European Digital Rights

EDRi

EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament) and Future of Privacy Forum

12 Nov 2025 · Exchange of view on digital policy

Meeting with Benjamin Boegel (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

6 Nov 2025 · Upcoming digital omnibus

Meeting with Elio Di Rupo (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Nov 2025 · Protection des mineurs en ligne

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2025 · Protection of young people online

Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2025 · Omnibus numérique, IA

Meeting with Tom Vandendriessche (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

29 Oct 2025 · EU Digital rights

Meeting with Marina Kaljurand (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Age verification

Meeting with Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

15 Oct 2025 · Data protection and privacy

Meeting with Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

14 Oct 2025 · protection of children online

Meeting with Leoluca Orlando (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2025 · Spyware

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Sept 2025 · Privacy Camp

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

30 Sept 2025 · Event: Privacy Camp

Meeting with Michalis Hadjipantela (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Sept 2025 · Meeting regarding CSAR

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Sept 2025 · Exchange on various files with EVP Virkkunen

Meeting with Olivier Micol (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers)

18 Sept 2025 · GDPR simplification

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

17 Sept 2025 · Protection mineurs en ligne

Meeting with Emma Rafowicz (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2025 · Spyware policy

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Sept 2025 · Child Sexual Abuse Material Regulation

Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2025 · Spyware regulation

Meeting with Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

25 Jul 2025 · Data protection and privacy

Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Jul 2025 · Protection of Minors online and CSAM regulation

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

17 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2025 · Data protection, remedies and enforcement

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

14 May 2025 · Event: Democratic Tech Alliance

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

14 May 2025 · Democratic Tech Alliance

Meeting with Olivier Micol (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers)

8 May 2025 · GDPR simplification in the context of the Small Mid-Caps Omnibus and Data Union Strategy

Meeting with Agata Gerba (Head of Unit Trade)

28 Apr 2025 · Discussion on the text of the negotiated outcome of the EU- Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) and the EU-Korea DTA

Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Apr 2025 · Digitalpolitik

Meeting with Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

25 Mar 2025 · EU-Singapore DTA

Meeting with Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

24 Mar 2025 · Data protection, GDPR procedural rules proposal, international data flows, simplification

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

20 Mar 2025 · Civil society and EU digital policy

Meeting with Prabhat Agarwal (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

20 Feb 2025 · Perception of the Commission’s work on the Digital Services Act (DSA) among civil society organisations and Update on DSA enforcement activities and communication about the DSA

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and

19 Feb 2025 · Guidelines for banned AI use cases and the definition of AI (Staff-level)

Meeting with Lina Gálvez (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Feb 2025 · Digital Rights

Meeting with Rita Wezenbeek (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

11 Feb 2025 · Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA)

Meeting with Olivier Micol (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers)

5 Feb 2025 · EDRi queried whether the GDPR would be part of the announced simplification omnibus, noting that it had heard that there could be an amendment to the exception for records of processing in Article 30(5) GDPR.

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Feb 2025 · Digital policies

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Jan 2025 · LIBE priorities

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik

21 Jan 2025 · UN Convention Cybercrime (UNCC)

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 Dec 2024 · European Internet Forum Breakfast Protecting Children Online

Meeting with Jeroen Lenaers (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Dec 2024 · EDRI

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement

Meeting with Marina Kaljurand (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2024 · Europol JPSG

Meeting with Charles Goerens (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2024 · the protection of human rights in the context of the internet, data, and digitalisation.

Meeting with Evin Incir (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Nov 2024 · Digital rights and the JPSG on Europol

Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Nov 2024 · AI Act

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Nov 2024 · Exchange on future digital policies

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Oct 2024 · Europol - JPSG

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Oct 2024 · LIBE Civil Society Meeting

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Oct 2024 · Cooperation on LIBE related matters

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · Online Advertisement

Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Tech & Society Summit (speaker)

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Corporate Europe Observatory

1 Oct 2024 · Speaker - Big tech lobbying

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and Wikimedia Foundation

1 Oct 2024 · Tech and Society Summit: Community based alternatives: a tool to rein in Big Tech and build a healthy online public sphere

