At the centre of European public affairs stands a demanding question: can an organisation make its representation of interests as credible as its policy argument?
The report in focus
The EU Transparency Register’s 2025 annual report records 16,474 registered entities at 31 December 2025. It also reports 32,122 meetings declared by Members of the European Parliament for that year. These are different measures: organisations on a register and meetings disclosed.
The Secretariat reviewed the data quality of almost 60% of registrants in 2025. Its report also describes links between client and intermediary declarations to strengthen consistency.
IGAPA perspective
For an international government affairs team, the practical priority is a coherent institutional record: represented interests, client relationships and public disclosures should tell the same story. A useful internal review starts by assigning responsibility for each profile and keeping the evidence behind every update.
This briefing examines a report published in 2026 about 2025. It is not a full-year assessment of 2026 activity.
Primary source: EU Transparency Register — Annual Report 2025
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