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)
1.6 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
EU Transparency Register
722154030862-55 First registered on 19 Mar 2018
Goals / Remit
Since its foundation in 2013, MERICS has established itself as the leading European think tank on China. Employing more than 20 full-time research staff from all over Europe, with a wide range of scientific qualifications and methodological skills, MERICS is currently the largest European institute focusing solely on the analysis of contemporary China. With its headquarters based in Berlin and offices in Brussels, the institute is regularly at the forefront of European and international public debates on China. MERICS’s numerous studies and analyses on various aspects of European China policy have been regularly quoted in European and international media in recent years. In addition, MERICS's experts are regularly consulted on these topics by senior public and private sector decision-makers from all over Europe.
Main EU files targeted
MERICS advises across the whole spectrum of EU and EU member state relations with China. In doing so, the institute regularly works on a wide range of policy domains, such as trade, social affairs, foreign and security policy, and the environment.
Address
Head Office
Alte Jakobstrasse 85-86
Berlin 10179
GERMANYEU Office
Alte Jakobstrasse 85-86
Berlin 10179
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 10% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
All numbers of persons involved in the activities described under heading 9 are employees of MERICS.
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
N/A
Member organisations
MERICS provides reserach and analysis services as part of services contracts to a number of public sector and private industry organisations, which are labelled "MERICS members". However, these entities are not members in a legal meaning of the term and also not part of MERICS's governance structure. They have no influence on MERICS's decision-making processes and activities.
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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
3,459,699€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants, Member's contributions, Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Stiftung Mercator GmbH 2,319,950€ Other financial info
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
MERICS is regularly at the forefront of European and international public debates on China. MERICS’s numerous studies and analyses on various aspects of European China policy have been regularly quoted in European and international media in recent years. In addition, MERICS's experts are regularly consulted on these topics by senior public and private sector decision-makers from all over Europe.
MERICS staff are regularly in touch with EU officials as part of subject matter exchanges. DG Trade of the European Commission is a member of MERICS an, as such, regularly has Commission staff take part in events. MERICS also has extensive experience in convening conferences and workshops for different public and private sector European audiences on EU China policy issues, including a high-profile series of Track 1.5 events with the EU institutions as well as European foreign ministries and European economic ministries. In March 2023, MERICS co-hosted President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen's keynote address on De-Risking in Brussels.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 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.
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 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)
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Date 27 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on the I.D.E.A. fellowship on China Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Jivka Petkova (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Working dinner on China matters other guests: - Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU - Director North East Asia & China / Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK - Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location Videoconference Subject 2021 report on transatlantic China policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject The State of the Union in 2020 - The Digital Transition at the core of Europe's Recovery - [Via Webex] Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
- Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
- Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
- Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
- Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet member)
- Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
- Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
- Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
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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 - Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member)
- Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
- Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
- Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
- Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
- Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
- Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
- Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
- Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jun 2020 Location Berlin, Germany Subject Meeting with the Executive Director (Exchange of views) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 16 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting with the Mercator Institute for China Studies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jul 2019 Location Berlaymont Subject Geopolitics DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 29 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Cyber security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2019 Location Berlaymont Subject EU Global Strategy DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)