European Council on Foreign Relations

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Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

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.

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ECFR organized activities to provide meeting space for EU decisionmakers to share ideas for common action and to promote informed debate on Europe’s role in the world.
AFRICA: On 25 Jan the Africa-Europe Relations webinar had the participation of Lora Borissova (Cabinet Urpilainen) - ASIA: ECFR published European views of the Indo-Pacific and discussed it with Romana Vlahutin (EEAS) on 25 Mar, Enrique Mora (EEAS) on 6 Sept, and Maria Martin-Prat (DG-Trade) & Gabriele Visentin (EEAS) on 14 Dec. - EUROPEAN POWER: the paper Defending Europe’s Economic Sovereignty was discussed with Colin Brown (DG Trade) & MEP Marie-Pierre Vedrenne on 23 Mar, with Sabine Weyand (DG-trade) on 23 Jun, and MEP Marie-Pierre Vedrenne on 17 Dec. On 27 Apr, the EU’s digital sovereignty meeting was attended by Roberto Viola (DG Connect). ECFR published several papers on Green Deal which were discussed with Anne Bergenfelt (Cabinet Borrell) on 3 Feb, MEP Jytte Guteland on 21 Apr, MEP Mohammed Chahim on 1 Jul & Mauro Petriccione (DG Climate) on 18 Nov. On 14 & 15 Oct The Power Atlas was discussed with Stefano Sannino (EEAS), Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet Urpilainen), Fernando Andresen Guimarães (advisor to Von der Leyen), Simon Mordue (advisor to Michel), Commissioner Vestager and staff of different DGs. Finally, the paper How Europeans see their place in the world was discussed with Olivia Gippner (Cabinet Climate) - MENA: ECFR organized strategy groups meetings. The one on Syria (12 Feb) had Gavin Evans (EEAS), while the one on Algeria (11 Apr) and Libya (30 Nov) were attended by Rosamaria Gili (EEAS). Likewise, the Iraq-EU roundtable (30 Sept) had Till Blume (EEAS). On 3 Apr the Eastern Mediterranean Briefing was attended by Calin-Ionut Ungur & Alexandro Yannis (EEAS). The paper A better European approach to human rights in the MENA was discussed with Eamon Gilmore, EUSR for Human Rights & Sarah Henkel (European Parliament) on 13 Dec. Finally, the Transatlantic Turkey Dialogue had the participation of MEP Nacho Sanchez Amor (18 Jun) & Thomas Frellesen (EEAS) (14 Dec) - WIDER EUROPA: Katarína Mathernová (DG Near) attended the meeting on Belarus (27 Jan) and the presentation of the paper Why the EU should forge security compacts with its eastern neighbours on 11 Mar. On 12 May ECFR organized an Eastern Partnership event with Petra Gombalová Kyslingerová &Pierre Vimont (EEAS). The Western Balkans Strategy group met Marko Makovec (EEAS) on 29 Jun, and Miroslav Lajcak, EUSR for the Prishtina-Belgrade dialogue & MEP Viola von Cramon-Taubadel on18 Nov. - On 9-10 Dec the ECFR’s ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING had Commissioners Urpilainen, Jourová, Sabine Weyand (DG Trade) and Stefano Sannino (EEAS) as speakers - ECFR BERLIN held sessions on German foreign policy with Stefano Sannino (EEAS) on 12 Mar & MEP Reinhard Bütikofer on 8 Jun. ECFR MADRID met Jose Sabadell (EEAS) for a North Africa briefing on 26 Feb, as well as organized meeting on the digital project with Lorena Boix Alonso (DG Connect) on 24 Mar, with Herve Delphin (EEAS), Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet Vestager), Simonetta Cook (Cabinet Charles Michel), Matthieuy Delescluse (DG Connect), and several EEAS experts on 7 May, and EEAS experts on 14 Dec. Likewise, the office event on multilateralism had Zaki Laidi (Advisor to Borrell) and MEP Javi Lopez on 29 Mar; and organized the Santander summer conference with Borrell on 26 Jul. ECFR PARIS held a geopolitical priorities discussion with Von der Leyen & Commissioners Urpilain and Várhelyi on 19 Mar. ECFR ROME discussed Green Deal with Massimo Garribba (DG Energy) on 10 Oct, and met Fernando Gentilini (EEAS) for a MENA session on 4 Oct. Then, they organised a post Merkel Europe discussion with MEP Brando Benifei on 15 Oct. ECFR SOFIA organized a Green Deal discussion with MEP Radan Kanev on 26 Mar. ECFR WARSAW organized meetings on EU Defence with MEP Radosław Sikorski on 1 Jun, and on Migration on the EU Eastern border with MEPs Cimoszewicz & Juknevičienė on 8 Nov.

