Federation of European Publishers

FEP-FEE

The Federation of European Publishers represents 30 (31 from June 2025) national associations of publishers of books, learned journals and educational materials of the European Union, the European Economic Area and other European countries.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

10 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on copyright

Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

10 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on copyright

Meeting with Michael Arentoft (Head of Unit Research and Innovation) and

5 Nov 2025 · Copyright and academic freedom in the context of research

Meeting with Nela Riehl (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

17 Sept 2025 · Discussing Priorities of European Publishing Sector

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

17 Jul 2025 · AI & Copyright

Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Jul 2025 · INI report on AI and copyright

Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

19 Mar 2025 · WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), session 46th

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament) and French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l'Edition)

13 Feb 2025 · Enjeux prioritaires pour le livre au niveau européen, dont l'IA

Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · Authors' Rights/Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · General exchange of views, Dinner

Meeting with Bernard Guetta (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · "Author-editor dialogues"

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · Défis du secteur de l'édition européenne

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

30 Jan 2025

Meeting with Reinis Pozņaks (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · Introduction

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and

21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation

Meeting with Emmanuel Maurel (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Nov 2023 · Rencontre auteurs-éditeurs

Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Nov 2023 · AI Act, Late Payment Directive

Meeting with Nora Bednarski (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

17 Oct 2023 · Application of the European Accessibility Act to the publishing sector including as regards the accessibility of ebooks.

Meeting with Massimiliano Smeriglio (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Sept 2023 · Implementation Report on the Creative Europe programme

Meeting with Morten Løkkegaard (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jun 2023 · European Accessibility Act

Meeting with João Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Ukrainian Foundation Voices of Children

Meeting with Massimiliano Smeriglio (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Mar 2023 · Challenges of the publishing sector

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

1 Feb 2023 · Support for Ukrainian book sector; Launch of the Day of the European Authors;

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.

21 Oct 2022 · Allgemeiner Austausch

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

15 Jun 2022 · European Young Publishers

Meeting with Niklas Nienass (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Apr 2022 · Author Publisher Dialogue

Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Apr 2022 · Exchange with writers and publishers

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

22 Apr 2020 · Impact of COVID-19 on publishers

Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)

5 Jun 2018 · Introduce FEP, discuss European Prize of Literature, taxation and copyright

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

31 Jan 2018 · copyright directive, ePrivacy, Open Data

Meeting with Antoine Kasel (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and

31 Jan 2018 · The VAT for digital publications

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

20 Jun 2017 · Copyright, presentation of Storytel

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and

1 Jun 2017 · Copyright: Framing

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President), Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

21 Feb 2017 · Copyright, VAT, R&D

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

20 Oct 2016 · Copyright

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

27 Sept 2016 · Copyright reform and digital contract proposals

Meeting with Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

7 Sept 2016 · copyright reform

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

6 Sept 2016 · Copyright reform

Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics) and European & International Booksellers Federation

30 Aug 2016 · European Union Prize for Literature

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

18 Jul 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

20 May 2016 · e-commerce package including geo-blocking

Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

27 Apr 2016 · EU Prize for Literature

Meeting with Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

22 Apr 2016 · Modernisation of copyright, intellectual property

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

7 Apr 2016 · copyright

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

21 Mar 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and

9 Mar 2016 · copyright

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and

17 Feb 2016 · copyright

Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

15 Feb 2016 · London Book Fair

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

11 Jan 2016 · Copyright, text and data mining, VAT on e-books

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

16 Nov 2015 · Copyright issues

Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)

16 Nov 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

3 Nov 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

26 Oct 2015 · livre électronique

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

20 Oct 2015 · copyright

Meeting with Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

2 Jul 2015 · Digital Single Market and Copyright Reform

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

24 Jun 2015 · online e-lending, copyright

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

23 Jun 2015 · copyright

Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) and

1 Apr 2015 · Copyright, Educational publishing

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

26 Feb 2015 · Copyright, DSM

Meeting with Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)

12 Jan 2015 · Federation of European Publishers (to discuss challenges of European editing)

Meeting with Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)

12 Jan 2015 · Les défis de l'édition européenne et la contribution à la diversité culturelle

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

12 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market, Copyright and Innovation

Meeting with Eric Mamer (Digital Economy)

7 Jan 2015 · Copyright, TVA

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

5 Dec 2014 · The publishing sector and priorities in the copyright field

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

1 Dec 2014 · Meeting with Fédération des Editeurs Européens to discuss author rights and their priorities