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Lobby organisation

European & International Booksellers Federation

Business / industry · Media & publishing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European & International Booksellers Federation appears in 17 declared MEP meetings (17 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

17
declared meetings
with current MEPs
17
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EIBF represents national booksellers associations in the EU and beyond. Our members in turn represent a variety of booksellers, including brick and mortar bookshops, online bookshops, independent bookshops, and chains. Through its member associations, we speak on behalf of more than 25,000 individual booksellers. Our mission is to represent our members and their interests on a global platform, before the…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 17 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats424%
European People's Party318%
Greens/EFA318%
Renew Europe318%
The Left212%
European Conservatives & Reformists16%
Patriots for Europe16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2025).

2020
2
2021
0
2022
0
2023
1
2024
4
2025
9
2026
1

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

Alice Kuhnke
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Alex Agius Saliba
1 meeting · S&D
Irena Joveva
1 meeting · Renew
Leila Chaibi
1 meeting · The Left
Laurence Farreng
1 meeting · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Mar 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - Culture
20 Nov 2025Nadine MoranoRèglement déforestation
20 Nov 2025Laurence FarrengEUDR
20 Nov 2025Laurent CastilloRèglement déforestation - Secteur du livre
17 Sep 2025Nela RiehlDiscussing Priorities of European Booksellers
15 Jul 2025Maria GuzeninaLevel playing field of SMEs
4 Jun 2025Diana Riba I GinerBook sector future and challenges
4 Jun 2025José CepedaCompetitiveness and cultural topics
14 May 2025Pascal ArimontStudy afternoon on Amazon
25 Feb 2025Piotr MüllerEvaluation of the Public Procurement Directives
21 Nov 2024Dirk GotinkEuropean booksellers, internal market
21 Nov 2024Hanna GedinPublic Procurement
20 Nov 2024Leila ChaibiIMCO files
30 Jan 2024Laura Ballarín CerezaLate Payments
19 Oct 2023Irena JovevaEuropean Book sector

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