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Overview

Lobbying Costs

350,000€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2.75 Fte (8)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

49

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    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, TTIP 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

    8

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%3
    25%5

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Frances Burwell (Distinguished Fellow)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Andrew Golub (Chief Financial Officer)

  • 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 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    350,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    17,286 € (Source: EU Delegation to Washington)

    Other financial info

    budget amount based on dollar/euro conversion as of March 16, 2018

  • 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:
    Mediterranean Future 2030: Toward a Transatlantic Security Strategy
    Energiewende: From Germany’s Past to Europe’s Future?
    EuroGrowth Initiative report: Charting the Future Now: European Economic Growth and Its Importance to American Prosperity
    Europe in 2022: Alternative Futures
    NATO and Trump: The Case for a New Transatlantic Bargain
    The Kremlin’s Gas Games in Europe: Implications for Policy Makers
    Turkey’s European Journey
    Journey to the West: Chinese Opportunities in European Infrastructure Expansion
    The European Union Could Be Simple, Inclusive or Effective. Pick Two.
    Europe—Key Partnership for American Prosperity
    The Euro’s Difficult Future: Competitiveness Imbalances and the Eurozone’s North-South Divide
    Balkans Forward: A New US Strategy for the Region

    Public Events:
    European Growth and the Next US-EU Chapter
    What’s Next for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation
    A Conversation with H.E. Federica Mogherini
    Future of Europe: Facebook Live Interview with Ambassador of the EU to the US David O’Sullivan
    Securing Southeastern Europe: A New Model for Progress in the Western Balkans?
    Europe in 2022: Alternative Futures, An Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Launch Event
    Multilateral Cooperation - The Key to a New Era of Inclusive Global Development? A Conversation with Dr. Werner Hoyer President of the European Investment Bank and Mr. Robert Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank
    The Future of the European Security Order: Institutions or Spheres of Interests?
    Balkan Troubles: The European Perspective and the Case for US Engagement
    Energy Security in Central & Eastern Europe: New Challenges and Opportunities
    On the Frontline: The Future of Defense and Deterrence in Europe
    Pew Research Launch Event: Public Opinion on the Future of Europe
    Warsaw Global Forum
    How Europe and Iran's Neighbors View the Nuclear Deal Future
    Economic Sanctions After Brexit: What Roles Should the Public and Private Sector Play?
    The Road to Bonn: Transatlantic Climate Solutions Balkans Forward: A New US Strategy for the Region with Mr. Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues at the European External Action Service
    Securing Northern Europe – Bridging the Baltic Sea, North Atlantic, and the Arctic

    Roundtables:
    Roundtable with MEP Guy Verhofstadt
    Roundtable with Members of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United States and the European Parliament Liaison Office
    Breakfast Conversation on the French Presidential Elections with Dominique Moïsi
    The Three Seas Initiative: Central Europe’s Infrastructure for the Future
    Lunch Roundtable: Transatlantic Digital Issues
    A Conversation on Transatlantic Digital Issues
    Members Call: Macron’s Revolution? Implications of the French Elections for France and the Free World
    Club of Three Plenary Meeting: ‘The Three and America’
    Roundtable Discussion with Sir Kim Darroch, British Ambassador to the United States
    What's next for the Greek Economy? A Conversation with Minister Pappas
    Brussels Seminar on the Transatlantic Digital Agenda Roundtable with the Romanian Minister of Defense Mihai Fifor
    Is the European Banking Sector out of the Woods? A Private Conversation with Elke König, Chair of the Single Resolution Board
    Roundtable with AmCham Germany (November)
    Roundtable with European Commissioner for the Security Union, Sir Julian King
    Lunch Roundtable: Digital Trade Issues
    Roundtable with H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia

    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
      • Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
      • Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
      • Werner Stengg (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
      • Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
      • Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 May 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Transatlantic Relationship
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
      • Filomena Chirico (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)
      • Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
      • Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
      • Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
      • Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
      • Brenda Furniere (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
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • 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
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      • 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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