MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Axel Springer SE

Business / industry · Media & publishing · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Axel Springer SE appears in 21 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

21
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Axel Springer is an integrated multimedia company in Europe and the USA offering digital and print media. The company's strategy focuses on its core competences excellent journalism, marketing and classified ads. Its broad media portfolio encompasses established multimedia brand families such as BUSINESS INSIDER, POLITICO.EU, the BILD- and WELT-Groups.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 21 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1048%
Greens/EFA733%
Renew Europe314%
Socialists & Democrats15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2024).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2023
3
2024
9
2025
3
2026
2

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

Axel Voss
4 meetings · EPP
Svenja Hahn
2 meetings · Renew
Hannah Neumann
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sabine Verheyen
2 meetings · EPP
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jul 2026Svenja HahnCopyright and AI, Digital Omnibus
14 Jul 2026Angelika NieblerEU Media Policies
30 Jul 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
6 May 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
5 Mar 2025David CormandCopyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy
19 Nov 2024Lucia YarCourtesy / Introduction meeting on protecting independent journalism
18 Nov 2024Nicolae ȘtefănuțăMeeting with a press outlets - discussing media landscape
14 Nov 2024Sergey LagodinskyExchange of views
13 Nov 2024Marion WalsmannEU-Digitalisierungspolitik
13 Nov 2024Verena MertensIntroductory Meeting
17 Oct 2024Svenja HahnAI and intellectual property/AI Act
11 Oct 2024Hannah NeumannExchange of views
11 Sep 2024Axel VossDigital files
26 Jan 2024Hannah NeumannExchange of views
9 Mar 2023Sabine VerheyenEuropean Media Freedom Act

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