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Organisation · Transparency Register · 0801162959-21

Microsoft Corporation

EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.

Disclosed meetings288 (199 EC · 89 EP)
Register no.0801162959-21
Period2019-12-20 → 2026-10-28
In short

Microsoft Corporation has 288 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2019-12-20 to 2026-10-28: 199 with the European Commission and 89 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 0801162959-21, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.

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Lobbying profile

as declared 2025-12-17
Category
Companies & groups
Legal status
Publicly Traded Corporation, incorporated in the State of Washington, United States of America
Declared lobbying cost
€7,000,000
Lobbying FTEs
6.3
LobbyFacts / Transparency Register source ↗

Files it’s lobbying on

The org's disclosed policy areas, ranked by number of meetings.

Technology102 mtgs
Climate10 mtgs
Industry6 mtgs
Trade6 mtgs
Energy4 mtgs
A disclosed meeting is contact, not influence. Counts are of disclosed meetings only.

Declared fields of interest

Banking and financial services · Borders and security · Budget · Business and industry · Climate action · Competition · Consumers · Culture · Culture and media · Customs · Digital economy and society · Economy, finance and the euro

At a glance

The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.

Commission officials
  • Werner Stengg9
  • Věra Jourová8
  • Manuel Mateo Goyet6
  • Kilian Gross5
  • Elina Melngaile5

Disclosed meetings

Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 288. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.

