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Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V.

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. appears in 27 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

27
declared meetings
with current MEPs
12
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
0.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. (Society for Civil Rights, GFF) is a donor-funded organization that defends fundamental and human rights by legal means. The organization promotes democracy and civil society, protects against disproportionate surveillance and advocates for equal rights and social participation for everyone.”

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“To that end, the GFF conducts strategic litigation, lodges constitutional complaints against laws that violate fundamental rights and contributes its legal expertise to social debates. The Berlin-based non-profit organization was founded in 2015 and is funded primarily through individual donations and the contributions of its supporting members.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 27 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA2281%
Socialists & Democrats519%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (13 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
3
2021
2
2022
0
2023
5
2024
3
2025
13
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

Alexandra Geese
7 meetings · Greens/EFA
Hannah Neumann
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Terry Reintke
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tiemo Wölken
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
19 Feb 2026Hannah NeumannExchange of Views on Spyware
11 Dec 2025Hannah NeumannExchange of View on Spyware
17 Oct 2025Terry ReintkeEU Initiatives for Civil Society and Democracy
17 Oct 2025Jutta PaulusEuropagruppe Grüne: Austausch mit NGOs
17 Oct 2025Alexandra GeeseCSO meeting, democracy
17 Oct 2025Rasmus AndresenEuropaworkshop
6 Jun 2025Jutta PaulusDelegationsklausur, Treffen mit Interessens­verbänden
6 Jun 2025Erik MarquardtAustausch im Rahmen eines Events der Europagruppe Grüne
6 Jun 2025Daniel FreundDelegationsklausur
21 May 2025Hannah NeumannExchange of views on Sypware
14 Apr 2025Hannah NeumannExchange on European regulation of the illegal use of Spyware
14 Apr 2025Terry ReintkeDemocarcy and the Rule of Law in the EU
29 Jan 2025Alexandra GeeseRoundtable: Taming Big Tech
14 Jan 2025Alexandra GeeseDigital commons and digital policies
22 Nov 2024Sergey LagodinskyExchange of views

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