European Parliament Commission Meetings 2019-2023

86,624 unique meeting sessions from 2019 to 2023, involving 526 of the 705 European Parliament members. The dataset tracks meetings with variables including MEP details, meeting subjects, participants, and locations, and is updated monthly.

Use Cases

• Analyze meeting frequency and topics by MEP National Political Party and European Political Party using the Title of the Meet and Committee variables.
• Map networks of influence by linking MEPs (Side A) to external individuals or groups (Side B) across 86,624 meetings.
• Investigate temporal patterns in lobbying or policy discussions using the Date field and the monthly updated versions of the dataset.
• Study the geographic or organizational focus of meetings by examining the uncoded Location field alongside MEP born Country.

Strengths

• Contains 86,624 unique meeting sessions, providing a substantial base for longitudinal analysis.
• Covers 526 parliamentarians, representing a significant portion (75%) of the total 705 MEPs in the European Parliament.
• Data is automatically monitored and updated every month, offering multiple temporal snapshots for analysis.

Limitations

• Meetings from 279 parliamentarians are not included, potentially introducing selection bias.
• The raw Location field is described as 'without codification,' which may require significant cleaning for systematic analysis.
• The description notes that apparent duplicates exist due to variable changes over time, which could complicate record linkage.

Provenance

Source

European Parliament's transparency website.

Collection Method

Information extracted from disclosed meeting details published by parliamentarians.

Time Range

2019 to 2023.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last platform update was 2026-01-22.

Geography

Europe (European Parliament).