Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association Européenne de la Pensée Libre (AEPL-EU)
EU Transparency Register
188133714462-27 First registered on 19 Sep 2014
Goals / Remit
1. Promote the European Union project among European citizens
2. Ensure that the views and opinions of secular Europeans are heard within the European Union institutions.
3. Participate to the dialogue between the institutions of the EU with the non confessionnal and religious organizations (article 17 of the Treaty))
Website : https://aepl.euMain EU files targeted
Future of Europe
Digital Europe and AI
Europe - Green deal
Europe - Social
Europe - Rights
Europe - Defense
Europe - Asylum and migration
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Dialogue art. 17
Freedom of religion and Belief
Reproductive rightsAddress
Head Office
Rouge Cloître15
La Hulpe 1310
BELGIUMEU Office
Rouge Cloître15
La Hulpe 1310
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 8 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date CLAUDE WACHTELAER 02 Jul 2024 01 Jul 2025 Guy Andre T’hooft 01 Jul 2024 30 Jun 2025 Mr Joel DE DECKER 27 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Claude RIVIERE 29 Mar 2022 29 Mar 2023 Claude RIVIERE 21 Dec 2019 01 Dec 2020 Mr Antoine VAN DER HAEGEN 21 Dec 2019 01 Dec 2020 Mr CLAUDE WACHTELAER 14 May 2019 01 Apr 2020 Mr Yvan BIEFNOT 14 May 2019 01 Apr 2020 Mr CLAUDE WACHTELAER 05 Apr 2018 01 Apr 2019 Mr Yvan BIEFNOT 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mr CLAUDE WACHTELAER 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018 Mr Yvan BIEFNOT 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018 Mr CLAUDE WACHTELAER 16 Mar 2016 22 Mar 2017 Mr Yvan BIEFNOT 16 Mar 2016 22 Mar 2017 Complementary Information
The organization is administered by 20 volunteers from different European countries working for our members in 20 countries in Europe.
8 volunteers are participating in different meetings organized by the Commission or the PE. among these, 4 volunteers have access badges, the other access through invitation, two more badges will be requested in the coming weeks.Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
AEPL does not belong to any other organisation or network
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
22,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital,Freedom of religion and religious tolerance
Communication activities
Colloque organisé le 01/04/2019 en collaboration avec la DG JUST de la COMEUR. Thèmes :
1° la gouvernance européenne;
2° l'avenir du travail
Colloque Homo Faber ou l'avenir du travail - Bruxelles Palais des Académies 7/12/2019
conférences mensuelles sur des thèmes européens à La Hulpe (Belgique)
Infolettres destinées aux membres (voir le site)
Document 'Commentaires sur le « Livre Blanc sur l’Intelligence Artificielle' transmis à Mme von der Leyen et à la DG Connect (voir le site)
Document d'analyse sur les relations entre l'UE et les religions en matière de FoRB transmis au PE (voir le site à partir de 08/2020
soutien à la résolution du PE relative aux droits reproductifs et génésiques
Colloque "Europe, Terre d'humanisme", organisé au Parlement européen le 2 mars 2020.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 14 Jan 2022 Location virtual conference Subject Article 17 dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Jun 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject European Green Deal presentation and discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 01 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on free thinking Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
- Alice Richard (Cabinet member)