UNIFE

UNIFE

UNIFE is representing the European rail manufacturing industry in Brussels since 1992.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 Dec 2025 · Mecanismo de compensación

Meeting with Mika Aaltola (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

13 Nov 2025 · EU affairs

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM.

Meeting with Sofia Munoz Albarran (Director Trade) and

15 Oct 2025 · Interplay between the trade anti-dumping and anti-subsidies regulations and the EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies (FSR) to ensure that the two regimes combined deliver their maximal effect, complementing each other, while remaining accessible.

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

25 Sept 2025 · Global Gateway

Meeting with Herald Ruijters (Deputy Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

10 Sept 2025 · Military Mobility

Meeting with Sergio Oliete Josa (Head of Unit Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

5 Sept 2025 · Meeting to review the state of preparation of three EU-co-financed railway initiatives in Southern Africa.

Meeting with Mārtiņš Staķis (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Sept 2025 · Military Mobility

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Sept 2025 · Military mobility

Meeting with Rosa Serrano Sierra (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Sept 2025 · MFF Priorities Rail Sector

Meeting with Kai Tegethoff (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2025 · MFF and Military Mobility

Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Aug 2025 · Financement et décarbonation des transports

Meeting with Pierre Jouvet (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Aug 2025 · marchés publics

Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

9 Jul 2025 · Shaping a new Team Europe approach towards LAC in order to increase the success rate of EU Railways industry on tenders on the region.

Meeting with Roberts Zīle (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Sea Ports Organisation

10 Jun 2025 · Military Mobility

Meeting with Hans Stausboll (Acting Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

6 May 2025 · Shaping a new Team Europe approach towards Asia and Sub- Saharan Africa in order to develop rail projects in both regions while ensuring the competitiveness of the EU’s railways industry.

Meeting with Sophia Kircher (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Apr 2025 · Europe´s Rail Joint Undertaking

Meeting with Rosa Serrano Sierra (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Apr 2025 · Key challenges sector

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and

9 Apr 2025 · Rail Supply Industry challenges and opportunities

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

31 Mar 2025 · Shaping a new Team Europe approach towards LAC in order to increase the success rate of EU Railways industry on tenders on the region.

Meeting with Lena Schilling (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2025 · MFF/FP10, Bahnindustrie F&E

Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

25 Feb 2025 · Preparatory meeting to mission to Mexico

Meeting with Kristian Schmidt (Director Mobility and Transport)

17 Feb 2025 · Main EU initiatives of relevance to the railway supply industry and the deployment of new rail technologies.

Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

17 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views with UNIFE CEOs on the margins of the 18th European Railway award event

Meeting with Joachim Luecking (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

7 Feb 2025 · Presentation new Head of Unit DG MOVE.C4 Presentation of the work of UNIFE Overview of UNIFE position on main challenges of the sector

Meeting with Kai Tegethoff (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · Rail Financing

Meeting with Rasmus Nordqvist (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Jan 2025 · Transport and the future MFF

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Vereniging VNO-NCW

22 Jan 2025 · Public procurement

Meeting with Pierre Jouvet (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Alstom

22 Jan 2025 · Marchés publics

Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Introduction Meeting

Meeting with Karlo Ressler (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2025 · Climate Policy

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and

12 Dec 2024 · RAIL SUPPPLY INDUSTRY PRIORITIES

Meeting with Alexandra Mehnert (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Dec 2024 · rail transport policies

Meeting with Valérie Devaux (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · enjeux industriels du ferroviaire

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Nov 2024 · Foreign Investments screening regulation

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · Discussion on issues related to rail transport (decarbonisation of transport, financing for rail, fair competition between European and non-European companies, etc.).

Meeting with Pierre Jouvet (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · marchés publics

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · general exchange on the current challenges in the rail industry

Meeting with Hanna Gedin (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · Public Procurement

Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · Rail supply industry

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

30 Oct 2024 · Revision of the foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regulation

Meeting with Sophia Kircher (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Oct 2024 · Funding, CEF

Meeting with Dariusz Joński (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · Presentation of the association priorities for the new legislature and the challenges the industry faces.

Meeting with Lena Schilling (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · Rail Policy

Meeting with Ondřej Krutílek (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · EU policy on rail transport (2024-2029)

Meeting with Elena Nevado Del Campo (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · UNIFE's priorities

Meeting with Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Introduction, presentation and greeting

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Challenges for rail sector

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2024 · Public procurement

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament) and RENAULT

17 Sept 2024 · Politique industrielle européenne

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

13 Jun 2024 · - Technical specifications for interoperability - Foreign Subsidies Regulation for rail projects - Recovery and Resilience Facility

Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Feb 2024 · NZIA - Definitions and public procurement

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

30 Jan 2024 · - TSIs - Skillful staff shortage - EU funding for rail - ETCS

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies

29 Jan 2024 · Railway

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2024 · European railway award 2024

Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

27 Feb 2023 · Stakeholder consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act

Meeting with Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Feb 2023 · Marchés publics et politiques commerciales de l'UE

Meeting with Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Member of the European Parliament) and Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies

31 Jan 2023 · European Railway Award Ceremony

Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament) and Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies

31 Jan 2023 · Railway Award

Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Dec 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

