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Motion Picture Association EMEA

Business group · Media & publishing · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Motion Picture Association EMEA appears in 92 declared MEP meetings (70 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

92
declared meetings
with current MEPs
70
MEPs met
€800k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Founded as a trade association, the MPA (1922) and the MPA EMEA (1945) have broadened their mandate over the years to reflect the diversity of the ever-changing and expanding audiovisual industry. Its members include: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Netflix Studios, LLC; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Universal City Studios LLC, Warner Bros.”

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“Entertainment Inc and Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studies. Today the association's principal areas of activity include: work on legislative and regulatory issues at the European and national levels; development and implementation of content protection strategies; collaboration with other rights holder groups to promote intellectual property rights; and collective management agreements. The Brussels-based MPA EMEA office acts as regional hub for Europe, Middle East and Africa. A large part of our work consists in providing support to local content protection and anti-piracy work is (...)”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 92 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party3336%
Socialists & Democrats2527%
Renew Europe1516%
The Left78%
European Conservatives & Reformists67%
Greens/EFA55%
Patriots for Europe11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (47 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
2
2020
0
2021
0
2022
3
2023
3
2024
19
2025
47
2026
18

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

Axel Voss
4 meetings · EPP
Mario Furore
3 meetings · The Left
Maria Guzenina
3 meetings · S&D
Michał Kobosko
3 meetings · Renew
Brando Benifei
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2026Piotr MüllerDigital Fairness Act
13 Oct 2026Joanna Scheuring-WielgusAI in CCS and DFA
16 Sep 2026Lara MagoniCultural and Creative sectors in the Age of AI and AVMSD
16 Jul 2026Angelika WinzigMeeting with a representative of Motion Picture Association
15 Jul 2026Christian DoleschalDNA
7 Jul 2026Lukas MandlIPRED
12 May 2026Cynthia Ní MhurchúIMCO opinion on Digital Networks Act
7 May 2026Jeannette BaljeuFilm screening
4 May 2026Ana VasconcelosDNA
4 May 2026Michał KoboskoExchange of views on the Digital Networks Act
28 Apr 2026Francesco TorselliDigital Networks Act
28 Apr 2026Mario FuroreCopyright and AI
10 Apr 2026Michał KoboskoExchange of views on the Digital Networks Act
5 Mar 2026Jussi SaramoDigital Networks Act
17 Feb 2026Christian DoleschalDSA

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