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Google is a leading global technology company focused on search, advertising, and cloud services.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Piotr Müller (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Microsoft Corporation and

29 Jan 2026 · Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)

Meeting with Sven Simon (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jan 2026 · Digital- und Standortpolitik

Meeting with Maravillas Abadía Jover (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2026 · INI Copyright & AI

Meeting with Thierry Boulange (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

15 Jan 2026 · Exchange on Google’s position on the copyright-related aspects of the AI Act

Meeting with Eric Ducoulombier (Acting Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

13 Jan 2026 · Discussion on key aspects of the PSD3/PSR

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

13 Jan 2026 · Water Resilience Strategy and current state of play of roll-out of actions

Google calls for pivot toward digital adoption and simplified regulation

9 Jan 2026
Topic — The Commission is reviewing the 2030 targets for Europe's digital transformation.
Message — Google requests a shift from infrastructure construction to driving technology adoption and simplifying regulations. They oppose extending telecom laws to cloud services and reject new fees for internet traffic.123
Why — This approach prevents new licensing fees and administrative burdens on their cloud services.4
Impact — Telecom operators lose potential revenue from proposed network fees and dispute resolution mechanisms.5
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Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and Numeum and Union des Industries et Métiers de la Métallurgie

7 Jan 2026 · Politique économique de l'UE

Meeting with Adnan Dibrani (Member of the European Parliament) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

9 Dec 2025 · Digital frågor, Digital Omnibus

Meeting with Charlie Weimers (Member of the European Parliament) and Ericsson

9 Dec 2025 · Digital Omnibus

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

2 Dec 2025 · Cloud policy

Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

2 Dec 2025 · Google's digital policies

Meeting with Alexandre Paquot (Director Climate Action) and Fleishman-Hillard and

1 Dec 2025 · Permanent carbon removals

Meeting with Michał Kobosko (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2025 · digital sovereignty, cloud, competitiveness

Google Urges Openness in European Quantum Technology Regulation

26 Nov 2025
Topic — The consultation explores measures to accelerate quantum technology research and industrialization across Europe.
Message — Google argues against restricting non-EU participation in research and computing access. They recommend avoiding mandatory 'buy European' clauses that might block access to advanced technology.12
Why — Open policies ensure Google remains a primary provider of hardware to European researchers.3
Impact — European researchers lose access to high-performance hardware and critical international scientific expertise.4
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Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

26 Nov 2025 · Age verification systems, platforms policy

Meeting with Mélanie Disdier (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · L'intelligence artificielle au service des territoires

Meeting with Virginie Joron (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · L'intelligence artificielle au service des territoires

Meeting with Julie Rechagneux (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · Google et IA

Meeting with Mathilde Androuët (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · Dîner d'échanges

Meeting with Angéline Furet (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · IA

Meeting with Philippe Olivier (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · IA

Meeting with Nadine Morano (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · L'intelligence artificielle au service des territoires

Meeting with Mihai Tudose (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2025 · AI role in cybersecurity

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

20 Nov 2025 · AI and security

Meeting with Benjamin Boegel (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

20 Nov 2025 · Cybersecurity policy

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2025 · Panel debate: "Moving forward on protecting children in the EU"

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2025 · European competitiveness

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and Mouvement des Entreprises de France and

19 Nov 2025 · IA

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on AI and Copyright file

Meeting with Polona Gregorin (Head of Unit Climate Action)

19 Nov 2025 · Google’s on-going work, requests and suggestions related to aviation non-CO2 effects.

Meeting with Andrzej Celinski (Cabinet of Commissioner Piotr Serafin) and EUROMETAUX and

18 Nov 2025 · Presentation on the state of play of the negotiations of the next MFF, with the special focus on communication activities.

Google urges longer delays for reporting unpatched security vulnerabilities

13 Nov 2025
Topic — The consultation defines when cybersecurity teams can delay sharing reports about product vulnerabilities.
Message — Google argues against reporting unpatched vulnerabilities until mitigations exist. They request delays beyond 72 hours and protection for confidential data.12
Why — This would protect Google from legal liability and preserve access to partner information.34
Impact — Other Member States' security agencies lose the benefit of early preparation against exploits.5
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Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2025 · Media Policy

Google urges EU to accelerate AI deployment in energy sector

5 Nov 2025
Topic — EU Strategic Roadmap on digitalisation and artificial intelligence for energy systems.
Message — Google requests standardized data formats, interdisciplinary teams to translate grid challenges into AI-readable problems, and secure-by-design AI systems. They advocate for voluntary, market-based flexibility programs with day-ahead notification rather than real-time curtailment requirements. Google also seeks regulatory sandboxes for innovative flexibility products and non-financial incentives like accelerated grid connections.1234
Why — This would enable their data centers to operate continuously without forced curtailment while maintaining grid flexibility.56
Impact — Grid operators lose ability to mandate real-time demand reduction from major electricity consumers during peak stress.7
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Google urges prioritizing existing laws over new Digital Fairness regulation

