MEP of the week

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.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

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.

Socialists & Democrats542%
Greens/EFA325%
The Left217%
European Conservatives & Reformists18%
Renew Europe18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
2
2022
0
2023
1
2024
2
2025
5

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

Alexandra Geese
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
2 meetings · S&D
Ilhan Kyuchyuk
1 meeting · Renew
Marina Kaljurand
1 meeting · S&D
Mario Furore
1 meeting · The Left

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
6 Nov 2025Danilo della ValleMeeting with Wikimedia Europe
4 Nov 2025Sandro RuotoloPosition on draft INI
2 Jul 2025Ilhan KyuchyukOmnibus 1 package & simplification efforts
25 Mar 2025Mario FuroreIncontro conoscitivo
5 Mar 2025Stefano CavedagnaIntroductory meeting
30 Sep 2024Birgit Sippelpolicy priorities for the new mandate (staff-level)
12 Sep 2024Birgit SippelDisinformation related to EU elections
12 May 2023Alexandra GeesePolitical Advertising
26 Mar 2021Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act
15 Feb 2021Christel SchaldemoseDSA
1 Oct 2020Alexandra Geese"My content my rights" event
8 Oct 2019Marina KaljurandRegulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online

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