MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Bitkom e.V.

Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Bitkom e.V. appears in 92 declared MEP meetings (35 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

92
declared meetings
with current MEPs
35
MEPs met
€1.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Bitkom is Germany’s digital association. Founded 1999 in Berlin, we represent more than 2,200 companies of the digital economy. Our membership spans more than 1,000 SMEs, including half of the 40 DAX companies over 500 startups and virtually all global players.”

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“Our members offer software, telecommunications and internet services, produce hardware and consumer electronics, operate in the digital media sector or are in other ways affiliated with the digital economy. A strong European digital policy and a fully integrated digital single market are at the heart of Bitkom’s concerns, as well as establishing Germany as a key driver of digital change in Europe and globally. Bitkom advocates for the digitization of the economy, society, and public administration.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 92 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party4549%
Greens/EFA2426%
Socialists & Democrats1415%
Renew Europe910%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (24 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
2
2020
6
2021
10
2022
5
2023
8
2024
17
2025
24
2026
20

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
14 meetings · EPP
Sergey Lagodinsky
11 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Marion Walsmann
5 meetings · EPP
Svenja Hahn
5 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Nov 2026Oliver SchenkExchange of views on the European Chips Act 2.0: Start-Up Landscape
25 Sep 2026Hildegard BenteleDigitalisation of Water sector
20 Jul 2026Oliver SchenkDigital Omnibus
30 Jun 2026Marion WalsmannPKM-Event about cyber security
30 Jun 2026Markus FerberCyber­sicherheits­politik
9 Jun 2026Birgit SippelCloud and AI Dev Act 2026/0138 (COD)
9 Jun 2026Alexandra GeeseEvent: Bitkom roundtable „From Cloud to Capability – Building the infrastructure for AI in Europe”
5 Jun 2026René RepasiThe 28th Regime Corporate Legal Framework – 'EU Inc.'/ Gesell­schafts­recht­li­cher Rahmen des 28. Regimes – „EU Inc.“
4 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
27 May 2026Markéta GregorováCybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) meeting
20 May 2026Christian EhlerFP10
14 Apr 2026Oliver SchenkHalbleiter­industrie in Europa / Halbleiter-Thematik im Automobilsektor
14 Apr 2026Matthias EckeDigital Networks Act
25 Mar 2026Marion WalsmannMittelstands­politik
25 Mar 2026Axel Voss28th Regime

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