MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Warner Bros. Discovery

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

As of 9 September 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

15
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“WBD is broadcaster, producer and on-demand streamer of high-quality audiovisual content (film, games and television). We were recently formed via a 2022 merger of Warner Media and Discovery. We currently have EU headquarters in the Netherlands, Sweden and Czech Republic for different parts of the business, and other significant places of business in Munich, Paris, Warsaw, Milan, Madrid and Copenhagen.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 15 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats640%
European People's Party533%
Greens/EFA213%
Renew Europe213%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).

2022
2
2023
5
2024
4
2025
3
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

Daniel Freund
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Katarina Barley
2 meetings · S&D
Hannes Heide
2 meetings · S&D
Sabine Verheyen
2 meetings · EPP
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
17 May 2026Laurence FarrengPolitique européenne en matière de médias
6 May 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
9 Apr 2025Maria WalshTraditional Media
14 Feb 2025Svenja HahnExchange on upcoming digital EU legislation
13 Nov 2024Emma RafowiczAudiovisuel et cinéma
13 Nov 2024Hannes HeideExchange of views on audiovisual and media policy
26 Aug 2024Axel VossAI
25 Jan 2024Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
18 Jul 2023Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of Views
31 May 2023Daniel FreundMedia freedom in Poland
31 May 2023Katarina BarleyExchange on Rule of Law, Media Freedom
31 Mar 2023Katarina BarleyExchange on Rule of Law, Media Freedom
2 Feb 2023Daniel FreundMedia Freedom Poland
12 Oct 2022Sabine VerheyenMedienpolitik
26 May 2022Hannes HeideCULT-Mission: Exchange on culture, media and education policy

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