KfW Bankengruppe
KfW
Die KfW ist die staatliche Förderbank der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Lobbying Activity
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Meeting with Ralf Seekatz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
23 Sept 2025 · Verbriefung
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
5 Sept 2025 · - Compétitivité des entreprises - Marché intérieur - Protection de la souveraineté et du pouvoir d’achat - Relation US/EU
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Sea Ports Organisation
1 Sept 2025 · Global Gateway
Meeting with Astrid Bartels (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and Tech Tour Global
17 Jul 2025 · Barriers/Challenges in EU venture capital market – German and Dutch national initiatives
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
4 Jun 2025 · Promotional banks; EU Capital market ; Securitisation
Meeting with Matthew Baldwin (Deputy Director-General Energy)
3 Jun 2025 · Affordable housing financing
Meeting with Jonás Fernández (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Jun 2025 · Saving and Investment Union and securitization
Meeting with Alexandra Hild (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva), Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)
15 May 2025 · Exchange on European Startup and Scaleup Strategy
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
1 Apr 2025 · Plenary Feedback round on previously held GGIA Working Group sessions of 9 different thematical groups regarding Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
12 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the South America Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Coalition of the Willing – Dialogue with private and public sector stakeholders, and financial institutions on sustainable critical raw materials value chains in Latin America.
Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and
30 Jan 2025 · Affordable Energy action Plan
Meeting with Stephanie Riso (Director-General Budget) and
29 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on financial operations and their role in growth-supporting policies
Meeting with Emmanuelle Maincent (Head of Unit Budget)
29 Jan 2025 · Meeting with KfW to introduce the role of the second line defence risk management function at the Commission
Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Nov 2024 · Legislative priorities in ECON
Meeting with Niels Geuking (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Nov 2024 · Exchange of views , visit of courtesy
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
15 Oct 2024 · Discussion on CRM funds.
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and
18 Jun 2024 · Exchange of views on current cooperation and discuss the next development plans
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
17 Apr 2024 · Challenges for European industrial policy and their consequences for the regions
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Feb 2024 · Exchange on financing raw materials
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
26 Oct 2023 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
6 Jun 2023 · - Global Gateway · KfW’s promotional platform for financing green hydrogen (PtX) . EFSD+ guarantees
Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
6 Jun 2023 · EFSD+
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Jun 2023 · KfW-Jahresempfang
Meeting with Joachim Schuster (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Jun 2023 · Annual reception
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
6 Jun 2023 · sustainable development and SME financing
Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
17 Mar 2023 · JEFIC High Level Meeting
Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
8 Mar 2023 · Financial management
Meeting with Cornelia Ernst (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
27 Feb 2023 · Discussion with German stakeholders on energy-related topics
Meeting with Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
16 Feb 2023 · - Green Deal - EU competitiveness - Global gateway
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
28 Nov 2022 · Short discussion on transformation of economies towards a green and digital transition
Meeting with Hanna Jahns (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn)
27 Oct 2022 · NGEU Outreach
Meeting with Joachim Schuster (Member of the European Parliament) and
21 Jun 2022 · Banking package
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)
15 Jun 2022 · - Support to Ukraine - EFSD+ Guarantee Call for Proposal - Western Balkans Energy Sector Crisis - Horizontal Issues in Delegation Agreements
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
15 Jun 2022 · European Green Deal
Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
14 Jun 2022 · NGEU Outreach
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)
17 Feb 2022 · Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans and for the Neighbourhood
Meeting with Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)
14 Dec 2021 · Global Gateway
Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
9 Dec 2021 · EU-KfW cooperation in the new MFF •KfW expressed concerns on the slow advancement of discussions related to the transposition of EU requirements stemming from the Financial Regulation. •Furthermore, KfW underlined the need to advance
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and CAISSE DES DEPOTS
1 Oct 2021 · Green investment
Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European green bonds
24 Sept 2021
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)
18 Jun 2021 · Western Balkans Economic and Investment Plan
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
5 May 2021 · Discussion of start-up, scale-up finance - listen to their views on German Future Fund
Meeting with Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)
27 Jan 2021 · KfW participation in EFSD+
Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
18 Jan 2021 · Present and future cooperation with KfW.
Meeting with Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)
9 Dec 2020 · Cooperation with KfW under European Fund for Sustainable Development
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
27 Oct 2020 · Exchange on COVID measures, recovery plan and InvestEU
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
23 Apr 2020 · How building renovation can contribute to post covid-19 recovery, how to get renovation projects off the ground, how to remove regulatory obstacles and improve advice.
