MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

5Rights Foundation

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, 5Rights Foundation appears in 37 declared MEP meetings (22 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

37
declared meetings
with current MEPs
22
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“5Rights Foundation develops new policy, creates innovative projects and challenges received narratives to ensure governments, regulators, the tech sector and society understand, recognise and prioritise children’s needs and rights in the digital world. In all of our work, a child is anyone under the age of 18, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 37 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats1232%
Greens/EFA1027%
European People's Party616%
Renew Europe616%
Patriots for Europe25%
The Left13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
1
2022
3
2023
4
2024
8
2025
11
2026
10

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Laura Ballarín Cereza
5 meetings · S&D
Brando Benifei
3 meetings · S&D
Alexandra Geese
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Dóra Dávid
3 meetings · EPP
Hilde Vautmans
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Oct 2026Hilde VautmansEU Kids Act
15 Oct 2026Sandro RuotoloKids Act
15 Oct 2026Veronika Cifrová OstrihoňováEU legislation on protection of minors
9 Oct 2026Dóra DávidEU KIDS Act
2 Oct 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaEU Kids Act
30 Sep 2026Lynn BoylanEU Kids Act Briefing
22 Sep 2026Alexandra GeeseChild protection online
11 Jun 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaProtection of minors online
21 Apr 2026Lucia YarAge assurance online
11 Feb 2026Dóra DávidAI Omnibus
7 Oct 2025Dóra DávidEvent: children’s digital safety and wellbeing
12 Sep 2025Laura Ballarín CerezaProtection of minors online
1 Jul 2025Laura Ballarín CerezaProtection of minors online
30 Apr 2025Benedetta Scuderidigital policy
30 Apr 2025Nela RiehlStakeholder Roundtable: Challenges for Digital Policy in the New Mandate

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