MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian also Technology & digital · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe appears in 19 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

19
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
10.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“At CDT Europe, we work to increase equality, amplify voices, and promote human rights in European level law and policy debates. We champion policies, laws, and technical designs that protect against invasive, discriminatory, and exploitative uses of new technologies. We work on the discriminatory impact of algorithms and participation in online debates. CDT Europe is closely following European-level legislative files…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 19 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA947%
Socialists & Democrats842%
European People's Party15%
Renew Europe15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024).

2022
4
2023
3
2024
5
2025
4
2026
3

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
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
4 meetings · S&D
Alex Agius Saliba
2 meetings · S&D
Markéta Gregorová
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Marina Kaljurand
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 Mar 2026Markéta GregorováChat Control meeting
4 Feb 2026Marina KaljurandDigital Omnibus
2 Feb 2026Anna StrolenbergOnline gender based violence
24 Jun 2025Birgit SippelEvent on spyware
14 May 2025Sandro RuotoloEU action on spyware
20 Mar 2025Nathalie LoiseauBouclier démocratique européen
19 Feb 2025Birgit SippelGuidelines for banned AI use cases and the definition of AI (Staff-level)
15 Oct 2024Birgit SippelDigital rights in the 10th parliamentary term
10 Oct 2024Markéta GregorováAI, privacy and accountability
2 Oct 2024Alexandra GeeseDigital policies
1 Oct 2024Alexandra GeeseVisionary roundtable: building an EU digital enforcement strategy
13 Mar 2024Birgit SippelEU-US e-evidence & UN Convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes (COM(2022) 132 final) (Staff-level)
30 May 2023Alexandra GeeseCSO workshop - Impactful advocacy during the Artificial Intelligence Act Trilogues
12 Jan 2023Javier ZarzalejosMeeting with the Centre for Democracy & Technology, to discuss the proposal on preventing and combating child sexual abuse online
12 Jan 2023Alex Agius SalibaPrep CSA Regulation Stakeholders meeting

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