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European Games Developer Federation

Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Sweden · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Games Developer Federation appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€25k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) is committed to building a sustainable ecosystem and business environment where autonomous game developers in Europe thrive, in an operational, commercial, and artistic way.”

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“The EGDF will act to advance the political and economic interests of the European computer and video games industry by providing a platform for collaboration and discussion between European institutions and game developers. EGDF unites national trade associations representing game developer studios based in 22 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdoms. Altogether, through its members, EGDF represents more than 2500 game developer studios, most of them SMEs, employing more than 40000 people.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party333%
Socialists & Democrats333%
Renew Europe222%
The Left111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
1
2023
0
2024
0
2025
2
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

Maria Guzenina
2 meetings · S&D
Esteban González Pons
1 meeting · EPP
Laurence Farreng
1 meeting · Renew
Mario Furore
1 meeting · The Left
Katri Kulmuni
1 meeting · Renew

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
7 Oct 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange of views on EU Kids Act
23 Jun 2026Esteban González PonsAgoraEU 2028-2034
9 Jun 2026Mario FuroreAgoraEU
4 May 2026Aura SallaDigital Fairness Act
16 Mar 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaVideogames and protection of minors online
16 Sep 2025Maria GuzeninaDigital Fairness Act
18 Feb 2025Katri KulmuniPelialan EU-regulaatio (esim. Digital Fairness Act ja DMA).
6 Apr 2022Laurence FarrengEchange avec les rapporteurs et des parties prenantes du secteur européen du jeu vidéo et de l'esport
2 Dec 2019Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy

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