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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

41

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Axel Springer SE   (AS SE)

    EU Transparency Register

    742417913824-11 First registered on 19 Jun 2014

    Goals / Remit

    Axel Springer is an integrated multimedia company in Europe offering digital and print media. The company's strategy focuses on its core competences excellent journalism, marketing and classified ads. Its broad media portfolio encompasses established multimedia brand families such as POLITICO.EU, the BILD- and WELT-Groups.

    Main EU files targeted

    Freedom of the press
    Commercial communications
    Advertising Self-regulation
    Copyright and related rights
    Media pluralism
    Data protection
    Electronic commerce
    VAT harmonization
    Environmental topics
    Competition

    Address

    Head Office
    Axel-Springer-Strasse, 65
    Berlin 10969
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Rue de Namur 73 A
    Brüssel 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    50%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 Sep 2019

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Moritz HOLZGRAEFE 08 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024
    Mr Moritz HOLZGRAEFE 25 Mar 2022 08 Mar 2023
    Ms Carolin WEHRHHAHN 10 Oct 2019 01 Nov 2020
    Ms Carolin WEHRHHAHN 04 Jul 2018 04 Jul 2019
    Ms Carolin WEHRHHAHN 23 May 2017 20 May 2018

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Carolin Wehrhahn (Head of Brussels Office Public Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Dr. Mathias Döpfner (CEO)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    ENPA: European Newspaper Association
    EMMA: European Magazine Media Association
    EPC: European Publishers Council
    iab: Interactive Advertising Bureau

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    Freedom of the press
    Commercial communications
    Advertising Self-regulation
    Copyright and related rights
    Media pluralism
    Data protection
    Electronic commerce
    VAT harmonization
    Environmental topics
    Competition

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    41 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.

    • Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Working dinner on China matters other guests: - Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU - Director North East Asia & China / Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK - Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation, Rule of Law, Media policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 25 Oct 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Security of the internet
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 28 Jun 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject Media Freedom Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
      • Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Jun 2022 Location Phone call
      Subject MFA
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Jan 2022 Location Berlin
      Subject Media freedom act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • Date 10 Mar 2021 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Tour d'horizon médiatique avec Florian Eder de Politico
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • Date 08 Feb 2021 Location Brussels (WEBEX)
      Subject ePrivacy Regulation, DMA and DSA
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Future of Media
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • Date 25 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Media Action Plan and DMA
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Welt European Summit 2020 organised by Die Welt - political comment followed by a discussion
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • Date 06 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject DSA
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 15 May 2019 Location Berlin
      Subject Meeting with the Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
    • Date 29 Oct 2018 Location Berlin
      Subject Digitisation in the media sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 13 Sep 2017 Location Strasbourg
      Subject copyright
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 May 2017 Location Berlin
      Subject DSM
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 15 Feb 2017 Location Berlin
      Subject Copyright
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 06 Dec 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject 28 issue publication
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
      Portfolio Health &amp; Food Safety
      Attending
      • Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Nov 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject copyright
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 20 Jun 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject copyright
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject Copyright
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 25 Jan 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Copyright
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 14 Jan 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject Speech at Axel Springer WELT Economic Summit
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
    • Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Germany, Berlin
      Subject Speech at the dinner of the WELT Wirtschaftsgipfel
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
      • Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Berlin, Germany
      Subject Speech during dinner on the occasion of the WELT Economic Summit
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
      • Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
    • Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject 8th Welt Economic Summit
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
    • Date 09 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Data Protection
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Exchange of views on General Data Protection Regulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Irena Andrassy (Cabinet member)
      • Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Data Protection
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Pierre Schellekens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Data Protection Regulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
      Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation
      Attending
      • Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject copyright
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
      • Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Data Protection & DSM
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Jun 2015 Location Berlin
      Subject DSM
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Digital Single Market
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Jun 2015 Location BERL
      Subject GDPR
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Jun 2015 Location European Commission –Brussels (Berlaymont)
      Subject General Data Protection Regulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Tatyana Panova (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Jun 2015 Location BERL 9/412
      Subject General Data Protection Regulation for the EU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu
      Portfolio Regional Policy
      Attending
      • Jan Mikolaj Dzieciolowski (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Media situation in Balkans, Digital Single Market and Data Protection
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn
      Portfolio European Neighbourhood Policy &amp; Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Kyriacos Charalambous (Cabinet member)
      • Christine Grau (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Copyright / DSM
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Feb 2015 Location Berlin
      Subject Digital Single Market, copyright
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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