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VAUNET - Verband Privater Medien e. V.

Business / industry · Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, VAUNET - Verband Privater Medien e. V. appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Ziele des VAUNET (ehemals VPRT): Deutschland hat heute das vielfältigste Rundfunk- und Medienangebot in Europa. Der private Rundfunk und die privaten elektronischen Medienanbieter sind ein wichtiger Wirtschaftsfaktor. Sie sind damit zugleich Motor für Innovation und Wachstum. Der Standort Deutschland muss mit den internationalen Entwicklungen auf einem dynamischen Medien- und Kommunikationsmarkt künftig Schritt halten können. Um die Zukunftsfähigkeit unseres Medienstandortes auch…”

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.

European People's Party655%
Greens/EFA436%
Socialists & Democrats19%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2021).

2020
1
2021
3
2022
2
2023
2
2024
1
2025
1
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

Sabine Verheyen
5 meetings · EPP
Alexandra Geese
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Erik Marquardt
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Axel Voss
1 meeting · EPP
Birgit Sippel
1 meeting · S&D

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Mar 2026Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
16 Jan 2025Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
21 Nov 2024Erik MarquardtGeneral exchange
30 Nov 2023Axel VossArtificial Intelligence
1 Feb 2023Birgit SippelEuropean Media Freedom Act (Staff-Level)
16 Nov 2022Alexandra GeeseEvent: The importance of advertising for media freedom
11 Jul 2022Sabine VerheyenGeoblocking, DSA, EMFA
25 May 2021Sabine VerheyenDSA
21 May 2021Alexandra GeeseDSA and media
15 Mar 2021Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act joint stakeholder meeting
16 Nov 2020Sabine VerheyenMedia policy

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