MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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

As of 9 September 2026, Electronic Frontier Foundation appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. We work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows. Even in the fledgling days…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA433%
Socialists & Democrats433%
Renew Europe217%
The Left217%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2022).

2020
2
2021
2
2022
3
2023
0
2024
3
2025
2

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
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tiemo Wölken
2 meetings · S&D
Martin Schirdewan
2 meetings · The Left
Ana Vasconcelos
2 meetings · Renew
David Cormand
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Nov 2025Ana VasconcelosOmnibus IV
30 Jan 2025Ana Vasconcelosdigital rights
16 Dec 2024David CormandAI
4 Dec 2024Alexandra GeeseDigital policies
18 Nov 2024Alexandra GeeseDigital policy round-table with CSOs and consumer protection organisations
8 Jun 2022René RepasiChatkontrolle
24 May 2022Christel SchaldemoseEU and US competition policy/interoperability, chatcontrol/encryption, content moderation & platforms/artificial intelligence
24 May 2022Alexandra GeeseOnline platform regulation
9 Jun 2021Martin SchirdewanInteroperability
15 Mar 2021Martin SchirdewanDigital Services Act
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act
20 May 2020Tiemo WölkenAustausch zum Digital Services Act

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