14 Oct 2025 · Environment Policy
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
15 Apr 2025 · Payment Services Directive
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament) and Brunswick Group Limited srl
25 Feb 2025 · Climate and Environment Policy
Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)
20 Feb 2025 · Omnibus; EU policy towards midcaps
Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)
12 Feb 2025 · Simplification
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Feb 2025 · Austausch zum geplanten Omnibus Vorschlag
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Hubert Gambs (Deputy Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
29 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on simplification agenda as well as on late payments proposal
Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
24 Jan 2025 · Austausch mit dem Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. zur Revision Eurobetriebsräte
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Oct 2024 · Environmental Policy
Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Jun 2024 · SME policy in the new term
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Jun 2024 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
19 Sept 2018 · MFF und Digitalisierung
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
15 May 2017 · Digitising Industry 4.0
Meeting with Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)
8 Apr 2015 · Introduction to Der Mittelstandsverbund