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IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide

Business / industry · Media & publishing · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide appears in 55 declared MEP meetings (30 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

55
declared meetings
with current MEPs
30
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“IFPI is a worldwide organisation representing the music industry. Its 3 main priorities are: - Defending and extending rights of the industry around the world; - Enforcement of the industry rights; - Market access to third country markets”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 55 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2749%
Socialists & Democrats1222%
Renew Europe815%
European Conservatives & Reformists59%
Greens/EFA24%
The Left12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (19 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
2
2023
4
2024
13
2025
19
2026
16

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

Axel Voss
14 meetings · EPP
Hannes Heide
5 meetings · S&D
David Cormand
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Manuela Ripa
2 meetings · EPP
Dimitris Tsiodras
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Hannes HeideWorking Breakfast
17 Jun 2026Ivaylo ValchevAgoraEU Programme
10 Jun 2026Marion WalsmannCopy right legislation
8 Jun 2026Axel VossEU politics on music
19 May 2026Dimitris TsiodrasDigital and consumer protection policies
11 May 2026Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
25 Mar 2026Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
25 Mar 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
25 Mar 2026Hannes HeideExchange of views on cultural policy
11 Mar 2026Marcos Ros SempereMeeting with IFPI
10 Mar 2026Ivaylo ValchevIntroductory meeting
10 Mar 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
25 Feb 2026Dainius ŽalimasMeeting
11 Feb 2026Maravillas Abadía JoverINI Copyright & AI and Digital Omnibus
3 Feb 2026Maria GuzeninaDiscussions about the EU policies currently impacting the recorded music industry, including Artificial Intelligence, music streaming economy

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