23 Nov 2022 · Infrastructures de transport

Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Nov 2022 · TEN-T, AFIR, ERTMS deployment, funding for rail, results of the 2022 UNIFE World Rail Market Study

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe)

20 Oct 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Maria da Graça Carvalho (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

19 Oct 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

4 Oct 2022 · Sustainable finance & EU Taxonomy

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

4 Oct 2022 · Sustainable finance & EU Taxonomy

Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

28 Sept 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Sept 2022 · exchange

Meeting with Isabel García Muñoz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Sept 2022 · TEN-T Revision

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Sept 2022 · AFIR

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

13 Sept 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Lufthansa Group

20 Jul 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Isabel García Muñoz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

24 Jun 2022 · TEN-T Revision

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

21 Jun 2022 · TEN-T

Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament)

16 May 2022 · Infrastructures de transport

Meeting with Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Member of the European Parliament)

10 May 2022 · TEN-t regulation

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)

4 May 2022 · Austausch zur Verkehrspolitik

Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament)

4 May 2022 · Exchange about AFIR

Meeting with Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

27 Apr 2022 · Global Gateway, EFSD+

Meeting with Wioletta Dunin-Majewska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

25 Apr 2022 · Investment in rail in new programming period.

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)

17 Mar 2022 · Meeting with President

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament) and

23 Feb 2022 · Speaker: Symposium on the renewal of night trains in Europe

Meeting with Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and AEGIS Europe

13 Jan 2022 · Lutte contre les subventions étrangères et instrument anti-coercition

Meeting with Caroline Nagtegaal (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Dec 2021 · AFIR

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

11 May 2021 · Mobility, industrial strategy

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

3 May 2021 · Carbon Borden Adjustment Mechanism

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Alstom

16 Apr 2021 · Current policy issues for the European railway industry

Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and

13 Apr 2021 · Meeting to discuss the state of play of the Eurovignette

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

10 Feb 2021 · Taxonomy draft delegated act

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

4 Feb 2021 · Rail in the European Green Deal

Meeting with Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

27 Jan 2021 · Public procurement and the White Paper on foreign subsidies

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies

25 Jan 2021 · Perticipation of the Commissioner to the European Railway award ceremony

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

16 Dec 2020 · Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy Shift2Rail

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

27 Oct 2020 · Sustainable and Smart Mobility strategy

Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

21 Oct 2020 · Updates on the rail sector

Meeting with Carlos Morais Pires (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

2 Oct 2020 · Transforming Europe's rail system European

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and

7 Jul 2020 · Meeting to discuss rail industry

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

28 May 2020 · Impacts of COVID-19 on rail industry

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and

14 May 2020 · Recovery and Green Deal in Transport

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

3 Mar 2020 · The European Green Deal and the rail supply chain

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

18 Feb 2020 · 4th Railway Package, Shift2Rail, European Green Deal

Meeting with Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

6 Feb 2020 · EU industry strategy and follow-up to the strategy / Indust / issues linked to the global competition

Meeting with Lucia Caudet (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

4 Feb 2020 · Exchange of views on EU industrial policy

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

12 Sept 2019 · Shift2Rail, 4th Railway Package

Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation) and

4 Sept 2019 · Joint meeting CER-EIM-UNIFE to discuss future of transportation in Horizon Europe

Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and

20 Feb 2018 · Meeting with Ms Sabrina Soussan, CEO of Siemens Mobility and Chairwoman of UNIFE

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

24 Jan 2018 · Exchange of views on Industrial Policy

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and

11 Jan 2018 · Industrial policy

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and

7 Dec 2017 · Industrial policy

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and

10 Nov 2017 · Politique industrielle

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

30 May 2017 · EU-China trade relations

Meeting with Alessandro Carano (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

3 Mar 2017 · CEF, Structural Funds, EIB instruments, EFSI

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

10 Feb 2017 · EU Public Procurement

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

12 Jan 2017 · Competitiveness and challenges for the European Rail Supply Industry

Meeting with Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

25 Nov 2016 · ESI Funds for Rail

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

27 Sept 2016 · Defending European interests in negotiations with Japan notably.

Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

27 Sept 2016 · Situation of European Rail Supply Industry

Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

30 Aug 2016 · China rail market

Meeting with Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

4 Mar 2016 · aviation

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

27 Nov 2015 · 4th Railway Package, Shift2Rail, Horizon 2020

Meeting with Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and Alstom

4 Nov 2015 · Governmental procurement markets

Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

13 Oct 2015 · Meeting board of UNIFE

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)

27 Apr 2015 · Railway transport + Energy Union

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

23 Mar 2015 · Discussion on EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement negotiations, EU-China Investment Agreement and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

23 Feb 2015 · Trade

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

9 Feb 2015 · Rail Industry

Meeting with Mikel Landabaso Alvarez (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

21 Jan 2015 · Cohesion Policy and investments in railway

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

15 Jan 2015 · Decarbonisation of road transport

Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner) and

15 Jan 2015 · EU-Japan FTA negotiations, China's policy on railways within China, within the EU and in third countries' markets and TTIP negotiations

Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

6 Jan 2015 · EU rail policy

Meeting with Léon Delvaux (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

18 Dec 2014 · The European Rail Industry in Trade Negotiations

Meeting with Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

16 Dec 2014 · EU regional transport policies and funds. Forthcoming meeting of UNIFE with Commissioner Crețu.