Lobby organisation
Wikimedia Europe
NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 9 September 2026, Wikimedia Europe appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“Wikimedia Europe, formerly known as the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, aims at coordinating mainly the European Wikimedia chapters so they can have a unified and clear position on major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement. It promotes free knowledge, knowledge equity and access through it through the non-commercial Wikimedia projects. It…”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).
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
The 12 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2025 | Danilo della Valle | Meeting with Wikimedia Europe |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Sandro Ruotolo | Position on draft INI |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Ilhan Kyuchyuk | Omnibus 1 package & simplification efforts |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Mario Furore | Incontro conoscitivo |
| 5 Mar 2025 | Stefano Cavedagna | Introductory meeting |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Birgit Sippel | policy priorities for the new mandate (staff-level) |
| 12 Sep 2024 | Birgit Sippel | Disinformation related to EU elections |
| 12 May 2023 | Alexandra Geese | Political Advertising |
| 26 Mar 2021 | Alexandra Geese | Digital Services Act |
| 15 Feb 2021 | Christel Schaldemose | DSA |
| 1 Oct 2020 | Alexandra Geese | "My content my rights" event |
| 8 Oct 2019 | Marina Kaljurand | Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online |
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