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Lobby organisation

Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft e.V.

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

As of 9 September 2026, Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft e.V. appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Die SPIO vertritt die Interessen der deutschen Film- und Videowirtschaft in den Sparten Filmproduktion, Filmverleih, Filmtheater und Audiovisuelle Medien. Als Dachverband von Berufsverbänden repräsentiert sie mehr als 1.100 Mitgliedsfirmen mit mehr als 60.000 ständig und 130.000 auf Projektbasis Beschäftigten, die einen Jahresumsatz von rund 8 Milliarden Euro erwirtschaften. Ziel der SPIO ist es, den deutschen Film in seiner Vielfalt, Qualität…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party857%
Greens/EFA321%
Socialists & Democrats214%
The Left17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026).

2021
3
2022
0
2023
3
2024
1
2025
3
2026
4

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
5 meetings · EPP
Sabine Verheyen
2 meetings · EPP
Daniel Freund
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Martin Schirdewan
1 meeting · The Left

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Mar 2026Axel VossAI Omnibus
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
29 Jan 2026Sabrina ReppAgoraEU
8 Jan 2026Erik MarquardtGeneral exchange
3 Dec 2025Axel VossEuropean Cinema
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
6 May 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
20 Mar 2024Christian EhlerCultural and digital Policy
15 Jun 2023Daniel FreundEuropean Media Freedom Act (staff-level)
26 Jan 2023Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
12 Jan 2023René RepasiDigitaler Binnenmarkt und Filmwirtschaft
21 May 2021Alexandra GeeseDSA and media
12 Apr 2021Martin SchirdewanDigital Services Act / Digital Markets Act
24 Mar 2021Sabine VerheyenDSA and MAAP

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