Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
44
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform)
EU Transparency Register
85083981189-35 First registered on 20 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
Social Platform is the largest civil society alliance fighting for social justice and participatory democracy in Europe. Consisting of 42 pan-European networks of NGOs, Social Platform campaigns to ensure that EU policies are developed in partnership with the people they affect, respecting fundamental rights, promoting solidarity and improving lives.
Rather than being merely interest representatives, NGOs member of Social Platform represent a structured voice of engaged citizens and civil society.
In that respect, NGOs member of Social Platform build European solidarity and help reduce the gap between politicians and citizens by enabling local organisations and people to participate in European decisions which have an impact on their lives.
Social Platform is committed to transparency about EU interest representation. Social Platform believes that this register fails basic transparency standards and that it does not provide EU lobbying transparency. When registering, we have therefore chosen to give all the relevant information that we consider necessary for lobbying transparency. A credible EU lobbying transparency register should include names of individual lobbyists and the issues that they try to influence, provide precise and comparable financial information on lobbying, have effective sanctions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed. In an effort to arrive at a more objective way of calculating lobbying expenditures, we follow the guidelines that result from consultation with public interest organisations, professionals working on lobbying transparency as well as experts on US lobby disclosure legislation. Our registration is therefore providing a more comprehensive calculation of our expenses for activities that aim to influence the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions, and a list of those who, on behalf of Social Platform, carry out such activities.
Our registration is based on the guidelines for transparent registration developed by the Civil Society Contact Group and ALTER-EU. You can find the guidelines on “http://www.act4europe.org/register"Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Square de Meeus
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Feb 2014
Name Start date End Date Mr Robert Stakelum 18 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Ms Katja Reuter 09 Aug 2023 08 Aug 2024 Mr Robert RANSON 16 May 2023 15 May 2024 Ms Laura de Bonfils 13 May 2023 10 May 2024 Mr Riccardo ROSSELLA 13 Apr 2023 12 Apr 2024 Ms Katja Reuter 08 Sep 2022 09 Aug 2023 Ms Laura de Bonfils 24 May 2022 13 May 2023 Ms Ailbhe FINN 19 Mar 2022 18 Mar 2023 Ms Katja Reuter 22 Feb 2020 20 Feb 2021 Ms Kelig BOSSERT-PUYET 15 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Helen Joseph 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Ms Ranty MARIE JOSETTE C 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Mr Juris Ludvigs LAVRIKOVS 22 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Silvana RÖBSTORF 22 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Katja Reuter 23 Jan 2019 23 Jan 2020 Mr Juris Ludvigs LAVRIKOVS 08 Jun 2018 08 Jun 2019 Ms Kelig BOSSERT-PUYET 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Ms Maria SMIRNOWA 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Ms Silvana RÖBSTORF 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Ms Helen Joseph 15 Jan 2018 12 Jan 2019 Mr Gilberto Pelosi 15 Jan 2018 12 Jan 2019 Ms Kelig BOSSERT-PUYET 05 May 2017 04 May 2018 Ms Silvana RÖBSTORF 23 Mar 2017 22 Mar 2018 Ms Valentina CAIMI 23 Jan 2017 14 Jun 2017 Ms Annika RYNGBECK 23 Jan 2017 13 Jan 2018 Ms Helen Joseph 23 Jan 2017 13 Jan 2018 Mr Gilberto Pelosi 23 Jan 2017 13 Jan 2018 Mr Maxime GEHRENBECK 22 Aug 2016 23 Mar 2017 Ms Valentina CAIMI 19 Jan 2016 18 Jan 2017 Mr Pierre BAUSSAND 19 Jan 2016 18 Jan 2017 Ms Annika RYNGBECK 19 Jan 2016 18 Jan 2017 Ms Helen Joseph 19 Jan 2016 18 Jan 2017 Mr Gilberto Pelosi 05 Dec 2015 03 Dec 2016 Mr Pierre BAUSSAND 13 Jan 2015 09 Jan 2016 Ms Annika RYNGBECK 13 Jan 2015 09 Jan 2016 Ms Herlinde VANHOOYDONCK 13 Jan 2015 11 Nov 2015 Ms Valentina CAIMI 13 Jan 2015 09 Jan 2016 Ms Helen Joseph 13 Jan 2015 09 Jan 2016 Ms Herlinde VANHOOYDONCK 25 Jan 2014 13 Jan 2015 Mr Pierre BAUSSAND 24 Jan 2014 13 Jan 2015 Ms Annika RYNGBECK 24 Jan 2014 13 Jan 2015 Ms Valentina CAIMI 24 Jan 2014 13 Jan 2015 Ms Annika RYNGBECK 09 Feb 2013 24 Jan 2014 Ms Valentina CAIMI 09 Feb 2013 24 Jan 2014 Mr Pierre BAUSSAND 31 Jan 2013 24 Jan 2014 Ms Herlinde VANHOOYDONCK 01 Feb 2013 25 Jan 2014 Mrs Herlinde VANHOOYDONCK 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Valentina CAIMI 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Pierre BAUSSAND 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Annika RYNGBECK 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Pierre BAUSSAND (Director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
700,000 €
Other financial info
Following the guidelines of the EU Civil Society Contact Group, Social Platform has calculated that it has spent an estimated 250 000 on activities carried out with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision making processes of the European Union Institutions. This figure is arrived at by calculating 50% of the staff costs for staff who work on policy, plus 50% of meetings organised where an element of such meetings included trying to influence policy.
