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Lobbying at the EU

Who lobbies the European Union?

70 organisations with their headquarters in Cyprus are in the European transparency register. They try to influence European laws and decisions. Since December 2024 they have had 55 meetings with the European Commission between them.

What is lobbying? (click to read)
  • Lobbying means trying to influence the decisions of politicians and civil servants: through conversations, studies, letters or events. This is allowed and is done by companies, but also by trade unions, environmental organisations and cities.
  • Anyone who wants to meet the European Commission or the European Parliament must be in the transparency register and state how much money and how many people are spent on it.
  • The amounts are reported by the organisations themselves, in ranges (e.g. "between 1 and 1.25 million euros"). Nobody checks them all.
  • A European federation with its headquarters in Brussels often represents companies from all over Europe. That is why there are so many organisations in Belgium.
  • We do not show self-employed individuals (people).

Organisations

70

Reported lobbying costs per year

€ 3.7 million – € 5.8 million

Of 40 companies, federations and trade unions that report this.

Access badges for the European Parliament

0

Lobbyists who can walk in freely.

Who are they?

  • NGOs and citizens’ organisations 23
  • Companies 19
  • Trade unions and professional associations 8
  • Trade and professional federations 7
  • Universities and colleges 5
  • Consultancies 4
  • Other organisations and public institutions 2
  • Think tanks and research institutions 1
  • Law firms 1

Biggest lobbying budgets

What they report themselves for lobbying work at the EU, per year.

  1. CYPRUS SHIPPING CHAMBER Trade and professional federations € 900,000 – € 1 million
  2. Insurance Association of Cyprus Trade and professional federations € 500,000 – € 600,000
  3. Ecliptic Defence and Space Companies € 500,000 – € 600,000
  4. AEOLIKI LTD Companies € 200,000 – € 300,000
  5. TITAN SA Companies € 100,000 – € 200,000
  6. CYPRUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Trade and professional federations € 100,000 – € 200,000
  7. Aylo Freesites Ltd Companies € 100,000 – € 200,000
  8. SCM Holding Limited Companies € 100,000 – € 200,000
  9. Cyprus Investment Funds Association Trade unions and professional associations € 100,000 – € 200,000
  10. BirdLife Cyprus (Πτηνολογικός Σύνδεσμος Κύπρου) NGOs and citizens’ organisations € 100,000 – € 200,000

Most meetings with the European Commission

With commissioners, their private offices or directors-general, since December 2024.

  1. TITAN SA Companies 7 meetings
  2. Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce Trade and professional federations 6 meetings
  3. CYPRUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Trade and professional federations 6 meetings
  4. Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation Trade and professional federations 5 meetings
  5. Association of Cyprus Banks Trade and professional federations 2 meetings
  6. Aylo Freesites Ltd Companies 2 meetings
  7. CHARLIE AIRLINES LTD Companies 2 meetings
  8. ΠΑΓΚΥΠΡΙΑ ΕΡΓΑΤΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ Trade unions and professional associations 2 meetings
  9. SCM Holding Limited Companies 2 meetings
  10. The Cyprus Institute Universities and colleges 2 meetings

Source: EU transparency register and meetings of the European Commission with interest representatives (European Commission, reuse allowed with credit to the source). Amounts as reported by the organisations themselves.