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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	27 Nov 2023	Location	BERLAYMONT, Brussels
  Subject	High-Level Working Dinner Preparation of the EU-China Summit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Rhodium Group, LLC European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Institut Montaigne Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia Royal United Services Institute Mercator Institute for China Studies Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky, z.s.

• Date	03 Jul 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Think Tank Outreach, European Economic Security Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Kevin Keary (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Jun 2023	Location	Madrid, Spain
  Subject	Lunch discussion organised by ECFR office in Madrid on EU Security and defence issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles
  Portfolio	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission
  Attending	Josep Borrell Fontelles (High Representative)

• Date	28 Feb 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Open Society European Policy Institute Mercator Institute for China Studies The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl Trans European Policy Studies Association Carnegie Europe Bruegel European University Institute Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy European Policy Centre Migration Policy Institute Europe Real Instituto Elcano Europe Jacques Delors Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy

• Date	11 Oct 2022	Location	online
  Subject	Europe Africa Business Forum; Global Gateway Business Advisory Group; Critical Raw Materials.
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Koen Doens (Director-General)

• Date	22 Jun 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion on strategic foresight
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)

• Date	22 Jun 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion on strategic foresight
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Global Gateway, Green Deal, Africa
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Koen Doens (Director-General)

• Date	16 Dec 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	EU external digital policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Dec 2021	Location	Berlin
  Subject	A New Normal: Europe, China and the Future of Global Trade.
  DG	Trade
  Attending	Sabine Weyand (Director-General)

• Date	15 Oct 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	External digital policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	14 Oct 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Courtesy visit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)

• Date	01 Oct 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	ECFR Introducttion, Global Gateway and European Green Deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Arto Virtanen (Cabinet member) Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Jun 2021	Location	online
  Subject	ECFR briefing on European voter polling post-covid-19: global outlook
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member) Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)

• Date	31 Jul 2020	Location	Brussels - Belgium
  Subject	High-Level Roundtable Discussion on: Resilience: How to better protect, prepare and transform the European Union? - [Via Webex]
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet member) Per Haugaard (Cabinet member) Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member) Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member) Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member) Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member) Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member) Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member) Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Pandemic Action Network The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford Juridical Observatory on Digital Innovation Bruegel European Society for Prevention Research Amsterdam: AI Technology for People The Club of Rome Collective Leadership Institute gGmbH European Round Table for Industry

• 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	Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member) Per Haugaard (Cabinet member) Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member) Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member) Olivier Smith (Cabinet member) Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member) Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member) Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member) Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member) Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc Carnegie Europe The German Marshall Fund of the United States - The Transatlantic Foundation GLOBSEC European University Institute Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia the Clingendael Institute Egmont Institute The Wallenberg Foundations AB Real Instituto Elcano Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy Mercator Institute for China Studies

• Date	29 Apr 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	To discuss how to unlock Europe’s potential to act boldly and confidently in the digital age
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	05 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-Africa relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles
  Portfolio	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission
  Attending	Maud Arnould (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Dec 2019	Location	Copenhagen
  Subject	Meeting with director European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

• 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	Centre for European Policy Studies Centre for European Reform Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ Real Instituto Elcano Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Finnish Institute of International Affairs European Policy Centre Centre on European Relations (Scotland) DCU Brexit Institute Carnegie Europe Bruegel Egmont Institute

• Date	11 Oct 2017	Location	bruxelles
  Subject	Turkey
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn
  Portfolio	European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations
  Attending	Johannes Noack (Cabinet member) Michael Doczy (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-China relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)

• Date	19 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-China relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels Belgium
  Subject	State of the Union 2016
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet member) Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Friends of Europe European Policy Centre The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl Migration Policy Institute Europe Royal Institute of International Affairs Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute Bruegel Egmont Institute GLOBSEC

• Date	23 May 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	trade relations with China
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)

• Date	23 May 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-China relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)

• Date	26 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Market Economy Status for China
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Mar 2016	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	exchange of views
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Zacharias Giakoumis (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Mar 2016	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	Invitation to attend ECFR's annual Council meeting
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Alice Richard (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 Dec 2015	Location	Bruxelles
  Subject	External Action of 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	Alice Richard (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting focused on the organization's latest reports.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
  Portfolio	Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
  Attending	Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet member)

• Date	01 Jul 2015	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	EU foreign policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Alice Richard (Cabinet member)

• Date	31 Mar 2015	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	Meeting with Mr Nick Witney
  DG	Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
  Attending	Ann Mettler (Director-General)

• Date	03 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Priorities of the new commission
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jan 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)