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
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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.
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Head Office
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 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
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
The Atlantic Council belongs to the Atlantic Treaty Association, http://atahq.org/
Member organisations
no membership organizations
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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.
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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 DelegationOther 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.
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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)
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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)
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Dubai, UAE Subject Energy transition DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 30 Oct 2023 Location Washington D.C. Subject Energy market DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 08 Dec 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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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 - Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
- Mercator Institute for China Studies
- the Clingendael Institute
- Egmont Institute
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- The German Marshall Fund of the United States - The Transatlantic Foundation
- European University Institute
- The Wallenberg Foundations AB
- Carnegie Europe
- GLOBSEC
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 11 Oct 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation of AC activities on energy transatlantic cooperation. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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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)
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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)
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Date 26 Mar 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU–US energy cooperation DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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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)
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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)
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Date 13 Feb 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU-US cooperation in energy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 08 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 07 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Neighbourhood Policy DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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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)
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Date 30 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Eastern Neighbourhood DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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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)
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Date 04 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU-US Relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Linsey Mccallum (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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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)
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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)
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Date 12 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM, cloud computing DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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Date 04 Apr 2016 Location Berlaymont Subject Think Tank Outreach DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject transatlantic digital issues DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM strategy DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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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)
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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)
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Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM strategy DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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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)
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Date 09 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Discussions on Neighbourhood and Enlargement policies DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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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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