Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

350,000€

Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4.5 Fte (14)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

49

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc   (Atlantic Council)

    EU Transparency Register

    524686116124-73 First registered on 20 Feb 2015

    Goals / Remit

    The Atlantic Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community's central role in meeting global challenges. The Council provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. Through the papers we write, the ideas we generate, and the communities we build, the Council shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more secure and prosperous world.

    Main EU files targeted

    The Atlantic Council conducts research and other activities related to a wide range of EU initiatives and policies. Currently, these include: energy union and energy security, common foreign and defense policy, Eurozone governance, financial services regulation, US-EU and other trade issues, digital marketplace, neighborhood policy, and European growth and economy.

    Address

    Head Office
    1030 15th Street, NW
    12th floor
    Washington DC 20005
    UNITED STATES
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    14

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%4
    25%10

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions

    Subcategory

    Think tanks and research institutions

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    The Atlantic Council belongs to the Atlantic Treaty Association, http://atahq.org/

    Member organisations

    no membership organizations

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    350,000€

    Other financial info

    Budget figures and conversions based on official US Treasury dollar/euro foreign exchange rate as of December 31, 2019.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    The Atlantic Council undertakes a wide range of policy-relevant activities, including: conferences; speeches by high-level policymakers, off-the-record roundtables; task forces; reports on a range of issues; electronic newsletters and blogs; etc. Among those relevant to our EU-focused work are the following:

    Publications:
    Explainer: What Trump’s Europe coronavirus travel ban means
    Time for the European Union to reassert itself in the UN Security Council
    First privacy, now data: The EU seeks a managed digital space
    Coronavirus special edition: Europe’s historic test amid expanding, global ripples
    Putting privacy limits on national security mass surveillance: The European Court of Justice intervenes
    Munich special edition: Is it time to worry about Germany?
    Will the Commission’s new EU proposal revive Western Balkans enlargement?
    How the transatlantic trade agenda can get its groove back in 2020
    At the beginning of 2020, what are the global risks and growth prospects for the Euro Area?
    Digital tax talks continue as trade threats rise
    How the USMCA impacts transatlantic trade policy
    Waving the flag of digital sovereignty
    Albania’s former foreign minister: EU made “strategic mistake” in delaying accession negotiations
    What the United States can learn from Europe on fighting cyberattacks and disinformation
    Evaluating Macron’s pitch for enlargement reform
    Nord Stream 2 poses challenges but also means opportunity for the European Union
    EDA soon to launch new financing mechanism for boosting multination defense projects
    A digital agenda for the new European Commission: issues and opportunities
    A geopolitical European Commission: Can the incoming president make it work?
    US surveillance on trial in Europe: Will transatlantic digital commerce be collateral damage?
    US-EU Auto Tariffs: What’s at Stake?
    Central Europe ready to lead on strengthening the transatlantic bond
    The current state of European energy security and transatlantic cooperation
    EU Elections 2019: The Future of the European Project
    EU elections produce fragmentation, but also opportunity for Europe
    Bullseye on Brussels: Can EU defeat disinformation in parliamentary elections?
    EU-Turkey relations and the migration conundrum
    Strengthen European Defense Cooperation Through NATO and the EU
    Gas Directive: Overly burdensome regulation of the EU gas market?

    Public Events:
    The EU and the impact of the Coronavirus
    France in Europe: A conversation with Amélie de Montchalin, French Minister of State for European Affairs
    Completing Europe: Central Europe, the Three Seas Initiative and the future of the transatlantic relationship
    The European Green Deal, energy security, and the future transatlantic agenda
    2020 and beyond: The next phase of digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe
    Everything you know about Ukraine is wrong
    A conversation with Albanian PM Edi Rama
    A Town Hall Conversation with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis
    The transatlantic partnership in 2020: A European perspective
    Europe in a Changing Global Context – A Conversation with PM Mark Rutte
    The United States and Central Europe: celebrating Europe whole and free
    Risks on the Rise: US-EU Trade Dynamics and Global Growth
    Fifth Annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference
    EU Elections 2019: the future of the European project
    The European Union & Brexit
    European neighborhood policy: Eastern Partnership 10th anniversary
    Trade Trends 2019, with European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström

