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ARTICLE 19

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

As of 9 September 2026, ARTICLE 19 appears in 23 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

23
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.6
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Founded in 1987, ARTICLE 19 is an international organization defending freedom of expression and information around the world. We work for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. ARTICLE 19 works on five interacting areas: civic space, digital, media, protection, and transparency, all of which are underpinned…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 23 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1670%
Socialists & Democrats626%
The Left14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2025).

2020
4
2021
4
2022
0
2023
1
2024
4
2025
9
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
14 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
2 meetings · S&D
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Katarina Barley
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Mar 2026Sandro RuotoloInterest group on spyware meeting
13 Nov 2025Alexandra GeeseDemocratic Tech Alliance
16 Oct 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: High-Level Democracy Conference
15 Oct 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
21 May 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: CPDP conference
14 May 2025Birgit SippelDemocratic Tech Alliance
14 May 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Democratic Tech Alliance
15 Apr 2025Katarina BarleyDigitalpolitik
19 Feb 2025Birgit SippelGuidelines for banned AI use cases and the definition of AI (Staff-level)
29 Jan 2025Alexandra GeeseRoundtable: Taming Big Tech
26 Sep 2024Alexandra GeeseDigital Rights policy
26 Sep 2024Leila ChaibiSpeaker at an event on digital policies in the EU
15 Apr 2024René RepasiAnti-Monopoly Conference
12 Feb 2024Alexandra GeeseDSA implementation and digital policy in the next mandate
23 Mar 2023Daniel FreundEuropean Media Freedom Act (staff-level)

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