MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Microsoft Corporation

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

As of 9 September 2026, Microsoft Corporation appears in 166 declared MEP meetings (89 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

166
declared meetings
with current MEPs
89
MEPs met
€7.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 166 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats5231%
European People's Party3923%
Renew Europe3521%
Greens/EFA3018%
European Conservatives & Reformists85%
Patriots for Europe11%
The Left11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (46 in 2025).

2019
5
2020
13
2021
17
2022
11
2023
22
2024
18
2025
46
2026
34

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
10 meetings · S&D
Alexandra Geese
9 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
9 meetings · Greens/EFA
Svenja Hahn
6 meetings · Renew
Christel Schaldemose
6 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Jul 2026Mika AaltolaMeeting with Microsoft on EU-US trade policy
15 Jul 2026Kathleen van BremptTransatlantic relations
3 Jul 2026Markéta GregorováCybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) meeting
17 Jun 2026Hilde VautmansDigital Legislation
17 Jun 2026Radan KanevEnvironmental omnibus- speeding up of environmental assessments
17 Jun 2026Svenja HahnEU-US trade relations and developments after the Turnberry deal
17 Jun 2026Andi CristeaImplementation of the Turnberry framework
8 Jun 2026Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleClosing Europe’s AI language gap (minority languages)
4 Jun 2026Seán KellyDiscussion about competitiveness and innovation
3 Jun 2026Markéta GregorováGDPR omnibus meeting
28 May 2026José CepedaHybrid threats and cyber defence
6 May 2026Sebastian TynkkynenDigital Omnibus
28 Apr 2026Pekka ToveriThe European cyber threat landscape and the role of public private cooperation in strengthening Europe’s resilience
26 Apr 2026Mārtiņš StaķisCybersecurity Threats
21 Apr 2026Michał KoboskoExchange of views on the Digital Networks Act

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