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Open Markets Institute

Think tank or academic body · Think tanks & research · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Open Markets Institute appears in 23 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

23
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Open Markets uses research and journalism to expose the dangers of monopolization, identifies changes in policy and law to address them, and educates policymakers, academics, movement groups, and other influential stakeholders to establish open, competitive markets that support a strong, just, and inclusive democracy.”

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“We focus especially closely on the threats that “platform monopolies” pose to the free exchange of news, information, and ideas. Our team possesses deep expertise in how monopoly power distorts outcomes in major markets, ranging from the technology sector to agriculture to pharmaceuticals to transportation. By combining policy, legal, and market structure expertise with sophisticated communications and outreach efforts, Open Markets seeks not only to hold today’s monopolies accountable for abuse of power, but to rebuild an economic system where progress is easier to achieve, because power is far more widely and equitably distributed.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 23 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1461%
Socialists & Democrats522%
Renew Europe29%
European People's Party14%
The Left14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
1
2022
1
2023
1
2024
5
2025
10
2026
5

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

Alexandra Geese
9 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alex Agius Saliba
3 meetings · S&D
Kim van Sparrentak
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
René Repasi
2 meetings · S&D
Martin Schirdewan
1 meeting · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Sep 2026Reinier van LanschotMeeting on CADA with Open Markets Institute Europe
9 Sep 2026Sergey LagodinskyExchange of View
7 May 2026Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech Alliance
30 Apr 2026Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech Alliance
27 Jan 2026Alex Agius SalibaDemocratic Tech Alliance
9 Dec 2025Alexandra GeeseTechnological sovereignty
19 Nov 2025Rasmus AndresenEU Merger Guidelines
15 Oct 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
22 Sep 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Google on trial: is a transatlantic break-up possible?
12 Jun 2025Alexandra GeeseDigital policies
5 Jun 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Nextcloud Summit
5 May 2025Alexandra GeeseTech and competition policy
29 Apr 2025Alexandra GeeseTech policy
10 Apr 2025Alexandra GeeseConference: “2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference - Economic Concentration and the Marketplace of Ideas
29 Jan 2025Alexandra GeeseRoundtable: Taming Big Tech

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