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Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger

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

As of 9 September 2026, Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger appears in 22 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

22
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV) vertritt als Spitzenorganisation die Interessen der Zeitungsverlage und digitalen Publisher in Deutschland und auf EU-Ebene. Im BDZV sind 318 Medienmarken mit rund 2800 digitalen journalistischen Angeboten organisiert. Gegründet wurde der Verband 1954 als Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger. Zu seinen Aufgaben gehören insbesondere: Die Wahrung der Unabhängigkeit der deutschen Zeitungen und Digitalpublisher. Die Wahrung und Förderung…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 22 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party836%
Socialists & Democrats523%
Renew Europe418%
Greens/EFA314%
The Left29%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
5
2022
1
2023
3
2024
2
2025
8
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
3 meetings · EPP
Alexandra Geese
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Martin Schirdewan
2 meetings · The Left
Marion Walsmann
2 meetings · EPP
Svenja Hahn
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Jun 2026Joanna Scheuring-WielgusAgoraEU
18 Mar 2026Angelika NieblerEU Digital Omnibus
30 Sep 2025Alexandra GeeseTech policies
30 Jul 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
2 Jul 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
20 May 2025Marion WalsmannFreedom of speech and freedom of the press
27 Mar 2025Moritz KörnerIntroductory Meeting
19 Mar 2025Helmut BrandstätterExchange of Views
24 Jan 2025Svenja HahnExchange on Green Claims
21 Jan 2025Marion WalsmannEuropäische Medien- und Digitalpolitik
25 Sep 2024Birgit SippelUpcoming media + digital policies
25 Sep 2024Sabrina ReppEuropean media legislation
16 Mar 2023Tiemo WölkenAnti-SLAPPs Directive
16 Feb 2023Katarina BarleyAustausch zum Vorhaben
7 Feb 2023Daniel FreundEuropean Media Freedom Act (staff-level)

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