Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

400,000€ - 499,999€

Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

9.1 Fte (28)

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
    EU Office
    1030 15th Street, NW 12th floor
    Washington DC 20005
    UNITED STATES

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    28

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%4
    50%4
    25%14
    10%6

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    9.1

    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

    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

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    400,000€ - 499,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant European Commission Foreign Policy Instruments 483,000€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    400,000€ - 499,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    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; e-newsletters and blogs. Relevant EU-focused work includes:

    PUBLIC EVENTS
    Relaunching transatlantic trade agenda
    Digital tax compromise for post-COVID-19 economy
    Conversation w/ European Commissioner Thierry Breton
    Virtual fireside w/ Commission EVP Frans Timmermans
    Europe’s response to Uyghur genocide
    Europe’s energy crisis & path forward
    360/StratCom
    Charting Europe’s 2022 digital agenda
    Global economy in 2022
    Looking forward: What’s next after EU-US Energy Council meeting?
    EU’s emerging data policy landscape
    Fireside chat w/ Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President

    PRIVATE EVENTS
    Digital Markets Act w/ Andreas Schwab MEP
    Strategy Session w/ EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák
    Didier Reynders, European Justice Commissioner “Transatlantic Competition Policy in a Digital Age”
    Roundtable w/ Security & Defence Subcmte MEP Delegation
    Roundtable w/ EPP MEP Delegation
    Roundtable w/ EDP MEP Delegation
    Roundtable w/ AIDA MEP Delegation
    European Perspectives Transatlantic Data Transfers
    Event w/ Minister Cédric O, France
    Climate, trade, & carbon border adjustment: Creating race to the top
    EEAS Director Security-Defense Policy event

    PUBLICATIONS
    3-step plan for reviving transatlantic alliance
    Transatlantic trade: Tectonic shifts ahead for 2021
    Do continued EU data flows to UK offer hope for the US?
    Europe’s post-COVID strategy: Stay close to allies & build strength at home
    Putin’s Ukraine War: EU warns Russia is “de facto integrating” occupied east
    Ukraine’s EU Association Agreement obliges Kyiv pursue rule of law reforms
    Proposal for US-EU Digital Council: Building comprehensive conversation
    Transatlantic tariffs, national security, & geopolitical priorities
    Airbus-Boeing deal, seventeen years in the making
    EU-US tech cooperation: Strengthening transatlantic relations in data-driven economies
    Biden’s Europe trip set stage for historic ambitions
    Carbon border adjustment mechanisms: Will innovative climate policy launch a trade war?
    Case for greater US-EU collaboration on Taiwan
    Avoiding next transatlantic security crisis: Looming clash over passenger name record data
    Fit for 55: Reshaping global climate leadership & transatlantic cooperation
    EU-US Future Forum 2021: A path forward for transatlantic relations
    What the fall of Afghanistan means for Europe
    AUKUS deal has shaken the transatlantic alliance. What should US & allies do now?
    US-EU Trade & Technology Council: Seven steps toward success
    EU must stop serving as a playground for corrupt Ukrainian oligarchs and officials
    Europe’s energy crisis highlights dangers of reliance on Russia
    US & EU must react to escalating global energy crisis
    Europe must face chilling reality of Putin’s energy blackmail
    Goodbye for now, 232: Breaking down G20 US-EU agreement
    Disarming Putin’s energy weapon: Ukraine must connect to EU grid
    EU contributed to own energy crisis, but diversification can solve it
    Transatlantic tools: Harmonizing US & EU approaches to China
    Biden’s democracy summit should produce transatlantic anti-corruption strategy
    Europe in bipolar tech world
    Event report: Transatlantic renewal in era of strategic competition
    EU as global actor in Indo-Pacific
    Can US & EU rein in Big Tech w/ diverging approaches?
    6 options for Europe as it searches for response to Russian aggression
    View from European capitals as consensus emerges against Russia
    EU’s Strategic Compass a defining moment for European defense
    France new mantra: liberty, equality, digital sovereignty
    Future of European energy security
    Europe needs to prepare for future w/out Russian energy
    DeRussification of European natural gas imports by 55 bcm in 5 years

    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
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
      • Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
    • 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
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
      • Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
      • Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
      • Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
      • Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      • Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
      • Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
      • Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member)
      • Anthony Whelan (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
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
    • 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
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      • Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
      • Simona Constantin (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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