Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
FhG
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is Europe's leading organization for applied research, focusing on future technologies and their commercialization in industry.
Lobbying Activity
Fraunhofer Urges Stricter Solar Industry Rules of Origin
Fraunhofer urges EU focus on value retention and innovation
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Oct 2025 · Besuch Fraunhofer IPMS
Fraunhofer ISE Demands Stricter Sustainability Standards for Solar Procurement
Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
6 Oct 2025 · Data Space Business Alliance on the AI Continent Action Plan
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Sept 2025 · Besuch Fraunhofer IWU
Fraunhofer Urges Integrated EU Energy Grid and Unified Planning
Fraunhofer urges EU to clear bioeconomy investment barriers
Fraunhofer urges EU to bridge biotech research-to-industry financing gap
Fraunhofer urges collaborative European AI infrastructure and gigafactories
Meeting with Caroline Vandierendonck (Head of Unit Budget)
31 Mar 2025 · Exchange on the role of R&I in the next MFF, with a focus on the proposed European Competitiveness Fund (ECF)
Meeting with Viktória Ferenc (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Mar 2025 · Introduction, presentation of project of PERAMEDIC
Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
13 Mar 2025 · Research and Innovation
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V. and
3 Mar 2025 · FP10
Fraunhofer calls for innovation-led European Water Resilience Strategy
Response to Delegated act on primarily used components under the Net-Zero Industry Act
20 Feb 2025
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)
27 Jun 2024 · to discuss Fraunhofer Roadmap "Circular Bioeconomy"
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau
25 Jan 2024 · packaging waste
Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
13 Dec 2023 · Standard Essential Patents
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
15 Nov 2023 · Carbon Removals (Staff level)
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Nov 2023 · Standard Essential Patents
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
27 Sept 2023 · Carbon Removals (Staff level)
Fraunhofer urges EU to include biochar in carbon strategy
Fraunhofer Demands Greater Role for Research in Net-Zero Act
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Feb 2023 · Meinungsaustausch zur Forschungs- und Industriepolitik
Fraunhofer IIS opposes new EU rules for compulsory patent licensing
Response to Soil Health Law – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils
14 Mar 2022
Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V.
1 Mar 2022 · Event: Wirtschaftskreis Digitale Ordnungspolitik - Forschungsdatenzugang
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Robert Bosch GmbH and
10 Jan 2022 · Semiconductors
Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
15 Nov 2021 · EU Chips Act
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
4 Nov 2021 · Will follow
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and European Environmental Bureau and
10 Jun 2021 · Roundtable of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance: 3rd meeting of the co-chairs
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
27 Nov 2020 · Roundtable on Processors
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
27 Oct 2020 · EC objectives in hydrogen energy and research on hydrogen technology at Fraunhofer Institutes
Meeting with Christiane Kirketerp De Viron (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn), Sibylle Bikar (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn)
19 Oct 2020 · New ways of working
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
5 Jun 2020 · Introductory phone call to present their concerns on IP and SEPs
Response to New Strategy for the Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
16 Apr 2020
Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)
17 Oct 2019 · Keynote speech at High-level conference
Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)
5 Apr 2019 · European Research
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
4 Apr 2019 · European Research in the MFF
Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)
6 Nov 2018 · RTO Innovation Summit
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
12 Jun 2018 · Visit of CEBIT stand (eHealth, AI, IoT, Cyverscecurity, Vertigo Starts project)
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
22 May 2018 · MFF and implications on FP9
Meeting with Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)
3 Mar 2017 · Standardisation
Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)
7 Feb 2017 · Business discussion
Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
7 Feb 2017 · Digitizing agriculture
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
6 Jul 2016 · DSM
Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy), Thibaut Kleiner (Digital Economy) and
10 Jun 2016 · Standards/IoT
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
3 Dec 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
3 Dec 2015 · European Innovation Council
Meeting with Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)
19 Nov 2015 · Prep meeting for meeting with President of Fraunhofer with Commissioner Moedas
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy), Michael Hager (Digital Economy) and PwCIL
16 Nov 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner) and Meyer Burger Technology AG and Ruggero Schleicher-Tappeser
16 Dec 2014 · Meeting with MEP C. Turmes on xGWP – European Gigawatt Fab
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
2 Dec 2014 · Digital Society