Federation of European Publishers
FEP-FEE
The Federation of European Publishers represents 30 (31 from June 2025) national associations of publishers of books, learned journals and educational materials of the European Union, the European Economic Area and other European countries.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
10 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on copyright
Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
10 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on copyright
Meeting with Michael Arentoft (Head of Unit Research and Innovation) and
5 Nov 2025 · Copyright and academic freedom in the context of research
Meeting with Nela Riehl (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
17 Sept 2025 · Discussing Priorities of European Publishing Sector
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
17 Jul 2025 · AI & Copyright
Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Jul 2025 · INI report on AI and copyright
Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
19 Mar 2025 · WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), session 46th
Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament) and French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l'Edition)
13 Feb 2025 · Enjeux prioritaires pour le livre au niveau européen, dont l'IA
Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Feb 2025 · Authors' Rights/Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Feb 2025 · General exchange of views, Dinner
Meeting with Bernard Guetta (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Feb 2025 · "Author-editor dialogues"
Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Feb 2025 · Défis du secteur de l'édition européenne
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
30 Jan 2025
Meeting with Reinis Pozņaks (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Nov 2024 · Introduction
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with Emmanuel Maurel (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Nov 2023 · Rencontre auteurs-éditeurs
Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Nov 2023 · AI Act, Late Payment Directive
Meeting with Nora Bednarski (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)
17 Oct 2023 · Application of the European Accessibility Act to the publishing sector including as regards the accessibility of ebooks.
Meeting with Massimiliano Smeriglio (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
6 Sept 2023 · Implementation Report on the Creative Europe programme
Meeting with Morten Løkkegaard (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Jun 2023 · European Accessibility Act
Meeting with João Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Apr 2023 · Ukrainian Foundation Voices of Children
Meeting with Massimiliano Smeriglio (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Mar 2023 · Challenges of the publishing sector
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
1 Feb 2023 · Support for Ukrainian book sector; Launch of the Day of the European Authors;
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.
21 Oct 2022 · Allgemeiner Austausch
Meeting with Diana Riba I Giner (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jun 2022 · European Young Publishers
Meeting with Niklas Nienass (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Apr 2022 · Author Publisher Dialogue
Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Apr 2022 · Exchange with writers and publishers
Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on consumer credits
2 Sept 2021
Response to Proposal for a Council Directive on a ‘Digital Levy’
11 Feb 2021
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
22 Apr 2020 · Impact of COVID-19 on publishers
Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
5 Jun 2018 · Introduce FEP, discuss European Prize of Literature, taxation and copyright
Response to Communication from the Commission on the New European Agenda for Culture
17 Apr 2018
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
31 Jan 2018 · copyright directive, ePrivacy, Open Data
Meeting with Antoine Kasel (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
31 Jan 2018 · The VAT for digital publications
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
20 Jun 2017 · Copyright, presentation of Storytel
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and
1 Jun 2017 · Copyright: Framing
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President), Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and
21 Feb 2017 · Copyright, VAT, R&D
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
20 Oct 2016 · Copyright
Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
27 Sept 2016 · Copyright reform and digital contract proposals
Meeting with Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)
7 Sept 2016 · copyright reform
Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
6 Sept 2016 · Copyright reform
Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics) and European & International Booksellers Federation
30 Aug 2016 · European Union Prize for Literature
Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
18 Jul 2016 · Digital Single Market
Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
20 May 2016 · e-commerce package including geo-blocking
Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
27 Apr 2016 · EU Prize for Literature
Meeting with Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
22 Apr 2016 · Modernisation of copyright, intellectual property
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
7 Apr 2016 · copyright
Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
21 Mar 2016 · Digital Single Market
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and
9 Mar 2016 · copyright
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and
17 Feb 2016 · copyright
Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
15 Feb 2016 · London Book Fair
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and
11 Jan 2016 · Copyright, text and data mining, VAT on e-books
Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
16 Nov 2015 · Copyright issues
Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
16 Nov 2015 · Digital Single Market
Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
3 Nov 2015 · Digital Single Market
Meeting with Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
26 Oct 2015 · livre électronique
Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)
20 Oct 2015 · copyright
Meeting with Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)
2 Jul 2015 · Digital Single Market and Copyright Reform
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
24 Jun 2015 · online e-lending, copyright
Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)
23 Jun 2015 · copyright
Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) and
1 Apr 2015 · Copyright, Educational publishing
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
26 Feb 2015 · Copyright, DSM
Meeting with Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
12 Jan 2015 · Federation of European Publishers (to discuss challenges of European editing)
Meeting with Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
12 Jan 2015 · Les défis de l'édition européenne et la contribution à la diversité culturelle
Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
12 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market, Copyright and Innovation
Meeting with Eric Mamer (Digital Economy)
7 Jan 2015 · Copyright, TVA
Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
5 Dec 2014 · The publishing sector and priorities in the copyright field
Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
1 Dec 2014 · Meeting with Fédération des Editeurs Européens to discuss author rights and their priorities