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

1 Oct 2024 · Visionary roundtable: building an EU digital enforcement strategy

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Panel discussion: Tech and Society Summit

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Tech & Society Summit (staff-level)

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · 20 years of digital policy in the EU

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 Sept 2024 · Digital Rights policy

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

26 Sept 2024 · Speaker at an event on digital policies in the EU

Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2024 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Sept 2024 · Digitalpolitik

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · EU-US e-Evidence & UN Cybercrime Convention (Staff-Level)

Meeting with Diana Riba I Giner (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2024 · Pegasus

Meeting with Bruno Gencarelli (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders) and Access Now Europe

12 Sept 2024 · GDPR and data flows - state of play and future prospects.

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Introductory meeting with EDRi

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Sept 2024 · Protection of human rights in the context of the internet, data, and digitalisation

Meeting with Bruno Gonçalves (Member of the European Parliament) and

9 Sept 2024 · ITRE policies

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2024 · CSA Regulation

Meeting with Lynn Boylan (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Sept 2024 · Key digital rights topics for new mandate

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Jun 2024 · Digital files in LIBE

Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Apr 2024 · Digitale mensenrechten

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and Centre for Democracy Technology, Europe

17 Apr 2024 · Staff Level: Fifth Edition of the Civil Society Roundtable Series

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Mar 2024 · Digital rights

Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

13 Feb 2024 · Facilitators Package - stakeholders’ consultation meeting

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Jan 2024 · EDRi Privacy Camp

Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

13 Dec 2023 · Digital policy

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2023 · EU/US eEvidence COM(2019) 70 final (staff-level)

Meeting with Jana Toom (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

20 Nov 2023 · GDPR enforcement

Meeting with Cristian Terheş (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik

7 Nov 2023 · Digital euro file

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Access Now Europe

25 Oct 2023 · GDPR Enforcement Regulation

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

25 Oct 2023 · Greens/EFA event "Reclaiming our Digital Future"

Meeting with Marcel Kolaja (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

17 Oct 2023 · discussion about the negative consequences of Chat Control with EDRi member Iuridicum Remedium

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Oct 2023 · Remise pétition CSAR

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2023 · Digital policies

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2023 · EU´s Digital Policy

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Sept 2023 · Digital policy priorities

Meeting with Jeroen Lenaers (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Sept 2023 · CSAM

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Electronic Frontier Foundation

26 Sept 2023 · Staff Level: event: "Encryption in the age of surveillance"

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Sept 2023 · Staff Level: Digital advertising market

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

11 Sept 2023 · Spyware, European Media Freedom Act (staff level)

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Sept 2023 · Digital Policy

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

6 Sept 2023 · AI Act and fundamental rights impact assessment

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

4 Sept 2023 · Digital policies and human rights

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

29 Aug 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

12 Jul 2023 · AI Act

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited

6 Jun 2023 · Meeting with NGOs on Remote Biometrical Identification (RBI) prohibition

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

11 May 2023 · CSA-R (Staff-level)

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

10 May 2023 · CSA-R (Staff-level)

Meeting with Sylwia Spurek (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 May 2023 · Extraordinary meeting with experts specialised in cyberviolence

Meeting with Malin Björk (Member of the European Parliament)

3 May 2023 · AI Act

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Apr 2023 · Staff Level: Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Access Now Europe

27 Apr 2023 · APAs - European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Apr 2023 · S&D LIBE working group with external guests on Prum II and other files

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 Apr 2023 · Schengen Borders Code

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Mar 2023 · Preparation of the a meeting on Europol and Prüm-II (staff level)

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Expertisebureau Online Kindermisbruik

28 Mar 2023 · Greens/EFA experts hearing on the Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSAR)

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

27 Mar 2023 · Political advertising

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 Mar 2023 · Prüm II Regulation and Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

21 Mar 2023 · 20th anniversary EDRi and current files in the area of digital rights

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Mar 2023 · European Digital Rights 20 anniversary

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Mar 2023 · Event Preparation (Staff-level)

Meeting with Marcel Kolaja (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and

