Friends of Europe
FoE
Friends of Europe is an independent not-for-profit Brussels-based tank that connects people, stimulates debate and triggers change to create a more inclusive, sustainable and forward-looking Europe.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Nov 2025 · EU-China
Meeting with Thomas Geisel (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2025 · Exchange on competitiveness and climate crisis
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament) and Google
15 Oct 2025 · Debating Europe Panel: "EU Digital Decade"
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation) and Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute
8 Oct 2025 · Exchange with DG RTD on the strategic alliance between Friends of Europe and the Jacques Delors Institutes, establishing the first pan-European think tank, communications powerhouse and citizen engagement platform.
Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Sept 2025 · Event Electricity grids for clean energy transitions: from vision to reality
Meeting with Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Sept 2025 · Climate action
Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views
Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)
20 May 2025 · Policymakers’ dinner-debate
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Jan 2025 · Organisation d'une conférence conjointe sur le spatial
Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament) and Kangaroo Group
28 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views
Meeting with Dana Spinant (Director-General Communication)
21 Jan 2025 · Communication and engagement about current EU priorities
Meeting with Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis) and
20 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the simplification policy
Meeting with Dan Barna (Member of the European Parliament) and
15 Jan 2025 · Event on AI on Inclusive Futures: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on equal access and fair chances in European Education
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
15 Jan 2025 · Host for an Event on AI on Inclusive Futures: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on equal access and fair chances in European Education
Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
10 Jan 2025 · EU enlargement
Meeting with Sebastian Tynkkynen (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Dec 2024 · EU-Western Balkans Summit
Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
3 Dec 2024 · Prep of EU-Western Balkans Summit
Meeting with Klára Dobrev (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Nov 2024 · Participation in a high-level roundtable entitled State of Europe
Meeting with Mika Aaltola (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Nov 2024 · EU Affairs
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Nov 2024 · State of Europe 2024 event
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Oct 2024 · Organisation d'une conférence sur l'espace
Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Oct 2024 · EU health policy
Meeting with Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Oct 2024 · Friends of European Ukraine meeting with former President Ukraine
Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
3 Apr 2024 · Ukraine
Meeting with Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Feb 2024 · A renewed Social Contract for Europe
Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
1 Feb 2024 · Gigabit Infrastructure Act
Meeting with Tom Vandenkendelaere (Member of the European Parliament)
30 Jan 2024 · general introduction, European elections 2024
Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Dec 2023 · Exchange of Views
Meeting with Peter Wagner (Director Foreign Policy Instruments)
14 Dec 2023 · public diplomacy, UA
Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Nov 2023 · High Level Roundtable
Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and Helsinki EU Office
8 Nov 2023 · Topical issues
Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Nov 2023 · President's Gala Dinner
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Oct 2023 · Dinner Roundtable on Aligning capital investment with the European Green Deal
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Oct 2023 · World Energy Outlook 2023 – Official Brussels Launch
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
27 Sept 2023 · Preparation intervention of Commissioner in November
Meeting with Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and
31 Aug 2023 · High-Level working dinner on SOTEU with Think Tanks
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
12 Jul 2023 · Meeting with the Africa-Europe Foundation. Topic: monitoring of the EU-AU Partnership
Meeting with Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
6 Jul 2023 · Exchange of views on disinformation
Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Jun 2023 · Panel discussion "A Green Deal that Works for All Europeans" - Friends of Europe Climate and Energy Summit
Meeting with Cristian-Silviu Buşoi (Member of the European Parliament) and
27 Jun 2023 · speaker at Climate and Energy summit Brussels
Meeting with Cristian-Silviu Buşoi (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Jun 2023 · speaker at the Friends of Europe Annual Climate and Energy Summit
Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Google
26 Jun 2023 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Jun 2023 · Pre-Summit Dinner - Climate and Energy Summit
Meeting with Tomas Tobé (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
31 May 2023 · European development policy
Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Mar 2023 · Debate on Gender Equality in Europe
Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
23 Mar 2023 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Mar 2023 · Gender Equality
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
3 Feb 2023 · Africa-Europe Foundation collaboration
Meeting with Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen (Director-General Communication)
26 Jan 2023 · Citizens' engagement
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
21 Dec 2022 · discussion with the Steering Group; end of the contract; the deliverables and lessons learned to be taken into account for the next cycle/contract.
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
14 Nov 2022 · cooperation in Africa.
Meeting with Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Sept 2022 · EU integration, Western Balkan accession
Meeting with Irene Tinagli (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
23 Jun 2022 · Courtesy meeting
Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
14 Jun 2022 · Climate and Energy
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
29 Mar 2022 · Policymakers’ Dinner "Connected Europe: looking forward” on digital transition
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
22 Mar 2022 · Upcoming engagement opportunities
Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
10 Nov 2021 · Special Committee on AI in a Digital Age in the European Parliament
Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)
22 Sept 2021 · Meeting to discuss Commissioner Schmit's participation at the Friends of Europe's event “Entrepreneurship and skills for a fair, green and digital recovery".
