MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Agence France-Presse

HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 10 September 2026, Agence France-Presse appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Agence de presse internationale ayant pour objet de rechercher, tant en France qu'à l'étranger, les éléments d'une information complète et objective, et de mettre contre payement cette information à la disposition de ses clients.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats250%
European Conservatives & Reformists125%
Greens/EFA125%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2024).

2021
1
2022
0
2023
0
2024
2
2025
0
2026
1

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
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Emma Rafowicz
1 meeting · S&D
Mariateresa Vivaldini
1 meeting · ECR
Christel Schaldemose
1 meeting · S&D

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Apr 2026Emma RafowiczInformation & Journalism
14 Nov 2024Alexandra GeeseEvent: Disinformation and AI: Harnessing the Power of Narratives to Build European Resilience
24 Sep 2024Mariateresa VivaldiniMeeting conoscitivo
21 Jun 2021Christel SchaldemoseDSA

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