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Lobby organisation

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

NGO / non-profit · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ICANN, a nonprofit public-benefit entity, created in 1998, is the organization coordinating domain names and numbers across the world, ensuring the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems and especially the Domain Name System (DNS); and playing an important role in maintaining the Internet’s stability and security. ICANN, through its multistakeholder governance model, brings together governments, non-commercial…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe1267%
Socialists & Democrats528%
Greens/EFA16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2021).

2021
6
2022
4
2023
2
2024
3
2025
1
2026
2

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

Bart Groothuis
12 meetings · Renew
Marina Kaljurand
2 meetings · S&D
Brando Benifei
1 meeting · S&D
Rasmus Andresen
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Tsvetelina Penkova
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
1 Mar 2026Matthias EckeInternet Governance
15 Oct 2025Marina KaljurandInternet governance at the international level
2 Dec 2024Tsvetelina PenkovaInternet Governance Forum
12 Sep 2024Bart GroothuisInternet governance
24 Jul 2024Bart GroothuisInternet governance
25 May 2023Marina KaljurandInternet governance
27 Feb 2023Brando BenifeiDiscussion on the AI Act
20 Jun 2022Bart GroothuisNIS2
10 Jun 2022Bart GroothuisNIS2
24 Mar 2022Bart GroothuisAPA meeting on NIS 2
25 Jan 2022Bart GroothuisAPA meeting on NIS report
8 Dec 2021Bart GroothuisMeeting on NIS report
26 Aug 2021Bart GroothuisAPA Meeting on NIS report
3 May 2021Bart GroothuisAPA workshop DNS

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