MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries

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

As of 9 September 2026, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries appears in 290 declared MEP meetings (150 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

290
declared meetings
with current MEPs
150
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 290 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party10837%
Socialists & Democrats5519%
Renew Europe4315%
European Conservatives & Reformists3412%
Patriots for Europe238%
Greens/EFA217%
The Left31%
Non-attached21%
Europe of Sovereign Nations10%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (86 in 2025).

2019
7
2020
17
2021
21
2022
17
2023
25
2024
67
2025
86
2026
50

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
Alexandra Geese
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Zala Tomašič
6 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
7 Sep 2026Maria WalshAge Verification Online
2 Jul 2026Grégory AllioneSujet sur l’IA
24 Jun 2026Flavio TosiEnvironmental Omnibus
24 Jun 2026Lídia PereiraEssilorLuxottica-Meta
24 Jun 2026Brando BenifeiAI governance
23 Jun 2026Silvia Sardoneenvi
16 Jun 2026Henrik DahlDigital policy
21 May 2026Susana Solís PérezEnvironmental Omnibus
29 Apr 2026Marion MaréchalChat Control
29 Apr 2026Pascal ArimontProtection of Minors Online and Omnibusses
28 Apr 2026Elisabetta GualminiITRE committee
28 Apr 2026Pietro FiocchiEnvironmental OMNIBUS
22 Apr 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange of views
22 Apr 2026Pascal ArimontProtection of minors online
21 Apr 2026Michał KoboskoExchange of views on the Digital Networks Act

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