Bruegel

Bruegel is the European think tank that specialises in economics.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament) and European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity

19 Nov 2025 · Grids Package: Spotlight on TEN-E Governance

Meeting with Martina Lodrant (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and Mercator Institute for China Studies

13 Oct 2025 · Debrief on the findings of their analysis on China’s evolving domestic dynamics, the country's economy as well as changes in its foreign policy trajectory.

Meeting with Wioletta Dunin-Majewska (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

7 Oct 2025 · Bruegel roundtable - EU energy system governance for competitiveness, security and decarbonization

Meeting with Stefan Moser (Head of Unit Energy)

6 Oct 2025 · Housing Policy in the EU

Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy) and

2 Oct 2025 · Discussion on the ongoing work of Bruegel on electricity grids and electricity market

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 Sept 2025 · 28. Regime

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament) and

3 Sept 2025 · LinkedIn/OECD session on skills-first hiring

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

2 Sept 2025 · to present the new Bruegel-CEPR Paris Report focused on global action for climate and nature.

Meeting with Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Sept 2025 · MFF

Meeting with Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

28 Jul 2025 · EU-UK relations

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

24 Jun 2025 · Automotive

Meeting with Anne Fort (Cabinet of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius)

17 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on defence policy

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade) and

28 May 2025 · EPC Trade Policy Forum- Reviving Multilateralism: Europe’s Role in Rebuilding Global Trade Governance

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

21 May 2025 · Key aspects of financial regulations in US and EU

Meeting with Irene Tinagli (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Courtesy meeting

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and

14 May 2025 · Implementation of Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Christof Lessenich (Head of Unit Energy)

11 Apr 2025 · EU electricity grids, distributional effects of electricity policies, energy data availability, capacity mechanisms

Meeting with Tomas Baert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

21 Mar 2025 · Trade Policy discussion and presentation of research on transatlantic trade relations

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque) and Université libre de Bruxelles

21 Mar 2025 · Meeting to discuss financial markets developments

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

11 Mar 2025 · Video-conference - CBAM and Carbon Diplomacy. Bruegel is preparing a brief and asked for input on the relationship between CBAM and reinforced EU carbon diplomac.

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Feb 2025 · Grid Infrastructure

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and

5 Feb 2025 · Physical meeting - Exchange of views on the taxation of the financial sector

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and European University Institute

18 Dec 2024 · Meeting to exchange views on the Clean Industrial Deal.

Meeting with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Energy and Ukraine

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

10 Dec 2024 · Circular Economy and preparation of external event

Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Jana Toom (Member of the European Parliament) and

3 Oct 2024 · Social and Inclusive Growth

Meeting with Maarten Verwey (Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)

4 Sept 2024 · Bruegel Annual Meeting. Speaker on session: Increasing public investment in the EU

Meeting with Maarten Verwey (Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)

25 Jun 2024 · Discussant in Bruegel event: Europe's banking union at 10: unfinished yet transformative

Meeting with Maarten Verwey (Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)

25 Jun 2024 · Invitation to attend Bruegel dinner

Meeting with Lora Borissova (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Taneli Lahti (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

22 May 2024 · international partnerships

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)

15 May 2024 · Speech at the event/workshop financial tools for biodiversity

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

7 Mar 2024 · Banking Union, AML

Meeting with Ruth Reichstein (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

6 Mar 2024 · Future of European Green Deal

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and

13 Feb 2024 · Roundtable on Green Deal and Industrial Policy

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

22 Nov 2023 · Implementation of the European Green Deal, in particular the biodiversity and circular economy strands

Meeting with Martina Dlabajová (Member of the European Parliament) and

20 Nov 2023 · Investing in Research and Innovation: Towards FP10

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

16 Nov 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Morten Petersen (Member of the European Parliament) and WindEurope

15 Nov 2023 · Ongoing Parliamentary work related to the green transition

Meeting with Javi López (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Nov 2023 · Revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

