Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.
VKU
The Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) represents German local public utilities in energy, water, waste, and telecommunications.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Jan 2026 · Vergaberecht
Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
3 Dec 2025 · Circular Economy & Species protection
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Nov 2025 · Water
Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
18 Nov 2025 · Environmental Omnibus & Circular Economy Act
Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Nov 2025 · Omnibus packages for energy, environment, and digital policy
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Nov 2025 · Climate and Energy Policy
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament) and Trianel GmbH
18 Nov 2025 · Breakfast Event on Affordable Energy Prices
Meeting with Anna Stürgkh (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Nov 2025 · Introduction
Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Nov 2025 · Energy Politics
German municipal utilities urge less red tape for energy AI
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Oct 2025 · Climate and Environment Policy
Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Oct 2025 · Veranstaltung Dezember
German utilities support EU clean tech procurement rules but seek clarification
German utilities urge EU to maintain ex-ante regulation for fibre rollout
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Sept 2025 · Exchange on Industrial Decarbonisation Act
German local utilities urge CO2 infrastructure while prioritizing water safety
German municipal utilities urge subsidiarity in EU climate resilience regulation
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Sept 2025 · circular economy
German municipal utilities demand local focus in EU digital law
Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Jul 2025 · Omnibus I, CSRD and CSDDD
German municipal utilities oppose including waste incineration in EU ETS
German utilities demand EU protection for regional data centers
VKU urges fair data sharing and open source investment
German municipal utilities urge simpler rules in Cybersecurity Act review
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Jun 2025 · Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.
11 Jun 2025 · EU Water Policy
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
10 Jun 2025 · Water Resilience Strategy and Urban Waster Water Treatment Directive
German municipal utilities urge EU to simplify AI rules
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V. and
23 May 2025 · EU Energiepolitik
Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament)
12 May 2025 · Besuchergruppe: VKU-Landesgruppe Hessen
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Apr 2025 · Breitbandausbau | DNA
German municipal utilities demand deeper cuts to EU reporting bureaucracy
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals
21 Mar 2025 · Surface water and groundwater pollutants
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and
19 Mar 2025 · Austausch
German municipal utilities association urges local control in water strategy
Meeting with Silke Dalton (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
5 Feb 2025 · Digital infrastructure on communal level in Germany
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Feb 2025 · Austausch Industrie und Klimapolitik
Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Feb 2025 · EU Industry policy
German municipal utilities urge EU to slash reporting bureaucracy
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)
30 Jan 2025 · 2040-Klimaziel (staff level)
Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament) and Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.
29 Jan 2025 · Austausch neue Legislaturperiode
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Jan 2025 · EU Water Policy
Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Nov 2024 · Politischer Austausch
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
18 Nov 2024 · priorities for the municipal economy
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Oct 2024 · Climate and Environment Policy
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Oct 2024 · EU Environmental Policy
Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and BASF SE and
1 Oct 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy
Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Sept 2024 · KMU
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Aug 2024 · Climate and Energy Policy
Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Aug 2024 · Austausch neue Legislaturperiode
German municipal utilities reject focus on European telecom champions
Meeting with Astrid Dentler (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)
22 Apr 2024 · Fit for 55, 2040 target, financing the energy transition, district heating.
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
23 Feb 2024 · Exchange on the European gas markets
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
13 Dec 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive
German municipal utilities demand inclusion in EU SME definition
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Open Grid Europe GmbH
26 Oct 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Oct 2023 · Waste framework directive
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
29 Sept 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V. and
5 Sept 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive (staff level)
German municipal utilities urge flexibility and technology-neutral approach to 2040 climate targets
Response to Review of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive (Directive 2014/61/EU)
16 May 2023
VKU demands consistent taxonomy rules for energy grid investments
VKU urges EU to include waste incineration in taxonomy
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
3 May 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive (staff level)
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
3 May 2023 · Gaspaket und Reform des Strommarktdesigns
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Apr 2023 · Urban Wastewarter Treatment
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Apr 2023 · UWWT
Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Apr 2023 · Urban Wastewater Treatment
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
18 Apr 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive (staff level)
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
17 Apr 2023 · Packaging Waste
German Utilities Urge Water Protection and Carbon Removal Incentives
German water utilities urge realistic deadlines for wastewater upgrades
German municipal utilities urge EU to adopt packaging Directive
German utilities urge longer cyber support for critical infrastructure
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau and
14 Oct 2022 · ETS
Meeting with Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Oct 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Sept 2022 · Waste Shipment
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Sept 2022 · Exchange on Digital Policy
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and
23 May 2022 · ETS
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Mar 2022 · Circular Economy
Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
17 Mar 2022 · AFIR - Speaker at roundtable: “Challenges and opportunities of alternative fuels infrastructure deployment from an energy system perspective”
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
10 Mar 2022 · Exchange on the gas market directive
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
11 Feb 2022 · ETS Revision
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Feb 2022 · Fit for 55
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
12 Jan 2022 · Circular economy implementation
German municipal utilities reject double regulation under emissions trading
German Municipal Utilities Demand Free Emission Allowances for Small CHP Plants
Response to Policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics
26 Oct 2021
Response to EU Action Plan Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil
27 Oct 2020
Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
10 Feb 2020 · Grean deal, smart sector integration, renovation wave
Meeting with Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
4 Dec 2018 · Future of the Rule of Law in Europe
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
4 Dec 2018 · MFF and European elections
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
4 Dec 2018 · DSM Presentation
Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
1 Jun 2018 · Market Design
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
21 Mar 2017 · Whitepaper
Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
5 Apr 2016 · Market Design
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
14 Mar 2016 · Digitalisation of local Industries
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
24 Feb 2015 · Broadband