MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

European Digital Rights

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Digital Rights appears in 205 declared MEP meetings (70 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

205
declared meetings
with current MEPs
70
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
3.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. The EDRi network is a dynamic and resilient collective of 45+ NGOs, as well as experts, advocates and academics working to defend and advance digital rights across Europe and beyond.”

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“Together, we build a movement of organisations and individuals pushing for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people and promoting a healthy and accountable technology market. Our mission is to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world. Since January 2003, EDRi regularly publishes the EDRi-gram, a bi-weekly email newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 205 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats7939%
Greens/EFA7637%
Renew Europe2311%
European People's Party157%
The Left84%
European Conservatives & Reformists21%
Patriots for Europe21%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (42 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
7
2020
17
2021
17
2022
16
2023
29
2024
39
2025
42
2026
38

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
31 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
28 meetings · S&D
Alex Agius Saliba
12 meetings · S&D
Saskia Bricmont
10 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
7 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Nov 2026Sandro RuotoloUpdate on Interest group on spyware
13 Oct 2026Per ClausenEDRI privacy Camp
12 Oct 2026Ana Vasconceloskids act
12 Oct 2026Ana Catarina MendesEU Kids Act
12 Oct 2026Lynn BoylanBriefing on EU Kids Act
1 Oct 2026Sophie WilmèsData protection
1 Oct 2026Sandro RuotoloInterest group on spyware update
29 Sep 2026Marina KaljurandDigital Omnibus
23 Sep 2026Alexandra GeeseChild protection online
23 Sep 2026Katarina BarleyDigital Policy
9 Sep 2026Saskia BricmontCoopération policière - réforme Europol
23 Jul 2026Dóra DávidCSA regulation, Digital Omnibus, online protection of minors
6 Jul 2026Markéta GregorováGDPR omnibus meeting
29 Jun 2026Aura SallaDigital omnibus
23 Jun 2026Birgit SippelConference "Fight for Us, not for Them”: A public interest vision for EU tech policy

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