8 Mar 2023 · discussion about protection of children on-line and encryption

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and AMBER Alert Europe

8 Mar 2023 · Shadows meeting on Prüm II Regulation

Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

6 Mar 2023 · Preventing and combating child sexual abuse online

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

28 Feb 2023 · Shadows meeting on Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

8 Feb 2023 · European Media Freedom Act (staff-level)

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and eco - Verband der Internetwirtschaft

30 Jan 2023 · Panellist at event ECO on Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

12 Jan 2023 · Closed door stakeholders meeting on Child Sexual Abuse Regulation with MEP Alex Agius Saliba and MEP Helene Fritzon

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Access Now Europe

12 Jan 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act & Migration

Meeting with Javier Zarzalejos (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Dec 2022 · Meeting with European Digital Rights (EDRi), to discuss the proposal on preventing and combating child sexual abuse online

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

23 Nov 2022 · Staff Level: Political Advertising Regulation

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Nov 2022 · Bias in artificial intelligence

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Member of the European Parliament) and La Quadrature Du Net

8 Nov 2022 · AI Act (équipe)

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Oct 2022 · Political Advertising

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Oct 2022 · Staff Level: Prüm II Regulation

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Fair Trials Europe

11 Oct 2022 · Staff Level: Prüm II Regulation

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and AMBER Alert Europe

29 Sept 2022 · Staff Level: Prüm II Regulation

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Sept 2022 · Political advertising, Digital Services Act

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and

8 Sept 2022 · Telecom, Open Internet Regulation.

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Jun 2022 · Prüm II

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament) and Fair Trials Europe

2 Jun 2022 · Europol regulation reform

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Jun 2022 · Co-organiser and moderator event: 'How to effectively fight child sexual exploitation and abuse online?'

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

31 May 2022 · CSAM

Meeting with Rob Rooken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

20 May 2022 · Biometrics

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

20 May 2022 · Protecting net neutrality, confidentiality of information, eID

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 May 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Christel Schaldemose (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

10 May 2022 · DSA

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Apr 2022 · Exchange of views on AI

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and

19 Apr 2022 · Roundtable: Gender-based Violence

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

16 Mar 2022 · Meeting on AI Act

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Mar 2022 · Political advertising

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

10 Mar 2022 · Digital Services Act

Meeting with Petar Vitanov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

2 Mar 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

26 Jan 2022 · Digital issues

Meeting with Cristian Terheş (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

14 Dec 2021 · eIDAS file parliamentary activity

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Access Now

28 Oct 2021 · DSA

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Aug 2021 · Eurodac reform

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Access Now

20 Jul 2021 · Attention points on DSA legislative process

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Apr 2021 · Eurodac recast

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

22 Feb 2021 · Disinformation COVID -19

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

9 Dec 2020 · Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

6 Nov 2020 · Digital issues

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

6 Nov 2020 · Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and

6 Nov 2020 · Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

3 Nov 2020 · Digital Services Act

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

22 Sept 2020 · Anti-Racism Action Plan measures regarding artificial intelligence

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

24 Jul 2020 · Artificial Intelligence & biometrics

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

1 Jul 2020 · To discuss Biometrics and Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

25 May 2020 · Fundamental rights and digital policy

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

15 May 2020 · Fundamental Rights, EC response to COVID 19, GDPR, Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

30 Apr 2020 · Fundamental rights and digital policies

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

9 Oct 2018 · Privacy Shield

Meeting with Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

29 May 2018 · Data flows in trade agreements

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

1 Mar 2018 · Privacy Shield, GDPR implementation and e-Privacy

Meeting with Liene Balta (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

5 Jan 2018 · exchange of views on access to electronic evidence

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

7 Mar 2017 · e-Privacy proposal, general data protection regulation-state of play, privacy shield and international transfer

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

7 Mar 2017 · Privacy shield, GDPR

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy) and

14 Jun 2016 · Telecom review

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

25 Aug 2015 · Net Neutrality, TSM

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

20 Feb 2015 · TTIP, Data protection reform, rule of law on internet

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

29 Jan 2015 · Copyright reform, data protection issues

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

15 Jan 2015 · net neutrality, copyright