MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

European Federation of Journalists

Business / industry · Labour & trade unions · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Federation of Journalists appears in 56 declared MEP meetings (38 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

56
declared meetings
with current MEPs
38
MEPs met
€500,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 296,000 journalists in 75 journalists’ organisations across 44 countries. The EFJ was created in 1994 within the framework of the IFJ Constitution to represent the interests of journalists’ unions and associations and their journalists. It has established an independent legal status (number: 0503.985.472) as…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 56 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA2443%
Socialists & Democrats1120%
Renew Europe1018%
European People's Party712%
The Left47%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (18 in 2024).

2019
2
2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
5
2024
18
2025
14
2026
15

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
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alice Kuhnke
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Irena Joveva
3 meetings · Renew
Diana Riba I Giner
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Nela Riehl
3 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 Jun 2026Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
8 Jun 2026Joanna Scheuring-WielgusAgoraEU
1 Jun 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU
8 May 2026Lucia YarAgoraEU Programme
21 Apr 2026Nela RiehlJournalism in the EU
16 Apr 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU
5 Mar 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - News media
26 Feb 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - News media
26 Feb 2026Marc BotengaEuropean Competitiveness Fund
25 Feb 2026Benedetta ScuderiMedia
10 Feb 2026Mario FuroreAgoraEU
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
29 Jan 2026Marjan Šarecthe media situation in Montenegro
29 Jan 2026Irena JovevaMedia freedom
28 Jan 2026Tonino PiculaMeeting with Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS)

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