Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
None declared
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Wikimedia Europe (WMEU)
EU Transparency Register
191538712765-84 First registered on 29 Jan 2014
Goals / Remit
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 is also advocating for a legal framework supporting the public domain and enlarging the knowledge commons.Main EU files targeted
DSA Implementation
CSAM
child protection/age-verification
Disinformation
AVMSD
Geo-BlockingAddress
Head Office
Rue Belliard 12
Etterbeek 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Belliard 12
Etterbeek 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Camille Françoise 28 Oct 2024 28 Oct 2025 Saskia Friederike Ostendorff 30 Sep 2024 30 Sep 2025 Michele FAILLA 04 Sep 2024 04 Sep 2025 Dimitar Zagorski 04 Sep 2024 04 Sep 2025 Anna MAZGAL 13 Dec 2023 04 Oct 2024 Michele FAILLA 06 Dec 2023 06 Sep 2024 Dimitar DIMITROV 06 Dec 2023 04 Oct 2024 Ms Zaritsa GEORGIEVA 13 Jun 2017 10 Jun 2018 Ms Galina MANCHEVA 06 Apr 2017 05 Apr 2018 Mr Eric Luth 21 Feb 2017 24 Jan 2018 Mr Borislav SANDOV 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017 Ms Zaritsa GEORGIEVA 19 Feb 2016 01 Mar 2017 Karl Sigfrid 06 Nov 2014 04 Nov 2015 Mr Laurence Romaine Kunst 05 Mar 2014 04 Mar 2015 Complementary Information
Wikimedia Europe is an association uniting the European Wikimedia chapters in their need to be represented in Brussels at the EU level.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Wikimedia is part of European Digital Rights and the Communia Association.
Member organisations
Wikimedia Belgium
Wikimedia Czech Republic
Wikimedia CH
Wikimedia Deutschland
Wikimedia Danmark
Wikimedia España
Wikimedia Eesti
Wikimedia France
Wikimédia Magyarország
Wikimedia Italia
Wikimedia Nederland
Wikimedia Norge
Wikimedia Österreich
Wikimedia Polska
Wikimedia Portugal
Wikimedia Serbia
Wikimedia Suomi
Wikimedia Sverige
Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia Ukraine
Amical Wikimedia
Basque Wikimedians User Group
WikiDonne
Esperanto kaj Libera Scio
Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia
Wikimedia Community Ireland
Wikimedia Community User Group Malta
Wikimedians of Slovakia
Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
None declared
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
We published detailed contributions and spending for the current and past years on:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Transparency -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
European cultural heritage, ways of Saint-James and other European cultural routes,Artificial intelligence and digital
Communication activities
Among others:
*DSA Implementation
*Child Protection
*Media RegulationOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 23 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject elections, disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 May 2024 Location videoconference call Subject anti-SLAPP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Dsa and dma: application to collaborative platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)