MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

European Digital Rights

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

As of 9 September 2026, European Digital Rights appears in 185 declared MEP meetings (66 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

185
declared meetings
with current MEPs
66
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to 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. Together, we build a movement of organisations and individuals pushing for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 185 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA7138%
Socialists & Democrats6837%
Renew Europe2111%
European People's Party158%
The Left63%
European Conservatives & Reformists21%
Non-attached11%
Patriots for Europe11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (39 in 2024).

2019
7
2020
17
2021
17
2022
16
2023
29
2024
39
2025
39
2026
21

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
30 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
28 meetings · S&D
Saskia Bricmont
9 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alex Agius Saliba
7 meetings · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
7 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
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
2 Jun 2026David CormandData omnibus
12 May 2026Birgit SippelEvent: The End of Cookie Banners
7 May 2026Sandro RuotoloInformal meeting on future initiatives of the IG against spyware abuse
29 Apr 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaProtection of minors online
9 Apr 2026Lucia YarDigital omnibus, Digital Fairness Act, age verification
8 Apr 2026Elena Sancho MurilloRelevant Issues to the ITRE Committee
1 Apr 2026Michał KoboskoDNA
24 Mar 2026David CormandOmnibus IA
10 Mar 2026Matthias EckeDigital Networks Act
4 Mar 2026David CormandTech omnibus
26 Feb 2026Aura SallaDigital Omnibus

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