Bitkom e.V.

Bitkom

Bitkom is Germany’s digital association.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Despina Spanou (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

13 Nov 2025 · European Business Wallets and Digital Omnibus

Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

13 Nov 2025 · The intersection of digitalization and climate policy in the European Union, data centers, AI, and sustainability efforts.

Meeting with Estelle Goeger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

12 Nov 2025 · Digital Industry issues

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

12 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on AI Act standardisation

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2025 · Speaker Event

Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

2 Jul 2025

Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

30 Jun 2025 · Latest developments in copyright policy

Meeting with Matthias Jorgensen (Acting Director Trade), Matthias Jorgensen (Acting Director Trade)

26 Jun 2025 · Exchange about EU – US trade relations

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus

12 Jun 2025 · Exchange of Views

Response to European wallets for business

11 Jun 2025

Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament) and Wirtschaftskammer Österreich

13 May 2025 · General exchange of views

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

6 May 2025 · Copyright and generative AI

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

29 Apr 2025 · Event: DACH-Tech

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Apr 2025 · Panellist

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament) and Medienverband der freien Presse e.V.

22 Apr 2025 · AI and Copyright

Meeting with Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

15 Apr 2025 · Data protection, e-privacy, simplification

Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and

11 Apr 2025 · Copyright levies reform

Meeting with Silke Dalton (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

8 Apr 2025 · Existing and upcoming legislation in the Telecom sector

Meeting with Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Apr 2025 · Exchange about EU digital policy

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Mar 2025 · Participation Event

Meeting with Christian Doleschal (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Mar 2025 · Revision der Vergaberichtlinien

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

19 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 4

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

13 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

6 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

4 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 1

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

19 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on positive climate contributions of digital technologies

Meeting with Max Lemke (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

18 Feb 2025 · Speaking at closed Bitkom Working Group on Software Defined Vehicles event

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

14 Feb 2025 · Discussion with the President of Bitkom, on the Startups and Scaleups Strategy and relevant parts of the Horizon Europe Programme.

Meeting with Rita Wezenbeek (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

11 Feb 2025 · Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA)

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and

29 Jan 2025 · Renew Europe Stakeholder Roundtable: “Elevator Pitch for Better Single Market Rules”

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

16 Jan 2025 · Copyright and generative AI

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

28 Nov 2024 · Copyright and generative AI

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2024 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2024 · Speaker

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Oct 2024 · Digitale Transformation

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Digitalpolitik

Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Sept 2024 · Priorities for the next legislative term

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and

3 Sept 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2024 · Kennenlernen / Digitalpolitik

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2024 · Exchange of Views

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2024 · General exchange on digital policy issues (staff level)

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jul 2024 · Digital files

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Jun 2024 · "Tacheles-Spezial" Online Diskussion zu digitalpolitischen Themen

Meeting with Reinhard Bütikofer (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Apr 2024 · exchange of views

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2024 · Digitalpolitischer Rück- und Ausblick zu KI- und Datenpolitik

Response to WHITE PAPER on Export Controls

25 Mar 2024

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament) and

5 Mar 2024 · socio economic situation

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and

23 Feb 2024 · Aktuelle Themen in der Europapolitik und Sachsen

Meeting with Miriam Lexmann (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Nov 2023 · Platform workers directive

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

7 Nov 2023 · Reform of the Union Customs Code

Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

11 Oct 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

29 Sept 2023 · on digital policy

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

27 Sept 2023 · Green Claims

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Aug 2023 · Virtual Worlds

Meeting with Chris Uregian (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas), Despina Spanou (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

4 Jul 2023 · cybersecurity policy and digital skills policy

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Jun 2023 · Exchange of views on the Product Liability Directive/ Produkthaftungsrichtlinie (PLD) - Staff Level

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Open Fiber

31 May 2023 · Gigabit Infrastructure Act

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

27 Apr 2023 · Staff Level: DigitalEurope/Bitkom Roundtable “Combating Child Sexual Abuse Online – finding a way forward"

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

20 Apr 2023 · Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

15 Mar 2023 · Digital files in IMCO

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

15 Mar 2023 · AI Act, Standardisation

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Mar 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Wojtek Talko (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

7 Mar 2023 · Presentation of Bitkom project related to the Internet

Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

27 Feb 2023 · Stakeholder consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

27 Feb 2023 · Metaverse

Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament) and

1 Feb 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

12 Jan 2023 · Digital in the EU green deal

Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Dec 2022 · AVMD

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

16 Nov 2022 · Event: The importance of advertising for media freedom

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

16 Nov 2022 · Digital transition

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

30 Jun 2022 · Tour d’horizon of EU digital policies

Meeting with Despina Spanou (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

15 Jun 2022 · Cybersecurity skills

Meeting with Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides)

1 Jun 2022 · VTC meeting on European Health Data Space

Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

18 May 2022 · To discuss the proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data

Meeting with Rovana Plumb (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

28 Apr 2022 · ITS Directive Revision

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

22 Mar 2022 · Agriculture

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

11 Jun 2021 · EU digital policy priorities

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

27 May 2021 · Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

9 Apr 2021 · digital finance

Meeting with Dennis Radtke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Mar 2021 · Platform work

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

8 Jan 2021 · Various digital issues: digitalisation in response to COVID-19 in Germany, GAIA-X governance & use cases, start-ups, cybersecurity, DSA-DMA, data spaces.

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

6 Jan 2021 · RRF, industry strategy, digital strategy

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Nov 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

19 Nov 2020 · Gaia X

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

16 Nov 2020 · DSA

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

23 Jun 2020 · Digital issues

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

28 May 2020 · AI Civil Liability

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner) and

7 May 2020 · Digital Trade. Covid -19

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

26 Aug 2019 · Digital Strategy

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

28 Jun 2019 · Digital Sovereignty

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

28 Jun 2019 · digital policy

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

5 Apr 2019 · Exposure of 5G Infrastructure

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

26 Mar 2019 · Governance in digital policy, data, artificial intelligence

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and Wirtschaftskammer Österreich

11 Jan 2019 · ePrivacy, AI, open data

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

8 Oct 2018 · MFF and Digital

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

30 Jun 2017 · DSM mid-term review

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

16 Sept 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and

8 Sept 2016 · Dual use

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Digital Economy) and

28 Jul 2016 · trade policy

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

8 Mar 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and

29 Jan 2016 · Safe Harbour

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

10 Dec 2015 · Digitisation of industry, startups, eGovernment, data

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

2 Dec 2015 · Telecom review

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

13 Oct 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

24 Jun 2015 · cybersecurity

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

27 May 2015 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

4 Mar 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

4 Feb 2015 · Copyright

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

11 Dec 2014 · Digitale Agenda / Digitaler Binnenmarkt

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

10 Dec 2014 · The new Commission and its priorities