Lobby organisation
NEWS MEDIA COALITION
Business group · Media & publishing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, NEWS MEDIA COALITION appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.
In their own words
“Believe Genuine news must continue to be a fundamental part of the lives of individuals and societies and the NMC believes that this must include reports, images, comment, analysis from organised events such as sports, news from cultural and civic events – all of which are equally at the heart of the fabric of everyday social life.”
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“Demand It is vital that there is an assured future for independent professionally-produced journalistic news-gathering operations and news content distribution; and the NMC demands there must be economic and public policy conditions to enable the news media sector to run viable, relevant and growing news businesses. Object NMC membership objects to the imposition of arbitrary limits on news from organised events of high public interest which in any way hinders the ability of the public to make decisions about accessing independent news content from varied sources of supply such as news publishers or news agencies. Reject Notions that publ (...)”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2020). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 4 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026 | Pascal Arimont | Company visit |
| 25 May 2021 | Irena Joveva | Situation of the news media market, disinformation and fake news |
| 2 Oct 2020 | Irena Joveva | Challenges of sports events organizers in the digital environment |
| 17 Jun 2020 | Irena Joveva | Challenges of sport events in the online environment |
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