MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Match Group

Business / industry · Technology & digital · HQ: France · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Match Group appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), through its portfolio companies, is a leading provider of digital technologies designed to help people make meaningful connections. Our global portfolio of brands includes Tinder®, Hinge®, Match®, Meetic®, OkCupid®, Pairs™, PlentyOfFish®, Azar®, BLK®, and more. In the EU, we advocate for a digital ecosystem that prioritizes user safety, data privacy, and fair market competition while fostering…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats739%
European People's Party633%
Renew Europe422%
Greens/EFA16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2020).

2019
1
2020
6
2021
3
2022
4
2023
2
2024
1
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

Alex Agius Saliba
3 meetings · S&D
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
2 meetings · Renew
Javier Zarzalejos
2 meetings · EPP
Hilde Vautmans
1 meeting · Renew
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Jan 2025Aura SallaEU Digital Policy
12 Sep 2024Javier ZarzalejosMatch Group Priorities 2024-2029
9 Mar 2023Heléne FritzonMöte med Match Group
11 Jan 2023Hilde VautmansRegulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse
22 Nov 2022Javier ZarzalejosMeeting with Match Group, to discuss the proposal on preventing and combating child sexual abuse online
16 Mar 2022Evin IncirData protection
31 Jan 2022Stéphanie Yon-CourtinDMA
27 Jan 2022Andreas SchwabDMA
11 May 2021Billy KelleherDigital Services Act
25 Feb 2021Christel SchaldemoseDSA
22 Jan 2021Alex Agius SalibaDSA
20 Nov 2020Lena DüpontChild protection online
22 Sep 2020Stéphanie Yon-CourtinConcurrence
22 Sep 2020Alex Agius SalibaDSA
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act

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