MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Global Network Initiative

NGO / non-profit · Media & publishing · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Global Network Initiative appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Global Network Initiative is an international multi-stakeholder organization that brings together information and communications technology (ICT) companies, civil society (including human rights and press freedom groups), academics and investors to work together to forge a common approach to protecting and advancing free expression and privacy in the ICT sector around the world. GNI members commit to, and are independently…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA240%
Socialists & Democrats240%
European People's Party120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2020).

2020
2
2021
1
2022
0
2023
1
2024
0
2025
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
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Axel Voss
1 meeting · EPP
Birgit Sippel
1 meeting · S&D

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Jan 2025Birgit SippelUN Convention on Cybercrime
13 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
26 Jan 2021Alexandra GeeseEvent: "What Does the Global Wave of Content Regulation Mean for Human Rights?"
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act
19 Feb 2020Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act

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