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
2 nd Strasbourg LUNCH DEBATE
Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 13.00 hrs in the European Parliament Strasbourg, Salon Privé/Restaurant des Députés.
"EU Cardiovascular Diseases Strategy – Nourishing Health: How High Quality Nutrition Shapes better health outcomes"
Welcome and Introduction:
Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
Speakers:
Jessica POLFJÄRD MEP, EPP/Sweden, Member of the Committee on Public Health and Shadow Rapporteur on the Report on an EU Cardiovascular Diseases Strategy
Tomislav SOKOL MEP, EPP/Croatia, Member of the Committee on Public Health and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Alessandro TSCHIRKOV, Senior Director Public Affairs at Herbalife
Prof. Martin STORCK, Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe, Germany
The Kangaroo Group aisbl
Rue Wiertz 11
B-1050 BRUSSELS
tel: 0032 2 280 60 95
fax: 0032 2 280 07 84
email: office@kangaroogroup.eu
internet: www.kangaroogroup.eu
We are transparent and registered:
Kangaroo Group EU Transparency Register Number:
81031887403-27
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