MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Apple Inc.

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Apple Inc. appears in 254 declared MEP meetings (139 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

254
declared meetings
with current MEPs
139
MEPs met
€8.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
8.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.”

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“Apple’s six software platforms - iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS - provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple’s more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 254 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats8835%
European People's Party7931%
Renew Europe4819%
Greens/EFA3012%
European Conservatives & Reformists94%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (88 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
10
2021
18
2022
8
2023
15
2024
44
2025
88
2026
68

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

Alex Agius Saliba
8 meetings · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
8 meetings · Greens/EFA
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
6 meetings · Renew
Hannes Heide
5 meetings · S&D
Andreas Schwab
5 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
28 Oct 2026Dimitris TsiodrasProtection of minors online
6 Oct 2026Sandro RuotoloNew features for protecting children on apps
6 Oct 2026Ana Catarina MendesNew Child Safety Features
6 Oct 2026Lukas MandlKids Act
6 Oct 2026Valérie HayerEU Kids Act, data protection and AI
6 Oct 2026Dóra DávidEvent: safer digital experiences for minors
6 Oct 2026Veronika Cifrová OstrihoňováProtection of minors online
2 Oct 2026Seán KellyEnvironmental Omnibus batteries regulation
1 Oct 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaEU Kids Act
28 Sep 2026Marc AngelDMA rules
15 Sep 2026Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňováprotection of minors online
7 Sep 2026Dirk GotinkAI
16 Jul 2026Victor NegrescuDigital health and technology innovation
15 Jul 2026Nicola ZingarettiDigital Markets Act
8 Jul 2026Dóra DávidImplementation of the Digital Markets Act, minor protection online

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