6 Sept 2023 · Governance of EU climate and energy policy

Meeting with Tomislav Sokol (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

31 Aug 2023 · EHDS

Meeting with Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

31 Aug 2023 · High-Level working dinner on SOTEU with Think Tanks

Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament) and Climate Action Network Europe

4 Jul 2023 · EU trade policy in the context of the European Green Deal

Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2023 · Electricity market design (meeting held by the APA responsible)

Meeting with Damien Carême (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and WindEurope

16 May 2023 · Echanges de vues sur NZIA (Staff level)

Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament)

10 May 2023 · Net-Zero Industry Act

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Apr 2023 · Strommarktdesign

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

31 Mar 2023 · Sustainability related disclosure standards

Meeting with Ilze Juhansone (Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

29 Mar 2023 · Introductory meeting between Ms I. Juhansone and Mr J. Zettelmeyer

Meeting with Marcel Kolaja (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and

8 Mar 2023 · discussion about protection of children on-line and encryption

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and Agora Think Tanks gGmbH

28 Feb 2023 · Strommarktdesign

Meeting with Reinhard Bütikofer (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Feb 2023 · Speaker "close-door round table on evolving BRI andEurope"

Meeting with Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

28 Feb 2023 · Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jan 2023 · EU Digital policies

Meeting with Andreas Schneider (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

9 Dec 2022 · Speaker at the conference on food security "European responses to global grain shortages as a result of Russia’s attack on Ukraine"

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Pim Lescrauwaet (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

8 Dec 2022 · Current fiscal policy in the EU

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Jul 2022 · EU-Gaspolitik

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

20 May 2022 · European policy

Meeting with Catharina Rinzema (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Apr 2022 · EU-China trade relations

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

26 Apr 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

31 Mar 2022 · Bruegel online podcast session on REPowerEU

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Mar 2022 · Energy

Meeting with Luis Garicano (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

17 Jan 2022 · Meeting with academics

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

30 Sept 2021 · Banking

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Sept 2021 · carbon contracts for difference

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

2 Sept 2021 · Trade Policy, international trade and investment.

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

2 Sept 2021 · Speech at Bruegel Annual Meeting - The role of the state in providing infrastructure for decarbonisation

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)

2 Sept 2021 · Panel Discussion on Competitiveness of EU Banks and the Future of EU Banks

Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

13 Jul 2021 · Preparation of the Csrr's upcoming speech at Bruegel

Meeting with Maarten Verwey (Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)

23 Jun 2021 · Bruegel event: How to spend it? A closer look at the recovery plans.

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

31 Mar 2021 · HLIP Pandemic Preparedness & Response

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

10 Dec 2020 · New Pact on Migration and Asylum

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Olivier Smith (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Per Haugaard (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

31 Jul 2020 · High-Level Roundtable Discussion on: Resilience: How to better protect, prepare and transform the European Union? - [Via Webex]

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Olivier Smith (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Per Haugaard (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

29 Jul 2020 · Brainstorming Session on "The State of the Union on 2020 and the Recovery of Europe's Economy" [Via Webex]

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

14 May 2020 · Webinar -Democracy in the times of COVID-19

Meeting with Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner) and

21 Apr 2020 · Debate on the role of cohesion policy in the fight against COVID 19

Meeting with Jérome Deslandes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

2 Mar 2020 · EU body for anti-money laundering; Completion of the Banking Union, with a specific focus on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

26 Feb 2020 · Economic aspects of the Green Deal

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

20 Jan 2020 · Neighbourhood and Enlargement

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

19 Nov 2019 · Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)

11 Sept 2019 · EU-Singapore FTA/IPA

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)

9 Sept 2019 · Participation seminar - energy priorities

Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)

4 Sept 2019 · annual state of play

Meeting with Alexandra Marten (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete), Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

7 Mar 2019 · Energy and climate related issues

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

25 Feb 2019 · Banking union

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

18 Dec 2018 · Priorities for Trade for 2019