MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

International Press Institute

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

As of 9 September 2026, International Press Institute appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The International Press Institute (IPI) is a global network of editors, journalists and media executives who share a common dedication to quality, independent journalism. Together, we promote the conditions that allow journalism to fulfill its public function, the most important of which is the media’s ability to operate free from interference and without fear of retaliation.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA343%
Renew Europe229%
Socialists & Democrats229%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2021).

2021
2
2022
0
2023
2
2024
0
2025
1
2026
2

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

Daniel Freund
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sandro Ruotolo
2 meetings · S&D
Terry Reintke
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Irena Joveva
1 meeting · Renew
Sophie Wilmès
1 meeting · Renew

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
7 May 2026Sandro RuotoloInformal meeting on future initiatives of the IG against spyware abuse
3 Mar 2026Sandro RuotoloInterest group on spyware meeting
13 Mar 2025Sophie WilmèsIndépendance des médias
17 Apr 2023Daniel FreundEuropean Media Freedom Act (staff-level)
22 Mar 2023Irena JovevaEuropean Media Freedom Act
6 Dec 2021Terry ReintkeRoundtable on the INI Report on the European Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report with Civil Society Representatives and (Shadow-) Rapporteurs
21 Sep 2021Daniel FreundRule of Law & Media Freedom in Slovenia

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