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
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Defend Democracy
EU Transparency Register
656334937846-80 First registered on 29 Apr 2020
Goals / Remit
Defend Democracy works to defend and strengthen democracy against foreign, domestic and technological threats. We work at the intersection of freedom, security and technology. We operate on the frontline: building awareness, shaping advocacy and taking action. We are independent, nonpartisan, transatlantic. In particular, we contribute to greater civil resilience against hybrid threats to democracy. Our current projects range from convening high-level democracy stakeholders, to advocating for the regulation of Big Tech and fixing the information disorder, to community building for democracy defenders, and from exposing organised information manipulation, to training practitioners how to handle disinformation and other harmful information activities.
Main EU files targeted
Defence of Democracy and related policies (EC); European Democracy Action Plan and related policies (EC); EU Security Union Strategy and related policies (EC); EU Digital Strategy and related policies (EC); EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (EP)
Address
Head Office
p/a HCSS Lange Voorhout 1
The Hague 2514EA
NETHERLANDSEU Office
p/a HCSS Lange Voorhout 1
The Hague 2514EA
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
Democracy Under Threat (a Dutch coalition; https://democracyunderthreat.com/manifest/)
Declaration for American Democracy (an American coalition; https://dfadcoalition.org/)
People versus Big Tech (a European coalition; https://peoplevsbig.tech/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
61,788€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution U.S. Mission to the EU 12,000€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 27 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject European media Freedom Act, digital platforms and democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 14 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Defence of Democracy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the Defend Democracy and current projects in 2022. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Ingrid Godkin (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)