Lobby organisation
Federation of European Publishers
Business group · Media & publishing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Federation of European Publishers appears in 17 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“The Federation of European Publishers represents 31 national associations of publishers of books, learned journals and educational materials, in all formats, of the European Union, the European Economic Area and other European countries. Thus, FEP is the voice of the great majority of publishers in Europe.”
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“It acts in the name of publishers in the discussions and negotiations with the European Institutions concerning mostly the copyright legislation, information society, taxation and culture.”
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.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025). 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 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2026 | Alice Kuhnke | AgoraEU - Culture |
| 17 Sep 2025 | Nela Riehl | Discussing Priorities of European Publishing Sector |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Tiemo Wölken | AI & Copyright |
| 4 Jul 2025 | Angelika Niebler | INI report on AI and copyright |
| 25 Jun 2025 | David Cormand | Copyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Marcos Ros Sempere | Meeting with Federation of European Publishers |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Aurore Lalucq | Enjeux prioritaires pour le livre au niveau européen, dont l'IA |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Manuela Ripa | Authors' Rights/Artificial Intelligence |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Hannes Heide | General exchange of views, Dinner |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Bernard Guetta | "Author-editor dialogues" |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Laurence Farreng | Défis du secteur de l'édition européenne |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Reinis Pozņaks | Introduction |
| 19 Oct 2023 | Irena Joveva | European Publishing Sector |
| 21 Oct 2022 | Christian Ehler | Allgemeiner Austausch |
| 15 Jun 2022 | Diana Riba I Giner | European Young Publishers |
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