MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Future of Life Institute

NGO / non-profit · Think tanks & research · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Future of Life Institute appears in 17 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

17
declared meetings
with current MEPs
12
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit that works on maximising the benefits of technology and on mitigating its associated risks. In our current engagement with the EU institutions, FLI has two key priorities: i) promoting the beneficial development of artificial intelligence, ii) regulating lethal autonomous weapons.”

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.

Renew Europe529%
Greens/EFA424%
Socialists & Democrats424%
European People's Party318%
The Left16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025).

2021
1
2022
3
2023
0
2024
1
2025
11
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

Brando Benifei
3 meetings · S&D
Sergey Lagodinsky
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Jana Toom
1 meeting · Renew
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
28 Oct 2025Sigrid FriisGeneral talk about the EP
19 Sep 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
15 May 2025Li AnderssonEU-affairs
20 Mar 2025Brando BenifeiIA
13 Mar 2025Eva MaydellITRE Agenda
13 Mar 2025Svenja HahnAI Act
21 Feb 2025Michael McNamaraAI Act implementation
5 Feb 2025Brando BenifeiAI Liability Directive
4 Feb 2025Jana ToomArtificial Intelligence
4 Feb 2025Brando BenifeiImplementation of the AI Act
15 Jan 2025Ana VasconcelosAI
26 Jul 2024Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
25 May 2022Sergey LagodinskyArtificial Intelligence Act
10 May 2022Tiemo WölkenAI Act

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