Who's lobbying on Digital Markets Act?

On record in the EU Transparency Register: 60 disclosed meetings about the Digital Markets Act17 with MEPs and 43 with the European Commission, involving at least 34 organisations. Each row below is a real disclosed meeting - a record that a contact happened, nota measure of influence or of anyone’s position.

How it was voted

The European Parliament adopted the Digital Markets Act on 2022-07-05: Adopted (588 for · 11 against · 31 abstentions).

By political group
EPP156 for · 0 against · 0 abstained
S&D131 for · 0 against · 0 abstained
Renew94 for · 0 against · 0 abstained
Greens67 for · 0 against · 0 abstained
ECR49 for · 4 against · 5 abstained
ID33 for · 2 against · 21 abstained
NI30 for · 3 against · 1 abstained
Left28 for · 2 against · 4 abstained

Among the 13 MEPs who disclosed a meeting referencing this file, 9 cast a recorded vote: 9 for · 0 against · 0 abstained. A disclosed meeting is not evidence of influence — this is the co-occurrence of two public records.

Final plenary adoption (1st reading). European Parliament record ↗ · roll-call ↗

Most active organisations

  1. 1.Apple Inc.9 meetings
  2. 2.Google6 meetings
  3. 3.Amazon Europe Core SARL4 meetings
  4. 4.Netflix International B.V.4 meetings
  5. 5.Metaverse EU3 meetings
  6. 6.PayPal Limited, Belgium Branch3 meetings
  7. 7.European Tech Alliance2 meetings
  8. 8.Revolut Ltd2 meetings

Ranked by number of distinct disclosed meetings referencing Digital Markets Act. Disclosed contact, not a measure of influence.

Disclosed meetings

Disclosed meetings with the European Commission

  • met Anthony Whelan · Director-General · - European competitiveness - Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) implementation and enforcement - Competition and enforcement vis-a-vis third-country actors source ↗
  • met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Cloud and AI Development Act, Digital Markets Act. source ↗
  • met Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Audiovisual sector in Europe, decarbonisation, Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • met Thomas Schmitz · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Exchange of views on EU legislation relevant for the media sector, including the upcoming evaluation and review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Networks Act (DNA) source ↗
  • met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Digital Fairness Act, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Omnibus source ↗
  • Apple Inc.2026-03-02
    met Nils Behrndt · Deputy Secretary-General · Exchange of views on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act and regulatory simplification source ↗
  • met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · The European digital landscape, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Review of Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and Guidelines, and the AI Act. source ↗
  • Mistral AI2026-02-24
    met Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Competition policy and Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • Prosus2025-12-02
    met Carlota Reyners Fontana · Director · Competition policy, Merger Guidelines, Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • IBM Corporation2025-11-27
    met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · EU competition policy, Merger Guidelines, Digital Markets Act (DMA), Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). source ↗
  • met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Competition policy, Digital Markets Act (DMA), Merger Guidelines source ↗
  • QWANT2025-11-19
    met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Online search market, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU competition policy and travel industry trends source ↗
  • met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · State aid and Digital Markets Act (DMA). source ↗
  • met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Markets Act (DMA), Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyright and competition policy source ↗
  • met Antti Timonen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Exchange of Views on Artificial Intelligence, Simplification, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, Political Advertising source ↗
  • France Digitale2025-10-01
    met Anna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Markets Act (DMA), Article 22 of the EC Merger Regulation (EUMR) and the review of the EU Merger Guidelines source ↗
  • met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Competition policy and Digital Markets Act (DMA). source ↗
  • Primet Ltd2025-09-22
    met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Digital Markets Act enforcement source ↗
  • met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · EU competition policy and Digital Markets Act (DMAEU competition policy and Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Networks Act, Digital Markets Act (DMA). source ↗
  • met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Markets Act (DMA) and competition policy. source ↗
  • met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Digital Markets Act source ↗
  • Y Combinator2025-07-02
    met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Digital Markets Act source ↗
  • met Roberto Viola · Director-General · Exchange of views on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, Digital Markets Act (DMA), Digital Services Act (DSA), Data Act and Digital Networks Act source ↗
  • met Prabhat Agarwal · Head of Unit · Exchange of views on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, Digital Markets Act (DMA), Digital Services Act (DSA), Data Act and Digital Networks Act source ↗
  • met Lucia Bonova · Head of Unit · Discussion on payments in Europe, impact of the Digital Markets Act. source ↗
  • met Alberto Bacchiega · Director · Discussion on payments in Europe, impact of the Digital Markets Act. source ↗
  • met Maria Velentza · Director · Discussion on payments in Europe, impact of the Digital Markets Act. source ↗
  • Metaverse EU2025-02-26
    met Prabhat Agarwal · Head of Unit · Exchange of views on the Digital Services Act and on the Digital Markets Act in the context of ongoing global and policy developments. source ↗
  • Metaverse EU2025-02-26
    met Renate Nikolay · Deputy Director-General · Exchange of views on the Digital Services Act and on the Digital Markets Act in the context of ongoing global and policy developments. source ↗
  • Metaverse EU2025-02-26
    met Filomena Chirico · Head of Unit · Exchange of views on the Digital Services Act and on the Digital Markets Act in the context of ongoing global and policy developments. source ↗
  • met Renate Nikolay · Deputy Director-General · Digital Markets Act (DMA) compliance, AI Act, DSA, Code of Practice on Disinformation source ↗
  • SIBS SGPS, SA2025-02-18
    met Thomas Woolfson · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Presentation of SIBS, discussion on competition in the retail payments market, important market developments, strategic autonomy on payments, enforcement of the Interchange Fee Regulation and the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act. source ↗
  • Apple Inc.2025-02-18
    met Maria Zafra Saura · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath · Exchange of views on the Digital Markets Act, consumer protection, data protection source ↗
  • met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Exchange of views on the role open source and open standards can play in fueling Europe’s competitiveness and growth ambitions, fair competition in the AI space as well as effective enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) source ↗
  • met Sean Mernagh · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez · Exchange on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), in particular with regard to the distribution of application on mobile platforms. source ↗
  • Apple Inc.2025-01-28
    met Michal Safianik · Cabinet of High Representative/ Vice-President Kaja Kallas · • Apple’s views on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Digital Services Act (DSA), as well as the Cyber Resilience Act; • Cyber security; • Digital diplomacy; • Reporting obligations; source ↗
  • met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, AI Act source ↗
  • Revolut Ltd2025-01-13
    met Alberto Bacchiega · Director · How innovation creates competition in the financial services market, impact of the Digital Markets Act source ↗
  • Revolut Ltd2025-01-13
    met Maria Velentza · Director · How innovation creates competition in the financial services market, impact of the Digital Markets Act source ↗
  • met Werner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen · Meeting to discuss the progress in enforcing the Digital Markets Act, requested by the Coalition App Fairness. source ↗

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Disclosed meetings from the EU Transparency Register (European Parliament). A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence of influence or of a position taken. Meetings are matched to Digital Markets Act by the subject the MEP disclosed. Data © European Union.