Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12.75 Fte (13)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
60
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Centre for European Reform (CER)
EU Transparency Register
524976815651-12 First registered on 19 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to making the European Union work better and strengthening its role in the world. The CER is pro-European but not uncritical. We regard European integration as largely beneficial but recognise that in many respects the Union does not work well. We also think that the EU should take on more responsibilities globally, on issues ranging from climate change to security. The CER aims to promote an open, outward-looking and effective European Union.
Main EU files targeted
The Centre for European Reform covers a wide range of policies and legislative files related to our main areas of interest. These include, but are not restricted to:
• EU economic and financial policies: the euro and the Eurozone, single market & competition policy, growth and competitiveness, financial services and regulation, trade policy, labour markets, education and skills, research and innovation
• EU energy and climate policies: energy security, energy markets and climate change
• EU foreign and defence policy
• EU neighbourhood and enlargement policies
• EU regional policies
• EU budgetary policies
• Institutional structure and relationships
• EU treaties
• EU Justice and Home Affairs policies: internal security, freedom of movement, police and judicial co-operation, migration and asylum policies
• EU relationships with member-states: EU-UK relationshipsAddress
Head Office
Great College Street, 14
London SW1P 3RX
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Great College Street, 14
London SW1P 3RX
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
13
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 12 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Mar 2025
Name Start date End Date Christina Keßler 17 Apr 2024 17 Apr 2025 Ms Camino Mortera-Martinez 18 Jul 2015 31 Jul 2016 Complementary Information
Please see the CER statement on integrity here https://www.cer.eu/integrity-statement#tabs
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
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
Trans European Policy Studies Association
Member organisations
https://www.cer.eu/corporate-members#tabs
Our integrity statement, which provides more detail on how we protect our independence, is set out here https://www.cer.eu/integrity-statement#tabs -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
1,739,701€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contributions, Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Open Society Foundations 258,300€ Grant Ecorys 20,651€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Through our meetings, seminars and conferences, we bring together people from the worlds of politics and business, as well as other opinion-formers. Most of our events are by invitation only and off the record, to ensure a high level of debate.
The conclusions of our research and seminars are reflected in our publications, as well as in the private papers and briefings that senior officials, ministers and commissioners ask us to provide.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
60 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 04 Mar 2025 Location Brussels Subject EU’s circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall Attending - Jessika Roswall (Commissioner)
- Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2025 Location Brussels Subject EU-UK relations DG Secretariat-General Attending - Richard Szostak (Director)
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Date 05 Feb 2025 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting / EU-UK relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2024 Location London Subject Speaker at CER organised conference DG Economic and Financial Affairs Attending - Maarten Verwey (Director-General)
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Date 03 Sep 2024 Location Brussels Subject economic situation, competitiveness, international trade Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Pim Lescrauwaet (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Enlargement DG Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood Attending - Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
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Date 21 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Enlargement DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
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Date 13 Jun 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy crisis and transition DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 25 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Climate Agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Climate Agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Industrial policy, chips act, IRA. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
- Stina Soewarta (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2022 Location Conference Brussels Subject EU-US co-operation on public health DG Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority Attending - Pierre Delsaux (Director-General)
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Date 29 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Topical geopolitical developments and energy transition Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2021 Location Brussels-video conference Subject Explanation of the European Green Deal and fit for 55 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 23 Feb 2021 Location Online Subject Deliveries on Energy policy and the European Green Deal, RRF plans and a budget fit for a sustainable recovery. Role of Energy Efficiency and renewables in reaching climate neutrality. Electrification and the development of hydrogen, infrastructure. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 21 Apr 2020 Location virtual meeting via videoconference Subject European Way of Life after the Coronavirus Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
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Date 31 Mar 2020 Location Brussels (webinar) Subject EU's trade policy fit in the 21st century DG Trade Attending - Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
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Date 12 Jun 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU Current Affairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject State of play EPPO DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Tiina Astola (Director-General)
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Date 26 Mar 2019 Location BERL, Brussels Subject Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Richard Szostak (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2019 Location BERL Subject Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Richard Szostak (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jan 2019 Location BERL Subject Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Charles Grant, Director of CER - Brexit and Brexit preparedness, State of play DG Secretariat-General Attending - Martin Selmayr (Secretary-General)
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Date 06 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Roundtable on 'Enhancing the Rule of Law in the EU' Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject Discussion of gender equality and the Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 07 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations DG Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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Date 07 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
- Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
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Date 06 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
Other Lobbyists - Carnegie Europe
- Egmont Institute
- Bruegel
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute
- Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’
- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Finnish Institute of International Affairs
- European Policy Centre
- Centre on European Relations (Scotland)
- DCU Brexit Institute
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Date 22 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
- Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion about Neighbourhood and Enlargement negociations DG Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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Date 21 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Structural Funds and rule of law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu Portfolio Regional Policy Attending - Anna-Lena Zademach-Schwierz (Cabinet member)
- Tomas Nejdl (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion about Neighbourhood and Enlargement negociations DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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Date 13 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discussion on Migration and Asylum DG Migration and Home Affairs Attending - Alfred Matthias Ruete (Director-General)
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Date 23 Aug 2017 Location Brussels Subject Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Richard Szostak (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject 5th Meeting of the Amato Group: External Dimension of Migration Management DG Migration and Home Affairs Attending - Alfred Matthias Ruete (Director-General)
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Date 11 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Trade policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
- Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Mar 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
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Date 27 Feb 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU general affairs DG Secretariat-General Attending - Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
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Date 20 Jan 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Current EU policy issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2016 Location London Subject Dinner hosted by the Centre for European Reform and CityUK to discuss the economic and political outlook for the EU and the eurozone in 2017. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Current EU policy issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Current EU policy issues and the UK situation Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Security of Gas Supply Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Belgium Subject Overview of EU Financial issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Chantal Hughes (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Current EU policy issues, UK negotiations. Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2015 Location London Subject UK Referendum DG Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom Attending - Jonathan Faull (Director-General)
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Date 01 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Five Presidents' Report, British question Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Current EU Policy Issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject future of EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Simon O'Connor (Cabinet member)
- Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Sep 2015 Location BERL 2/320 Subject UK Referendum DG Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom Attending - Jonathan Faull (Director-General)
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Date 10 Feb 2015 Location Berl buirlding in Brussels Subject Relation with professional associations Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Attending - Stefano Manservisi (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Current EU Policy Issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium Subject CWP and better regulation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Michelle Sutton (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont Subject Challenges facing the Commission and the EU in the next five years DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)