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COMMUNIA Association for the Public Domain

NGO or non-profit · Technology & digital · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, COMMUNIA Association for the Public Domain appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

15
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“COMMUNIA advocates for policies that expand the public domain and increase access to and reuse of culture and knowledge. We seek to limit the scope of exclusive copyright to sensible proportions that do not place unnecessary restrictions on access and use. The COMMUNIA Association for the Public Domain is a network of activists, researchers and practitioners from across the EU.”

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“The mission of COMMUNIA is to foster, strengthen and enrich the Public Domain. COMMUNIA is an international association incorporated under Belgian law. The COMMUNIA association is built on the eponymous Thematic Network, funded by the European Commission from 2007 to 2011, which issued the Public Domain Manifesto and gathered over 50 members from academia and civil society researching and promoting the digital public domain in Europe and worldwide.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 15 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA640%
Socialists & Democrats533%
European People's Party213%
European Conservatives & Reformists17%
Renew Europe17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
1
2024
5
2025
3
2026
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

Alexandra Geese
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tiemo Wölken
2 meetings · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
David Cormand
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Karlo Ressler
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 Sep 2026Elena Sancho MurilloRelevant issues to the ITRE Committee
1 Jun 2026Sebastian TynkkynenDigital Omnibus
4 May 2026David CormandDigital Omnibus
16 Apr 2026Tiemo WölkenAllgemeiner digitalpolitischer Austausch
3 Mar 2026Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
22 Jan 2026Barry AndrewseBook lending
6 Nov 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
8 Oct 2025Tiemo WölkenGeneral exchange and Digital Knowledge Act
26 Jun 2025David CormandCopyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy
2 Oct 2024Alexandra GeeseEvent: Rebooting the Debate: Generative AI and Creative Work
27 Sep 2024Daniel AttardIntroductory Meeting
25 Sep 2024Karlo ResslerOpen access to information
12 Sep 2024Aura SallaEU Research Policy
21 Feb 2024Alexandra GeeseElections and next mandate work programme
18 Sep 2023René RepasiExchange of Views on the Right to Repair/ Recht auf Reparatur (R2R)

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