Welcome to the Kangaroo Group

The Kangaroo Group is an association with the goal to enhance European Unity around the pursuit of concrete common projects. Its main goals are the full implementation of the Internal Market, the Stability of the Euro and a common Security and Defence Policy. The association started in 1979 as an informal gathering of Members of the European Institutions from different countries and political affiliations interested in breaking down the barriers between the Member States. The Kangaroo was chosen for the name of the group due to its ability to take big jumps over any boundaries although it only has a small pouch.

Today the Kangaroo Group is an association incorporated under Belgian law as a nonprofit organisation (aisbl). It has been entered into the Transparency Register of the European Union as a Think Tank. It is open to Representatives of the European Institutions, Academia, Media and the Business Community who are interested to foster these goals. It is not an Intergroup of the European Parliament. The motto of the Kangaroo Group is free movement and security. We choose our projects in consideration of the principle of subsidiarity.

Next Events

9th S T R A S B O U R G L U N C H D E B A T E

Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 13.00 hrs Restaurant des Députés Louise Weiss / Salon Privé, Building Louise Weiss / European Parliament Strasbourg

"The New Pact for the Mediterranean: Exploring its Energy Dimension"

Welcome and Chair:

Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group

Statements:

Florian ERMACORA, Head of Unit, DG MENA, European Commission

Dimitri TSIODRAS MEP, EPP/Greece, Member of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Tsvetelina PENKOVA MEP, S&D/Bulgaria, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

François-Régis MOUTON DE LOSTALOT, Managing Director, IOGP Europe

Ahlem FRIGA-NOY, Deputy Director Public Affairs, Europe, TotalEnergies

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Brussels Breakfast Debate

Tuesday, 14 October 2025 at 08.00 hrs in the European Parliament Brussels, Salon Privé/Restaurant des Députés.

We will discuss: "Circular by Design-Competitive by Demand: Aluminium’s Closed-Loop Potential"

Welcome and Introduction:

Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group

Speakers:

Iuliu WINKLER MEP, EPP/Romania, Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade and Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Mathias BACH KIRKEGAARD, Environment Attaché, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU
John O’MAOILEOIN, Group Global Sustainability Director at CANPACK Group

More speakers to be confirmed.

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