MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers

Business / industry · Media & publishing also Health & pharma · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

10
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The mission of STM is to advance trusted research by creating a platform for members to work collaboratively, in respect of competition law. We represent the interest of the STM publishing community in the fields of copyright, technology development, and end user / library relations. STM Aims and Objectives: 1. to assist publishers and their authors in their activities in…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 10 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats440%
European People's Party330%
Greens/EFA220%
Renew Europe110%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025).

2020
2
2021
2
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025
4
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

Ville Niinistö
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lina Gálvez
1 meeting · S&D
Sandro Gozi
1 meeting · Renew
Laura Ballarín Cereza
1 meeting · S&D
Eszter Lakos
1 meeting · EPP

The 10 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Jun 2026Ville NiinistöResearch policy
2 Oct 2025Christian EhlerFP10
17 Feb 2025Eszter LakosScientific publishing
12 Feb 2025Pierfrancesco MaranPriorities new legislature
16 Jan 2025Laura Ballarín CerezaInnovation, STOA
18 Dec 2024Borys BudkaAI and European Research Area
4 May 2021Lina GálvezDigital Services Act
17 Feb 2021Christel SchaldemoseDSA
29 Oct 2020Sandro GoziDSA
30 Jan 2020Ville NiinistöResearch and technology (staff level)

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