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epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik

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

As of 9 September 2026, epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Epicenter.works is a Vienna-based digital rights NGO that has been fighting for human rights in the digital age since 2010. We have our roots in the anti-surveillance and privacy debate where we campaigned and then successfully sued against the indiscriminate mass surveillance law called data retention. A lot of our work is focused on legislation in the EU, UN and…”

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.

Socialists & Democrats840%
Greens/EFA525%
European Conservatives & Reformists210%
European People's Party210%
Renew Europe210%
Patriots for Europe15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2023).

2019
3
2020
2
2021
1
2022
2
2023
4
2024
1
2025
4
2026
3

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
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
4 meetings · S&D
Tiemo Wölken
3 meetings · S&D
Cristian Terheş
2 meetings · ECR
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Jul 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with representatives of epicenter.works
12 Jun 2026Mélanie DisdierDigital Network act
9 Jun 2026Michał KoboskoDigital Networks Act
27 Oct 2025Jörgen WarbornDigital networks act
20 Aug 2025Anna StürgkhIntroductory Meeting
14 May 2025Birgit SippelUN convention cybercrime
21 Jan 2025Birgit SippelUN Convention Cybercrime (UNCC)
25 Nov 2024Birgit SippelUN Convention Cybercrime
7 Nov 2023Cristian TerheşDigital euro file
20 Sep 2023Alexandra GeeseGreens/EFA Experts' roundtable on the privacy implications of the legislative proposal on the Digital Euro
4 Sep 2023Alexandra GeeseDigital policies and human rights
13 Mar 2023Birgit SippeleID (Staff-level)
7 Sep 2022Tiemo WölkenRevision der Broadband Cost Reduction Directive, eIDAS
15 Mar 2022Cristian TerheşeIDAS file parliamentary activity
10 Feb 2021Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act

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