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epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik

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

As of 7 November 2026, epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik appears in 26 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

26
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in 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.”

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“A lot of our work is focused on legislation in the EU, UN and on national level. We have a team of nine staff members and fund most of our work via individual small donations. Our organisation has three core principles: 1. Independence, from all political parties, companies and ideologies 2. Fact driven, we are solemnly grounded on scientific, legal and technical facts 3. Solution oriented, we only critique if we can point to alternative solutions […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 26 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats831%
Greens/EFA519%
Patriots for Europe519%
European People's Party312%
Renew Europe312%
European Conservatives & Reformists28%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
2
2021
1
2022
2
2023
4
2024
1
2025
5
2026
8

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
Angelika Winzig
2 meetings · EPP
Cristian Terheş
2 meetings · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Oct 2026Mélanie DisdierDigital Network Act
14 Oct 2026Virginie JoronRencontre
14 Oct 2026Svenja HahnDigital Networks Act
14 Oct 2026Elisabeth DieringerMeeting with Thomas Lohinger
30 Jul 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with representatives of epicenter.works
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
17 Mar 2025Barbara BonteClean Industrial Deal
21 Jan 2025Birgit SippelUN Convention Cybercrime (UNCC)
25 Nov 2024Birgit SippelUN Convention Cybercrime
7 Nov 2023Cristian TerheşDigital euro file

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