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
8 Jul 2019 · Capital Markets Union Working Group
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
6 Mar 2019 · Circular Economy and Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
1 Feb 2019 · External Investments
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)
7 Nov 2018 · External Investment Plan and future MFF
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
7 Nov 2018 · MFF
Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and
28 Jun 2018 · The role of NPBs in the next MFF
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
27 Jun 2018 · InvestEU proposal
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
1 Mar 2018 · Visit to KfW Bankengruppe, bilaterals with Executive Board members, roundtable with investors and financial community
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
16 Feb 2018 · Banking Union; Banking Package; Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
15 Feb 2018 · Meeting with the CEO of KFW, Mr. Bräunig
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
8 Nov 2017 · Brussels
Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
8 Nov 2017 · Cooperation KfW- DG DEVCO
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
8 Nov 2017 · Jobs and Growth initiatives
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)
27 Sept 2017 · Multiannual Financial Framework
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)
13 Jul 2017 · External Investment Plan
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)
10 May 2017 · general EU policies
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
10 May 2017 · Informal Lunch Discussion on EU Funding Opportunities
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
10 May 2017 · Broadband Fund
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)
10 May 2017 · Role of private investments in development cooperation and migration
Meeting with Paolo Berizzi (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)
7 Mar 2017 · External Investment Plan
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
7 Mar 2017 · EU priorities
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)
24 Feb 2017 · Energy policy
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and
12 Dec 2016 · Broadband Fund Announcement
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
14 Nov 2016 · Broadbandfond
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)
3 Nov 2016 · Financing, Energy Union
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)
13 Oct 2016 · External Investment Plan
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)
12 Oct 2016 · financing, Energy Union
Meeting with Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
21 Sept 2016 · Investment plan
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
21 Sept 2016 · digitalization strategy of the European Union - Industry 4.0 - Smart housing
Meeting with Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
30 Aug 2016 · External Investment Plan
Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Digital Economy)
26 Aug 2016 · Broadband Fund
Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
18 Jul 2016 · Discussions sur les opportunités de coopération
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
18 Jul 2016 · External Investment Plan
Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Digital Economy)
8 Jul 2016 · Broadband Fund, EFSI for Africa
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner), Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
21 Jun 2016 · broadband fund
Meeting with Fabrizia Panzetti (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)
25 May 2016 · Presentation of KfW Development Bank and possibilities of cooperation with the EU
Meeting with Neven Mimica (Commissioner) and
25 May 2016 · Exchange of views on new ways to finance development
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
15 Mar 2016 · Broadband Investment Fund - EFSI
Meeting with Nadia Maria Calvino Santamaria (Director-General Budget)
7 Oct 2015 · Exchange of views about cooperation between KfW and the Commission
Meeting with Lowri Evans (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
6 Oct 2015 · COSME and SME policy
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)
24 Sept 2015 · European energy policies
Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
24 Sept 2015 · Investing in Research & Innovation
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
24 Sept 2015 · Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Fernando Frutuoso De Melo (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
1 Jun 2015 · State of play of cooperation between KfW and DEVCO (official visit to KfW headquarters)
Meeting with Fernando Frutuoso De Melo (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
16 Apr 2015 · New template for EU delegation agreements - PAGODA; Financing for Development (Meeting with Stephan Opitz, Director General of KfW Development Bank responsible for Policies and Latin-America)
Meeting with Reinhard Felke (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
24 Mar 2015 · Investment Plan and role of national promotional banks
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
9 Mar 2015 · Active Aging
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
13 Feb 2015 · Banking and markets
Meeting with Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
12 Jan 2015 · Investment initiative