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Orange

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Orange appears in 70 declared MEP meetings (38 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

70
declared meetings
with current MEPs
38
MEPs met
€1.2M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications providers with 127 000 employees worldwide (2024) and sales of 40.3 billion euros for the year 2024. The Group invested 6.3 billion euros in 2024.”

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“In 2024, Orange had a customer base of 291 million customers in 26 countries, has launched 5G in 7 EU countries and deployed FTTH to achieve 71 million homes passed. Orange has 7 cable ships and has laid more than 450 000km of undersea cables. Orange is committed to being net zero carbon by 2040. Under the brand Orange Business, Orange is a world leader in providing ICT services to multinational companies and serves customers in over 220 countries and territories. The following network operators are part of Orange in member states of the EU: Orange SA (FR), Orange Belgium (BE) Orange Luxembourg (LU) Orange Polska (PL) Orange Romania (RO) Orange Slovensko (SK) Joint Venture in Spain (MasOrange) Further information at : www.orange.com […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 70 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe2637%
European People's Party2130%
Socialists & Democrats1623%
European Conservatives & Reformists34%
Greens/EFA34%
Patriots for Europe11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (23 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
5
2020
9
2021
1
2022
4
2023
3
2024
6
2025
19
2026
23

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

Christophe Grudler
7 meetings · Renew
Valérie Hayer
5 meetings · Renew
Adina Vălean
5 meetings · EPP
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
4 meetings · Renew
Laurence Farreng
4 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
28 Sep 2026François KalfonRèglement "Direct to Device"
15 Sep 2026Ana VasconcelosDNA
15 Sep 2026Céline ImartDiner des grandes entreprises
9 Sep 2026Francesco TorselliDigital Networks Act
8 Sep 2026Aura SallaDigital Networks Act
8 Sep 2026Victor NegrescuExchange on digital policy and connectivity in Europe
8 Jul 2026Diego SolierPresentation of Position Cybersecurity Act Revision (CSA2)
7 Jul 2026Nicola ZingarettiDigital networks act
1 Jul 2026Markéta GregorováImpacts of CSA2 on the telecommunications industry
30 Jun 2026François KalfonDigital Networks Act
22 Jun 2026Adina VăleanDigital Networks Act
11 Jun 2026Matthias EckeDigital Networks Act
5 May 2026Adina VăleanDigital Networks Act
29 Apr 2026Pilar del Castillo VeraDigital Networks Act
29 Apr 2026François-Xavier BellamyDAN

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