Lobby organisation
European Composer and Songwriter Alliance
NGO or non-profit · Media & publishing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, European Composer and Songwriter Alliance appears in 28 declared MEP meetings (22 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“ECSA’s main aim is to defend and promote the rights and interests of composers and songwriters at national, European and international level.”
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“The Alliance's goals include: - reinforce the perception of cultural and economic value of music in Europe and the world; - encourage European and international policy makers and regulators to support the creation of new and diverse music; - defend and promote the development of authors’ rights, copyright, and fair remuneration and defend the collective management of authors’ rights; - improve inclusiveness and diversity, including the conditions and advancement of women and non-binary composers and songwriters in the music industry; - support policies for a more sustainable music sector and measures to reduce the environmental impact of music industry practices; - support fair working conditions for all composers and songwriters to promote social and economic development of music creation in Europe.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 28 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026 | Nicola Zingaretti | Copyright Directive - Music Streaming Market |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Birgit Sippel | “Authors’ Rights and Music Streaming in the Age of AI” |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Alice Kuhnke | AgoraEU - Culture |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Axel Voss | Stakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Sandro Ruotolo | Event on buyout |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Billy Kelleher | Coercive Buy-out Practices |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Mario Furore | Copyright and Ai |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Emma Rafowicz | CULT/Musical sector |
| 5 Sep 2025 | Victor Negrescu | Meeting with European Composer and Songwriter Alliance on Copyright and Generative AI |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Nela Riehl | Stakeholder Roundtable on Creators & Performers |
| 1 Sep 2025 | Axel Voss | Copyright and generative AI |
| 8 Jul 2025 | David Cormand | Copyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy |
| 23 May 2025 | Tiemo Wölken | KI & Urheberrecht |
| 6 May 2025 | Axel Voss | Copyright and generative AI |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Ilhan Kyuchyuk | Rights of music authors in the EU |
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