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Lobby organisation

Culture Action Europe

NGO or non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Culture Action Europe appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
4.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Culture Action Europe (CAE) is a major European network of cultural organisations, artists, activists, academics and policy-makers. Our mission is to put culture at the heart of public debate and decision-making by raising awareness about the contribution of culture to the development of sustainable and inclusive societies.”

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“CAE aims at enhancing cooperation and exchange, engagement and dialogue between various players across arts and policy sectors. CAE is the only cross-sectoral network representing all sub-sectors in culture: from performing arts, literature, visual arts, design and cross-arts initiatives to community centres. CAE brings together over 300 members from 35 countries. Culture Action Europe explores trends in European cultural policy and creates knowledge. We connect stories, ideas and actions from local to regional to European and offer an international platform for collaboration.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party630%
Greens/EFA525%
Renew Europe420%
Socialists & Democrats420%
The Left15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
5
2025
8
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

Laurence Farreng
3 meetings · Renew
Alice Kuhnke
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
András Tivadar Kulja
2 meetings · EPP
Nela Riehl
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Sep 2026Sabine VerheyenCulture Policy
23 Jun 2026Nela RiehlArtistic Freedom
11 May 2026Lucia YarAgoraEU Programme
5 Mar 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - News media
4 Mar 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - Culture
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
28 Oct 2025Mario FuroreAgoraEU
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
22 Apr 2025Benedetta Scudericulture
22 Apr 2025Emma RafowiczCULT
17 Mar 2025Marcos Ros SempereMeeting with Culture Action Europe
4 Feb 2025Laurence FarrengEvénement "A New Cultural Deal for Europe"
17 Jan 2025András Tivadar KuljaMental health and culture
13 Jan 2025Nela RiehlExchange with Culture Action Europe
16 Dec 2024Maria GuzeninaCULT priorities

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