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.

News

At a lunchtime debate hosted at the European Parliament on 3rd December last, Kangaroo Group President, Michael Gahler MEP, presented a Certificate of Honour to long-standing Secretary of the Kangaroo Group's Financial Services Working Party, Dr. David P. Doyle, for his "exceptional commitment and dedication to the work of the Kangaroo Group.

The Citation commended Dr. Doyle, who has led the Financial Services Work Party for nearly 25 years, for his "invaluable contribution to the preparation and success of innumerable events". Mr Gahler noted in his statement that he had "significantly strengthened and contributed to the advancement of the Kangaroo Group's mission: to promote the Single Market."

Next Events

9^th Strasbourg LUNCH DEBATE

7 October 2026 at 13.00 hrs in the European Parliament Strasbourg, Salon Privé/Restaurant des Députés.

“The Industrial Accelerator Act: Driver of European competitiveness or missed opportunity?”

The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) aims to drive investment back into Europe’s industrial value chains, but questions remain as to whether it can deliver meaningful impact on its own. The event aims at fostering a debate on the overall role of IAA in strengthening Europe’s industrial competitiveness. It will also explore concrete ideas on how to improve the IAA, so that it can deliver a meaningful positive impact on industrial value chains, ensure legal certainty and avoid disproportionate costs, administrative burden or supply chain disruptions.

Welcome and Introduction:

Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group

Speakers:

Kathleen VAN BREMPT MEP, S&D/Belgium, Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade

Javier ORMAZABAL ECHEVARRIA, CEO of Velatia and President of Orgalim

More speakers to be confirmed!

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