MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Wikimedia Foundation

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

As of 9 September 2026, Wikimedia Foundation appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally, through websites like Wikipedia. In collaboration with a network of independent organizations, the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for the support and development…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA444%
Socialists & Democrats444%
European People's Party111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025).

2020
2
2021
1
2022
1
2023
0
2024
2
2025
3

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
Tiemo Wölken
3 meetings · S&D
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP
Hannah Neumann
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Raphaël Glucksmann
1 meeting · S&D

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
18 Jun 2025Jörgen WarbornForskning
20 May 2025Hannah NeumannExchange of views on EoV Iran Archiv
6 Mar 2025Alexandra GeeseEvent: Bits und Bäume Policy Lab
1 Oct 2024Alexandra GeeseTech and Society Summit: Community based alternatives: a tool to rein in Big Tech and build a healthy online public sphere
30 Sep 2024Alexandra GeeseDigital policy in the new mandate
11 May 2022Raphaël GlucksmannING2 - Lutte contre la manipulation de l'information
2 Jul 2021Tiemo WölkenDigital Services Act
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act
3 Mar 2020Tiemo WölkenAustausch zum Digital Services Act

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