MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Access Now Europe

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Access Now Europe appears in 52 declared MEP meetings (22 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

52
declared meetings
with current MEPs
22
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. By combining direct technical support, strategic advocacy, grassroots grantmaking, and convenings such as RightsCon, we fight for human rights in the digital age.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 52 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA3058%
Socialists & Democrats1427%
The Left48%
Renew Europe36%
Non-attached12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2025).

2019
2
2020
7
2021
5
2022
6
2023
9
2024
8
2025
12
2026
3

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

Alexandra Geese
12 meetings · Greens/EFA
Markéta Gregorová
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
5 meetings · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Martin Schirdewan
3 meetings · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Mar 2026Sandro RuotoloInterest group on spyware meeting
25 Feb 2026Erik MarquardtDigital surveillance and digital rights in migration
29 Jan 2026Brando BenifeiConsumer Rights
4 Dec 2025Hannah NeumannExchange of Views on Spyware / digital rights
3 Dec 2025Kim van SparrentakDigital Rights
3 Dec 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
17 Nov 2025Cecilia StradaDigital surveillance aspects within the proposal for Return Regulation and the upcoming revision of Europol/Frontex mandates
19 Sep 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
16 Jul 2025Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech Alliance
3 Jun 2025Cecilia StradaDigital and surveillance issues in the reform of the Europol Regulation and the new Return proposal
3 Jun 2025Markéta GregorováMeeting with Access Now
14 May 2025Birgit SippelDemocratic Tech Alliance
14 May 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Democratic Tech Alliance
20 Feb 2025Markéta GregorováGDPR and human rights protection
20 Jan 2025Markéta GregorováGDPR enforcement regulation discussion

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