    Roundtables:
    EU Commissioner Julian King
    EU High Rep and VP elect, Josep Borrell
    EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn
    EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos
    EU Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis
    Christian Danielsson, DG NEAR
    Martin Selmayr, Sec-Gen, European Commission
    Western Balkans Roundtable with DG Near Delegation

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    49 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 19 Jan 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EU-US relations in the light of the upcoming elections in EU and U.S., the Atlantic Council invitation to the HR/VP Borrell to participate in a highly-level event in D.C. or in Brussels.
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles
      Attending
      • Anne Bergenfelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2024 Location videoconference call
      Subject Preparatory meeting for WEF 2024
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Dubai, UAE
      Subject Energy transition
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
    • Date 30 Oct 2023 Location Washington D.C.
      Subject Energy market
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
    • Date 11 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject EU-US Trade and Technology Council
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 May 2023 Location Washington
      Subject EU-US cooperation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Feb 2023 Location Washington, USA
      Subject EU-US collaboration in supporting Ukraine and in tackling the global food security crisis
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
      Portfolio Agriculture
      Attending
      • Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member)
      • Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
    • Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital policies
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 May 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject DMA/DSA implementation and the AI and Data act, EU digital sovereignty.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
      • Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 May 2021 Location online
      Subject EU-US relations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
      Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life
      Attending
      • Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)
      • Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
    • Date 04 May 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Transatlantic Relationship
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      • Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Feb 2021 Location Video Conferencing
      Subject Financial Resilence Future of Secondary Sanctions and Global Response
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
    • Date 10 Dec 2020 Location videoconference
      Subject EDAP roadmap
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Dec 2020 Location videoconference
      Subject EDAP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 28 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium
      Subject High-Level Roundtable Discussion on The State of the Union in 2020 and EU's Global Engagement in a Covid-19 world - [Via Webex]
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
      • Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member)
      • Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
      • Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      • Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
      • Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
      • Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 22 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject COVID 19 disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 20 May 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Webinar - Democracy and the Covid-19 crisis
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 May 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject US-EU at 70: The Way Forward
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
      Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life
      Attending
      • Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)
      • Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
    • Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Washington
      Subject EU -US energy cooperation and Energy Security in the context of the Green Deal
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
    • Date 11 Oct 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Presentation of AC activities on energy transatlantic cooperation.
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
    • Date 13 Apr 2019 Location Washington, USA
      Subject Ukraine
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 12 Apr 2019 Location Washington, USA
      Subject Brexit, The Future of Europe, European Elections + foreign influence, EU and global financial markets after Brexit, The international role of the Euro, Macroeconomic challenges, EU-China relationship, Sustainable Finance, Fintech
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 26 Mar 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EU–US energy cooperation
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 14 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Single Market, cybersecurity
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject 5G telecommunications security and transatlantic cooperation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • James Morrison (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 Feb 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EU-US cooperation in energy
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 08 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
    • Date 31 Jan 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject 5G security
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Nov 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Neighbourhood Policy
      DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
    • Date 15 Oct 2017 Location Washington
      Subject current geopolitical issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 30 May 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Eastern Neighbourhood
      DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Apr 2017 Location Washington D.C.
      Subject international cooperation on financial regulation; the Dodd Frank Act; EU economic outlook; Basel III
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 04 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EU-US Relations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Competition
      Attending
      • Linsey Mccallum (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Energy policy
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 10 Mar 2017 Location Washington, USA
      Subject Digital Single Market, White Paper
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Wroclaw Forum
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM, cloud computing
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 31 May 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Ukraine
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Apr 2016 Location Washington DC
      Subject Speech "Europe's Staying Power"
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 04 Apr 2016 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Think Tank Outreach
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
    • Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject transatlantic digital issues
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Transatlantic economic relations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM strategy
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Data protection and DSM
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
      • Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject transatlantic digital agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM strategy
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 10 Jun 2015 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Meeting with the Director of Strategic Foresight at the Atlantic Council in Washington
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
    • Date 09 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussions on Neighbourhood and Enlargement policies
      DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
    • Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject European Competitiveness
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Aura Salla (Cabinet member)
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