Lobby organisation
L'Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre
Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, L'Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“APELL (L'Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre) is Europe’s Open Source Software Business Association. Founded in 2020 to bring national Open Source Software organisations together into a European network to provide them with peer support and collective marketing, as well as capacity building and policy support for public affairs, both nationally and on the EU-level.”
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“APELL aims to increase opportunities for the members of the Association’s member organisations, and to increase value and advancement for the ultimate customers in both the public and the private sectors. At the same time, we see a real need to bring the Open Source perspective into the discussions on the shaping of Europe’s digital future. We support the digitisation of the economy and society - but it matters how we digitise. APELL promotes a sovereign, inclusive, ethical digital market. In order to achieve this, Europe’s digital future should be based on Open.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 7 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Andreas Schwab | Cloud and AI Development Act |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Adnan Dibrani | Cloud and AI Development Act, Open Source |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Reinier van Lanschot | Meeting with APELL on CADA |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Tiemo Wölken | Open Source Policy |
| 5 Jun 2025 | Alexandra Geese | Event: Nextcloud Summit |
| 6 Mar 2025 | Anna Cavazzini | Public procurement directives reform |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Alexandra Geese | Digital policies |
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