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
16 Apr 2021 · Keynote at EU Africa Business Forum
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
23 Mar 2021 · Speech in debate on a sustainable Europe at the Next Connected Europe Working Group meeting
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
2 Mar 2021 · Green Deal cooperation with Africa and energy access under SDG7
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
10 Feb 2021 · EU-Africa cooperation
Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
28 Jan 2021 · Panel intervention at webinar The way forward: plastics in a circular economy
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
27 Jan 2021 · Europe fit for the Digital Age
Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders) and
27 Jan 2021 · Substainable Corporate Governance
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
25 Nov 2020 · European Green deal and COVID-19
Meeting with Radosław Sikorski (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Nov 2020 · Panel debate: "The US presidential elections"
Meeting with Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
8 Sept 2020 · Clean Hydrogen Alliance launch
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
1 Jul 2020 · EU-Africa cooperation on climate, energy and agriculture in the context of the European Green Deal.
Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
17 Jun 2020 · how to bring the EU closer to its citizens? - 'Localising Europe’
Meeting with Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
8 Jun 2020 · "Beyond (carbon) borders: externalising the Green Deal” workshop
Meeting with Mattia De' Grassi (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)
12 May 2020 · involvement of civil society in the conference on the Future of Europe
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
7 May 2020 · Role of Research and Innovation during the crises and for the exit from the crises
Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)
4 May 2020 · Pandemic, not panic: disinformation and global health
Meeting with Iris Abraham (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)
4 Mar 2020 · Migration
Meeting with Radosław Sikorski (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Jan 2020 · Peace, Security and Defence
Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
27 Jan 2020 · Expert round table on gender equality in EU's foreign and security policy
Meeting with Mattia De' Grassi (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)
23 Jan 2020 · Conference on the Future of Europe
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
3 Dec 2019 · Culture
Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
19 Nov 2019 · Agri Matters
Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
6 Nov 2019 · Exchange of views with President of FoE, Mr.Cami, on the EU-Africa Alliance, the EU Young Leaders Program and cooperation, as well as education, notably the objectives and perspectives of the European Education Area and the Digital Skills Agenda for the next mandate.
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and
17 Oct 2019 · High level Roundtable on Vision Innovation Europe
Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)
17 Jul 2019 · Citizens Outreach
Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
2 Jul 2019 · The future of digitisation in Europe
Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
4 Jun 2019 · Friends of Europe’s ‘Vision for Europe’ report
Meeting with Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
14 May 2019 · Priorités de l'Union européenne à l'horizon 2025
Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
11 Dec 2018 · Meeting with President Mr. Cami
Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and
27 Nov 2018 · exchange of views
Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
11 Oct 2018 · State of Europe conference
Meeting with Annika Nowak (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis), Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)
18 Sept 2018 · The future of health in Europe
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)
22 Jun 2018 · Future of Europe
Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
18 Apr 2018 · Mr. Geert Cami, president of Friends of Europe, requested a meeting with DG Christophidou to introduce himself and FoE
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and
7 Mar 2018 · Discussion of gender equality and the Future of Europe
Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
21 Nov 2017 · Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
2 May 2017 · Update on EU Action in the field of Migration
Meeting with Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Martin Selmayr (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
27 Feb 2017 · EPSC High Level Policy lunch : The Future of Europe, Charting a New Course at a Critical Moment
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
13 Oct 2016 · Dinner Discussion on the State of Europe
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
26 Sept 2016 · Sustainable Development goals
Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
26 Sept 2016 · Sustainability
Meeting with Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Martin Selmayr (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
8 Sept 2016 · State of the Union 2016
Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and
14 Jul 2016 · ESD/LULUCF- Energy efficiency - update- Ratification Paris Agreement
Meeting with Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)
27 May 2016 · EU Energy Efficiency Policy
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
20 Apr 2016 · Working Lunch on the Refugee Crisis and the European Project
Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)
16 Feb 2016 · Update on Friends of Europe activities
Meeting with Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General Health and Food Safety)
29 Jan 2016 · Discussion on the Health Working Group
Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and
25 Jan 2016 · Debate on the circular economy
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
14 Jan 2016 · Preparation of the Migration Policy Forum 2016
Meeting with Fernando Frutuoso De Melo (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
14 Jan 2016 · FoE possible role on the upcoming revision of EU policies, FoE think tank Development Policy Forum
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
3 Nov 2015 · Presentation of FoE, Ideas & initiatives around migration, CWPs 2016, 2017.
Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen), Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and
9 Jul 2015 · Green growth
Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)
26 May 2015 · Meeting with the Director and co-founder of Friends of Europe
Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Manuel Szapiro (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
24 Apr 2015 · Energy Union and Friends of Europe
Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
19 Mar 2015 · TTIP