Lobby organisation
European Writers’ Council-Féderation des associations européennes d’écrivains
Business group · Media & publishing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, European Writers’ Council-Féderation des associations européennes d’écrivains appears in 8 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“The EWC AISBL pursues the following non-profit objectives of European and international utility: - inform and support its member organisations, defend the authors' rights and copyright, the authors’ economic and moral rights; to promote the professional and cultural interests and improve the social and professional situation of writers and literary translators in the whole of Europe ; - to encourage […]”
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“[…] debates in the fields of freedom of expression, artistic freedom, intellectual property and artistic creativity, social status, contractual and working conditions of writers and literary translators ; - to improve public awareness about copyright, authors' rights and the conditions of authors in Europe ; - to circulate pertinent information to its member organisations, particularly that relating to community initiatives in cultural, legal and regulatory matters.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 8 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026). 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 8 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | David Cormand | IA & Copyright |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Alice Kuhnke | AgoraEU - Culture |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Nela Riehl | European Writer's Council - Introduction |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Axel Voss | Stakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Nela Riehl | Stakeholder Roundtable on Creators & Performers |
| 1 Sep 2025 | Axel Voss | Copyright and generative AI |
| 6 May 2025 | Axel Voss | Copyright and generative AI |
| 19 Oct 2023 | Irena Joveva | European Book Sector and the status of writers |
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