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European Film Agency Directors

Public authority · Media & publishing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Film Agency Directors appears in 45 declared MEP meetings (24 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

45
declared meetings
with current MEPs
24
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Promotion of cultural diversity, creation and circulation of European works. The association's non-profit making aim of international interest is to ensure the existence of an environment conducive to the development of a European policy that supports audiovisual and cinematographic creativity in Europe and which guarantees the effective distribution of European works both in Europe and worldwide.”

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“In particular, it will achieve its aim through the following activities; - Sharing experience and good practice; - Formulating common positions in policy debates related to the audiovisual sector at European level; - Engaging with the European Union, the Council of Europe or UNESCO; - Monitoring national and European audiovisual policies and their results, in addition to the European initiatives in this area.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 45 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats1431%
Renew Europe1022%
European People's Party818%
The Left716%
Greens/EFA511%
European Conservatives & Reformists12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (18 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
1
2022
3
2023
1
2024
11
2025
18
2026
11

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

Laurence Farreng
10 meetings · Renew
Mario Furore
5 meetings · The Left
Sabine Verheyen
4 meetings · EPP
Aurore Lalucq
2 meetings · S&D
Diana Riba I Giner
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
28 Oct 2026Sabine VerheyenAgoraEU
24 Sep 2026Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
24 Sep 2026Birgit SippelDigital Omnibus
23 Sep 2026Mario FuroreAgoraEU
4 Jun 2026Mario FuroreAgoraEU
15 May 2026Laurence FarrengFinancement de l'audiovisuel et politique européenne en matière de médias
24 Mar 2026Laurence FarrengFutur programme AgoraEU
11 Mar 2026Mario FuroreAgoraEU
26 Feb 2026Alice KuhnkeAgora EU - Audiovisual
17 Feb 2026Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
3 Feb 2026Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
4 Dec 2025Diana Riba I GinerAudiovisual policies and Agora EU
29 Oct 2025Mario FuroreAgoraEU
8 Oct 2025Manuela RipaAudiovisual Media Policy
7 Oct 2025Marcos Ros SempereMeeting with EFAD

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