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Lobby organisation

European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

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

As of 9 September 2026, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€10,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in Leipzig, Germany, 2015. It operates on the basis of the European Charter on Freedom of the Press and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The vision of the Centre is a society where media freedom enables open discourse and everyone…”

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.

Socialists & Democrats758%
European People's Party217%
Greens/EFA217%
Renew Europe18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2026).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025
4
2026
5

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

Daniel Freund
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tonino Picula
2 meetings · S&D
Katarina Barley
2 meetings · S&D
Sabine Verheyen
2 meetings · EPP
Sophie Wilmès
1 meeting · Renew

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Apr 2026Tonino PiculaMeeting
5 Mar 2026Daniel FreundMedia Freedom Monitoring Report
4 Mar 2026Tonino PiculaMeeting
13 Feb 2026Sandro RuotoloProject on safety of journalists
29 Jan 2026Daniel FreundSafety of Journalists
24 Sep 2025Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
5 May 2025Sophie WilmèsMedia freedom
12 Mar 2025Christel SchaldemoseEuropean Democracy Shield
12 Mar 2025Katarina BarleyMedienfreiheit
4 Dec 2024Katarina BarleyExchange of views
25 Jun 2020Birgit SippelPresentation and exchange of views on policy paper on SLAPPs co-signed by 119 civil society organisations
5 Sep 2019Sabine VerheyenMedia Freedom

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