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IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide

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

As of 7 November 2026, IFPI Representing recording industry worldwide appears in 62 declared MEP meetings (34 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

62
declared meetings
with current MEPs
34
MEPs met
€900k/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 - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 62 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2845%
Socialists & Democrats1524%
Renew Europe813%
European Conservatives & Reformists711%
Greens/EFA23%
Patriots for Europe12%
The Left12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (21 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
2
2023
4
2024
14
2025
21
2026
20

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
15 meetings · EPP
Hannes Heide
5 meetings · S&D
David Cormand
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Manuela Ripa
2 meetings · EPP
Maria Guzenina
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Oct 2026Aurelijus VerygaEvent: “Friends of Music – Piano Concert and Dinner”
20 Oct 2026Ton DiepeveenCopyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges
24 Sep 2026Lara MagoniCultural and Creative Sectors in the age of AI
9 Sep 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange views on generative AI
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

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