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Council for European Public Space

NGO or non-profit · Think tanks & research also Human rights & humanitarian, Media & publishing · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Council for European Public Space appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

15
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Council for European Public Space (CfEPS) is an NGO and a new-style think-and-do tank that brings together European actors and develops evidence-based and politically viable strategies to create an open, fair and secure digital European Public Space.”

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“It advocates for rights and major investments in public value digital infrastructures from EU institutions and supports existing initiatives from academia, independent media and civil society. The Council brings together eminent European personalities representing different perspectives on the common goal of a more democratic and more unified Europe, and strives to use their expertise to achieve its non-profit public value objectives. These objectives are achieved by: - Research projects on democracy and digital public sphere issues in Europe - Publishing information and research findings on democracy and the digital public sphere - Organizing congresses and workshops on digital public sphere issues in Europe […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

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

European People's Party747%
Socialists & Democrats640%
Renew Europe213%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
3
2025
11
2026
1

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

Christian Ehler
7 meetings · EPP
Alex Agius Saliba
4 meetings · S&D
Helmut Brandstätter
2 meetings · Renew
Marcos Ros Sempere
1 meeting · S&D
Sabrina Repp
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Mar 2026Christian EhlerEuropean media platform
21 Nov 2025Christian EhlerEuropean news streaming platform
14 Oct 2025Helmut BrandstätterExchange of Views
6 Oct 2025Christian EhlerEuropean news streaming platform
25 Sep 2025Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech Alliance event
8 Sep 2025Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech Alliance event
1 Sep 2025Christian EhlerEuropean news streaming platform
19 Jun 2025Christian EhlerEuropean public space
3 Jun 2025Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech
21 May 2025Helmut BrandstätterExchange of Views
19 May 2025Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech
15 Jan 2025Marcos Ros SempereMeeting with Council for European Public Space
21 Oct 2024Sabrina ReppEU media policy
6 Sep 2024Christian EhlerIntergroups
24 Jun 2024Christian EhlerEuropean public space

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