Funding of Social Platform is used to help reduce the gap between politicians and citizens by enabling local organisations and people to participate in European decisions which have an impact on their lives. NGOs do so through their participatory structures and by organising working groups, seminars, workshops in which participants from all over Europe gather and propose appropriate measures to address their concerns. In that respect, their bottom-up and participatory approach build European solidarity.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
44 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.
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Date 09 Jan 2023 Location Virtual Subject Economic Governance Review Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Pim Lescrauwaet (Cabinet member)
- Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2022 Location Bruxelles Subject Short discussion on the social dimension of the Economic Governance Review and the socio-economic impact of the war in Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Attending - Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
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Date 13 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss EU Solidarity Strategy to respond to the Ukraine crisis. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject social dialogue DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 02 Sep 2022 Location Online Subject Ukraine Safe Homes Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Jun 2022 Location online Subject Social Platform position on an EU Solidarity Strategy to respond to the Ukraine crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Jun 2022 Location Virtual Subject Social dimension of the Economic Governance Review and European Semester, in the context of learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet member)
- Pim Lescrauwaet (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Sep 2021 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the Organisation, Digital Divide Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2021 Location online Subject Porto social summit, minimum wage, minimum income, social protection DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 05 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Intervention in a roundtable event “Stand up for the Social Pillar” on the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the road to the Porto Social Summit. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jan 2021 Location virtual Subject Social Platform report on the European Semester process and the European Pillar of Social Rights. Topics: Exchange of views on social dialogue, European Pillar of Social Rights and NGEU. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 May 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference for Social Platform to present the outcome of their General Assembly, their mission and vision, discussion about the revision of the Commission Working Programme, dialogue between the Commission and civil society organisations. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Commission priorities for social policies, European Semester and Pillar of Social Rights, reforms for inclusive growth Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 25 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Equality and inclusion measures Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EC cooperation with Civil Society Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Conference on the Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Mattia De Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject échanges de vue dans le domaine social Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Aug 2018 Location Brussels Subject Situation et priorités sociales en Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jul 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject meeting with the representatives of the SDG high-level multi-stakeholder platform 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)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject meeting with the representatives of the SDG high-level multi-stakeholder platform Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Follow-up to the European Pillar of Social Rights Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Oct 2017 Location Berlaymont Subject Pillar of Social Rights DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 27 Sep 2017 Location Bruxelles Subject Priorités sociales de la Commission européenne Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Apr 2017 Location Berlaymont Subject Annual General Assemply and Social Issues DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 09 Feb 2017 Location BERL 10/411 Subject CESI-Eurodiaconia-Social Platform initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
- Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet member)
- Ruth Paserman (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Protection of fundamental rights and 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 - Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet member)
- Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
- Save the Children International
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- Amnesty International Limited
- Human Rights Watch
- International Federation for Human Rights
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Date 31 May 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Worklife Balance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Social dimension of EMU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
- Fabien Dell (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Roundtable 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)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Socle des droits sociaux Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Fundamental Rights 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 29 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Priorités sociales de la Commission Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Annual Colloquium on the situation of fundamental rights 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 - Alice Richard (Cabinet member)
- Liene Balta (Cabinet member)
- Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet member)
- Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 24 Mar 2015 Location European Commission, Brussels Subject Meeting held in the context of closer involvement of civil society in the European Semester. Topics discussed: EU economic governance. Streamlining of the European Semester: COM analysis in Country Reports and the involvement of civil society organizations. Mid-term review of Europe 2020 strategy. 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)
- Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Europe sociale Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Equal Treatment Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Amnesty International Limited
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth & Student Organisation
- European Women's Lobby
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- European Disability Forum
- European Network Against Racism
- AGE Platform Europe
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Date 15 Jan 2015 Location Sassenheim Subject Better regulation and European affairs in general 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 09 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Roundtable with NGO's on fundamental rights 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)
Other Lobbyists - Amnesty International Limited
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles
- AGE Platform Europe
- European Youth Forum
- European Women's Lobby
- European Network on Religion and Belief
- European Disability Forum
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- European Network Against Racism
- Human Rights Watch
- International Federation for Human Rights
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Date 09 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Roundtable with NGOs on fundamental rights and non-discrimination Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Human Rights Watch
- European Network on Religion and Belief
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles
- European Women's Lobby
- European Youth Forum
- AGE Platform Europe
- European Disability Forum
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- European Network Against Racism
- International Federation for Human Rights
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Date 12 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Priorités de l'UE dans le domaine social Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 05 Dec 2014 Location Bruxelles Subject SGI (Services of general interest) TTIP-TISA-ISDS Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
- Meetings