  • 2026-10-28EPVIGENIN Kristian
    digital policysource ↗
  • 2026-10-21EPSOLIER Diego
    Exchange of Viewssource ↗
  • 2026-10-20EPDIBRANI Adnan
    Cloud and AI Development Actsource ↗
  • 2026-10-20EPMÜLLER Piotr
    Cloud and AI Development Actsource ↗
  • 2026-10-08EPSIPPEL Birgit
    Microsoft event "e-Evidence Live!"source ↗
  • 2026-10-06ECNacira Boulehouat · Director
    Exchange on Microsoft policy on the protection of minors onlinesource ↗
  • 2026-10-06ECIoana-Maria Gligor · Head of Unit
    Exchange on Microsoft policy on the protection of minors onlinesource ↗
  • 2026-10-05ECWerner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen
    Minor protection onlinesource ↗
  • 2026-09-10ECManuela Geleng · Director
    Exchange of views on skills and workforce readiness in AI contextsource ↗
  • 2026-09-10ECNathalie Darnaut · Head of Unit
    Exchange of views on skills and workforce readiness in AI contextsource ↗
  • 2026-09-09ECPernille Weiss-Ehler · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall
    Water and datacentressource ↗
  • 2026-08-26ECThomas Schmitz · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen
    Gaming industrysource ↗
  • 2026-08-26ECHenna Virkkunen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen
    Gaming industrysource ↗
  • 2026-07-17ECDespina Spanou · Deputy Director-General
  • 2026-07-17ECChristiane Kirketerp De Viron · Acting Director
  • 2026-07-16EPAALTOLA Mika
    Meeting with Microsoft on EU-US trade policysource ↗
  • Transatlantic relationssource ↗
  • 2026-07-14ECMartina Lodrant · Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
    Discussed outcomes of the recent G7 summit in Eviansource ↗
  • Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) meetingsource ↗
  • 2026-07-01ECEmmanuelle Du Chalard · Head of Unit
    Exchange of views on copyright and AIsource ↗
  • 2026-07-01ECPaul-John Loewenthal · Head of Unit
    Exchange of views on copyright and AIsource ↗
  • 2026-06-17EPVAUTMANS Hilde
    Digital Legislationsource ↗
  • 2026-06-17EPCRISTEA Andi
    Implementation of the Turnberry frameworksource ↗
  • 2026-06-17EPHAHN Svenja
    EU-US trade relations and developments after the Turnberry dealsource ↗
  • 2026-06-17EPKANEV Radan
    Environmental omnibus- speeding up of environmental assessmentssource ↗
  • Closing Europe’s AI language gap (minority languages)source ↗
  • 2026-06-05ECThibaut Kleiner · Director
    Proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Actsource ↗
  • 2026-06-05ECManuel Mateo Goyet · Head of Unit
    Proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Actsource ↗
  • 2026-06-04EPKELLY Seán
    Discussion about competitiveness and innovationsource ↗
  • 2026-06-03ECArthur Corbin · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné
    Industrysource ↗
  • GDPR omnibus meetingsource ↗
  • 2026-06-02ECDārta Tentere · Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič
    EU economic security and trade agenda; sanctions; EU-US trade relationssource ↗
  • 2026-05-28EPCEPEDA José
    Hybrid threats and cyber defencesource ↗
  • 2026-05-21ECStella Kaltsouni · Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen
    Clean Energy Investment Strategy and CO2 storagesource ↗
  • 2026-05-21ECPhilippe Moseley · Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen
    Clean Energy Investment Strategy and CO2 storagesource ↗
  • 2026-05-20ECAnna Vernet · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
    EU policies on digital markets, in particular on AIsource ↗
  • 2026-05-20ECMiguel Gil Tertre · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
    EU policies on digital markets, in particular on AIsource ↗
  • General IMCO discussion and potential eventsource ↗
  • Digital Omnibussource ↗
  • 2026-04-29EPSOLIER Diego
    Presentation of Position CSA2source ↗
  • 2026-04-28EPTOVERI Pekka
    The European cyber threat landscape and the role of public private cooperation in strengthening Europe’s resiliencesource ↗
  • 2026-04-26EPSTAĶIS Mārtiņš
    Cybersecurity Threatssource ↗
  • 2026-04-09ECXavier Coget · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen
    EU tech competitiveness and sovereignty agendasource ↗
  • 2026-03-31ECMatthieu Delescluse · Head of Unit
    Microsoft’s activities on GPAIsource ↗
  • 2026-03-27ECMatthieu Delescluse · Head of Unit
    Signatory Taskforce to the GPAI Code of Practicesource ↗
  • 2026-03-27EPGROOTHUIS Bart
  • 2026-03-26ECManuel Mateo Goyet · Acting Head of Unit
    Safeguards governing European clients’ datasource ↗
  • 2026-03-26EPLAGODINSKY Sergey
    Exchange of Viewssource ↗
  • 2026-03-25ECJörgen Gren · Director
    Multilingual AI, Cultural Heritage & Open Innovation in Europesource ↗
  • 2026-03-25EPGEIER Jens
    EU Cybersecurity Act 2source ↗
  • 2026-03-19EPKALJURAND Marina
    Digital Omnibussource ↗
  • 2026-02-26EPVIGENIN Kristian
    Digital omnibus AIsource ↗
  • 2026-02-25ECGeorg Haeusler · Director
    Microsoft Open Innovation Center: Multilingual AI, Cultural Heritage & Open Innovation in Europesource ↗
  • 2026-02-25EPTOBBACK Bruno
    Data center sustainabilitysource ↗
  • 2026-02-24ECManuel Mateo Goyet · Acting Head of Unit
    Discussion on the data centres aspects of the Cloud and AI Development Acsource ↗
  • 2026-02-13ECUrsula von der Leyen · Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
    Exchange of views on Microsoft’s investments in the EU and engagement in Ukrainesource ↗
  • 2026-02-13EPMAYDELL Eva
    General Exchangesource ↗
  • 2026-02-12ECIsabelle Perignon · Director
    Exchange of views on the Digital Fairness Act (DFA)source ↗
  • 2026-02-12ECFausto Matos · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen
    Digital Fairness Act and videogames strategysource ↗
  • 2026-02-11ECFilomena Chirico · Head of Unit
    Digital and Sovereigntysource ↗

Frequently asked

How many EU lobbying meetings has Microsoft Corporation disclosed?

Microsoft Corporation (EU Transparency Register no. 0801162959-21) appears in 288 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2019-12-20 and 2026-10-28: 199 with the European Commission and 89 with Members of the European Parliament.

What does Microsoft Corporation lobby on?

Microsoft Corporation's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Technology, Climate, Industry, Trade. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.

Who does Microsoft Corporation meet in Brussels?

Across its disclosed meetings, Microsoft Corporation has met Commission officials including Werner Stengg, Věra Jourová, Manuel Mateo Goyet, and MEPs including MAYDELL Eva, VIGENIN Kristian, MÜLLER Piotr. These are counts of officially disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence.

Primary sources

Every meeting above is a public disclosure by the European Commission or a Member of the European Parliament; counts are of disclosed meetings only and are not a measure of influence. Methodology. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) & the European Parliament.

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