Médecins Sans Frontières International

MSF International

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Corinna Ullrich (Director Migration and Home Affairs) and

6 Nov 2025 · Meeting between the European Commission and civil society representatives active in search and rescue activities.

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Sea-Watch e.V.

5 Nov 2025 · Facilitation Directive

Meeting with Rainer Becker (Director Health and Food Safety)

20 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on Access to Medicines

Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2025 · NGOs and situation on the ground in Palestine

Meeting with Hilde Vautmans (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Oct 2025 · Gaza

Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Meeting with Hadja Lahbib (Commissioner) and

23 Sept 2025 · • Humanitarian crises • Middle East • Sudan

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Sept 2025 · Delegation visit to the Closed Controlled Access Centre on Kos

Meeting with Lora Borissova (Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja Lahbib)

2 Sept 2025 · • Humanitarian crises • Middle East

Meeting with Lynn Boylan (Member of the European Parliament, Delegation chair)

16 Jul 2025 · MSF's work in Gaza

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Jul 2025 · Gaza

Meeting with Grigorios Delavekouras (Cabinet of Commissioner Magnus Brunner)

24 Jun 2025 · Discussion on the situation at the Polish-Belorussian border

Meeting with Beate Gminder (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs) and

24 Jun 2025 · Flash report: Meeting with Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, and Doctors Without Borders/MSF on the situation at PL-BY border

Meeting with Mélissa Camara (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Jun 2025 · Reglement retour

Meeting with Hadja Lahbib (Commissioner) and

13 May 2025 · • Humanitarian Crisis • Humanitarian aid

Meeting with Cecile Billaux (Head of Unit Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

2 Apr 2025 · Exchange on the ongoing developments on the Fragility & Humanitarian Approach for Gavi 6.0 2026-2030

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

17 Mar 2025 · Facilitation directive; entry-exit-system

Meeting with Silvia Michelini (Director Migration and Home Affairs) and

13 Mar 2025 · Discussion on the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum in Italie

Meeting with Hans Das (Deputy Director-General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations)

12 Mar 2025 · Briefing on the situation in Sudan

Meeting with Sibylle Bikar (Cabinet of High Representative/ Vice-President Kaja Kallas)

14 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting, MSF presented the main priorities for 2025.

Meeting with Zacharias Giakoumis (Head of Unit European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations)

31 Jan 2025 · MSF and Commission exchanged views on the upcoming EHF 2025 (19-20 May 2025). The Commission outlined the concept behind the EHF 2025, its key themes (fragility and humanitarian diplomacy) and envisaged structure.

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

15 Nov 2024 · Current humanitarian issues

Meeting with Sigrid Friis (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Oct 2024 · COP 29

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Oct 2024 · Cooperation on LIBE related matters

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Oct 2024 · LIBE Civil Society Meeting

Meeting with Rasmus Nordqvist (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Introduktionsmøde med Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OB

Meeting with Marco Tarquinio (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · MSF work

Meeting with Beate Gminder (Acting Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

26 Mar 2024 · discussion on the EU migration report 'Death, despair and destitution: the human costs of the EU's migration policies'

Meeting with Francisco Fontan Pardo (Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles)

1 Mar 2024 · The discussion was on humanitarian situation of Gaza and Sudan

Meeting with Janez Lenarčič (Commissioner) and

1 Mar 2024 · Humanitarian crises in Gaza and Sudan

Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

13 Feb 2024 · Facilitators Package - stakeholders’ consultation meeting

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

10 Jan 2024 · EU Compulsory Licensing

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

19 Oct 2023 · Migration Situation in Member States (staff level)

Meeting with Catherine Amalric (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Social Insurance Platform AISBL

9 Oct 2023 · Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation

Meeting with Helmut Scholz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Stichting Health Action International

5 Oct 2023 · Compulsory licenses

Meeting with Helmut Scholz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

4 Oct 2023 · Compulsory licenses

Meeting with Camilo Villarino (Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles)

25 Jul 2023 · The discussion was on current development in East Africa

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

11 Jul 2023 · Response to major humanitarian crises

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Jun 2023 · Pharma legislation

Meeting with Ilan De Basso (Member of the European Parliament) and

30 May 2023 · Möte

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

23 Jan 2023 · Intellectual property framework

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

11 Nov 2022 · Global public health; emergency medical response in major humanitarian crises

Meeting with Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and

9 Nov 2022 · Global Health Strategy

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

22 Jul 2022 · safety and security of humanitarian workers

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2022 · Libya and asylum

Meeting with Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

7 Jul 2022 · Access to Covid tools and Global Health issues

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

7 Jul 2022 · Task force on vaccine production and initiatives in Africa

Meeting with Sara Cerdas (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Jul 2022 · COVAX and the COVI Committee

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

3 May 2022 · TRIPS

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Kevin Keary (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

3 May 2022 · tbc

Meeting with Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

29 Nov 2021 · situation at EU Eastern borders

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)

18 Nov 2021 · Global access to COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

15 Nov 2021 · Current humanitarian crises

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

7 Oct 2021 · COVID Vaccines

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

3 Jun 2021 · Trade in relation to COVID-related technologies

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

29 Mar 2021 · Migration management on Lesvos

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič) and Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies

11 Feb 2021 · EU humanitarian aid in the context of Covid-19

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

26 Jan 2021 · European Pact on Migration and Asylum.

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

17 Dec 2020 · Covid-19 – humanitarian response and vaccines

Meeting with Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

15 Dec 2020 · VTC: New Pact on Migration and Asylum

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Sept 2020 · Vaccins

Meeting with Astrid Dentler (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)

31 Aug 2020 · Green Paper on Ageing Rights and autonomy of the elderly Situation in care homes for elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

12 Jun 2020 · COVID-19

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and

28 May 2020 · Roundtable with Civil Society (NGOs)-The EU global response to COVID-19

Meeting with Janez Lenarčič (Commissioner) and

26 May 2020 · International humanitarian law (IHL) and MSF's key priorities linked to Covid-19

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

5 May 2020 · Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič), Roland Sourd (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič) and Norwegian Refugee Council Europe

2 Apr 2020 · Humanitarian assistance in the context of Covid-19

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

27 Mar 2020 · Covid-19

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

21 Mar 2020 · Covid-19

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

12 Mar 2020 · Discussion on the current situation in Greece

Meeting with Natasha Bertaud (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

9 Mar 2020 · New Pact for Migration and Asylum, Search and Rescue, Facilitators directive

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

14 Feb 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

14 Jan 2020 · Humanitarian aid / International Humanitarian Law

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

22 Jun 2018 · EU-India negotiations + trade with medicines in that context

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini), Michael Curtis (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

20 Apr 2018 · Migration- Mediterranean

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

12 Jan 2018 · migration

Meeting with Lowri Evans (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

27 Sept 2017 · Discussion of supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products in the EU