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Lobby organisation

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

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

As of 9 September 2026, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€400,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Bertelsmann is a media, services, and education company with more than 75,000 employees that operates in some 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments. The company generated revenues of…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party433%
Greens/EFA325%
Socialists & Democrats325%
Renew Europe217%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
2
2022
0
2023
2
2024
1
2025
6

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
3 meetings · EPP
Bernd Lange
2 meetings · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Alex Agius Saliba
1 meeting · S&D

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
18 Nov 2025Bernd LangeGeneral Exchange of views
23 Oct 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
12 May 2025Axel VossArtificial Intelligence
6 May 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
14 Feb 2025Svenja HahnExchange on upcoming digital EU legislation
20 Nov 2024Anna StürgkhGeneral exchange
18 Jul 2023Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of Views
2 Feb 2023Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
21 May 2021Sergey LagodinskyData Governance Act, Digital ID, Consent management, Personal Information Management
21 May 2021Alexandra GeeseDSA and media
6 May 2020Alex Agius SalibaDSA report

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