MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries appears in 323 declared MEP meetings (164 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

323
declared meetings
with current MEPs
164
MEPs met
€10.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
16.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Meta’s mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible - https://about.meta.com/company-info/.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 323 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party11937%
Socialists & Democrats6119%
Renew Europe4915%
European Conservatives & Reformists4313%
Patriots for Europe247%
Greens/EFA217%
The Left31%
Non-attached21%
Europe of Sovereign Nations1<1%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (93 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
7
2020
17
2021
21
2022
17
2023
25
2024
72
2025
93
2026
71

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

Birgit Sippel
11 meetings · S&D
Arba Kokalari
8 meetings · EPP
Sergey Lagodinsky
8 meetings · Greens/EFA
Piotr Müller
7 meetings · ECR
Alexandra Geese
6 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Oct 2026Dimitris TsiodrasProtection of minors online
20 Oct 2026Piotr MüllerDigital Omnibus
15 Oct 2026Jacek OzdobaSocial media
13 Oct 2026Sandro RuotoloPlatform policy, protection of minors, spyware, election integration
13 Oct 2026Adnan DibraniQuestions on Meta's smart glasses and compliance with EU law
7 Oct 2026Sandro RuotoloUpdate on protection of minors, Kids Act, spyware notifications
7 Oct 2026Michalis HadjipantelaUpdate on various initiatives
7 Oct 2026Andi CristeaBatteries regulation
2 Oct 2026Seán KellyEnvironmental Omnibus batteries regulation
1 Oct 2026Eleonora MeletiSocial media policies
29 Sep 2026Dan NicaWearables and batteries
18 Sep 2026Jeroen LenaersEU KIDS Act
17 Sep 2026Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleContent moderation, child sexual abuse online, DSA enforcement
16 Sep 2026Kosma ZłotowskiAI and copyright protection
16 Sep 2026Sebastian KruisTech regulation

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