MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

RTL Deutschland GmbH

Business / industry · Media & publishing · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, RTL Deutschland GmbH appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“RTL Deutschland ist das führende Entertainmentunternehmen in Deutschland über alle Mediengattungen: TV und Streaming, Print und Digital, Radio und Podcast. Es vereint die stärksten Medienmarken von RTL bis STERN, von GEO bis ntv. Mit RTL+ betreibt das Unternehmen die größte deutsche Streamingplattform. Zu RTL Deutschland gehören 15 TV-Sender, 50 Premium-Magazine, ein Podcast-Portfolio und zahlreiche Digitalangebote. Mit RTL Radio Deutschland zählt…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA655%
European People's Party436%
Renew Europe19%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2025).

2021
1
2022
1
2023
1
2024
0
2025
7
2026
1

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
3 meetings · EPP
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Svenja Hahn
1 meeting · Renew
Sergey Lagodinsky
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 May 2026Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
14 May 2025Nela RiehlStakeholder Roundtable:The Future of European Broadcasting, Press and Media: How to create a common European Media Space?
14 May 2025Diana Riba I GinerBroadcasting, press and media in the EU
14 May 2025Erik MarquardtStakeholder Roundtable: Broadcasting, Press and Media in the EU
12 May 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Landesmedienanstal NRW „Safeguarding Freedom – Securing Democracy"
6 May 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
14 Feb 2025Svenja HahnExchange on upcoming digital EU legislation
31 May 2023Daniel FreundMedia freedom
24 Jun 2022Axel VossAI Act
21 May 2021Sergey LagodinskyData Governance Act, Digital ID, Consent management, Personal Information Management

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