23 Oct 2025
Topic — New EU regulation addressing dark patterns, influencer marketing, addictive design, and consumer protection online.
Message — Google requests focus on enforcing existing digital laws rather than creating new regulations. They advocate for simplification and harmonisation across EU regulations, clearer legal guidance, and educational measures for users.123
Why — This would reduce compliance costs from overlapping regulations and preserve flexibility in product design.456
Impact — Consumer groups lose stronger protections against manipulative design practices and harmful content exposure.78
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Meeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

21 Oct 2025 · Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content

Meeting with Javier Zarzalejos (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Meeting with Google

Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Report on Copyright and Generative Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

16 Oct 2025 · State of cloud market and European cloud policies

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament) and Friends of Europe

15 Oct 2025 · Debating Europe Panel: "EU Digital Decade"

Google urges EU to simplify digital rules before adding new regulations

14 Oct 2025
Topic — Consultation on streamlining EU digital legislation covering AI, data, privacy, cybersecurity, and identity.
Message — Google requests holistic regulatory simplification across the entire digital ecosystem, not just minor procedural adjustments. They want the EU to restructure rules to create coherent, proportionate frameworks and avoid introducing new legislation like the Digital Fairness Act before implementing existing laws. They emphasize accelerating deployment of best-in-class technologies and promoting investment in compute infrastructure, digital networks, and digital skills.123
Why — This would reduce compliance burdens and legal uncertainty hampering their ability to scale digital services.4
Impact — Consumer and rights groups lose stronger protections from delayed implementation of safeguards.
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Meeting with Emmanuelle Du Chalard (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

3 Oct 2025 · Exchange on rights reservation standards from text and data mining exception, and other copyright related matters.

Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2025 · legislation on online content and safety, in particular on online child safety

Meeting with Eva Maydell (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2025 · EU Tech Agenda

Google urges six-month delay for EU website certificate rules

1 Oct 2025
Topic — EU regulation setting standards for qualified certificates for website authentication.
Message — Google requests at least six months for implementation after publication, rather than the proposed 20 days. They argue browser release processes require several months of development and testing. They also need testing endpoints from providers 90 days before implementation.123
Why — This would allow Chrome to complete testing and deployment without rushing implementation.45
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Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

1 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on the digitalisation and upcoming digital files

Meeting with Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and

1 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, protection of minors, data protection and political advertising

Meeting with Emma Rafowicz (Member of the European Parliament) and Cercle Francophone des Affaires Européennes

1 Oct 2025 · CULT

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2025 · Main points of Google's submission to the Grid package consultation

Meeting with Ingrid Bellander Todino (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

15 Sept 2025 · Meeting between the Commission and Signatories on the implementation of the Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online+ (“Code of conduct+”)

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament) and Motion Picture Association EMEA and

11 Sept 2025 · GenAI and Copyright

Meeting with Elisabeth Dieringer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Sept 2025 · Meeting

Meeting with Nikola Minchev (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views

Google Urges AI Adoption in EU Climate Risk Strategy

4 Sept 2025
Topic — An initiative to establish a framework for addressing Europe's accelerating climate change risks.
Message — Google recommends a strategy for empowering civil protection authorities through AI and digital technology. They suggest using geospatial analytics and AI-driven models to forecast floods and wildfires.12
Why — Integrating its services into EU policy cements Google's role as an essential data provider.34
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Google urges hourly matching rules for CBAM electricity emissions

25 Aug 2025
Topic — Proposed extension of CBAM scope to downstream products and anti-circumvention measures.
Message — Google requests that CBAM implementing acts require hourly matching of PPA-backed electricity with generation, regional/same grid matching to ensure physical deliverability, and prioritization of additionality through vintage requirements for energy attribute certificates. They argue annual matching obscures real emissions and fails to drive genuine decarbonization.1234
Why — This would align CBAM rules with their existing 24/7 carbon-free energy strategy.56
Impact — Companies using annual matching PPAs face higher compliance costs and reporting burdens.7
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Google Urges Grid Modernization via AI and Private Investment

29 Jul 2025
Topic — A consultation on upgrading and expanding European electricity and hydrogen grid infrastructure.
Message — Google requests longer planning horizons and better transparency for large power users in grid development. They advocate for faster permitting and reforming connection queues based on project readiness. The company also suggests using AI and digital tools to maximize existing grid capacity.12
Why — Faster connections and improved planning would reduce operational delays for Google's data centers.34
Impact — Speculative energy projects lose their priority in connection queues to more mature developments.5
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Meeting with Javier Caceres (Head of Unit Climate Action)

24 Jul 2025 · Google's approach to sustainability, its cloud infrastructure, and potential areas of collaboration with DG CLIMA.

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2025 · EU Copyright Policy

Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

16 Jul 2025 · Copyright and generative artificial intelligence

Meeting with Sérgio Humberto (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jul 2025 · Presenting the organization to the office.

Meeting with Filippo Terruso (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)

14 Jul 2025 · DMA

Google Urges EU to Avoid Excluding Non-EU Tech Providers

3 Jul 2025
Topic — EU consultation on tripling data processing capacity through a new Cloud and AI Act.
Message — Google urges the EU to avoid exclusionary requirements and foster international partnerships. They request faster data center permitting and industry standards to promote interoperability. The organization also calls for regulatory consistency to avoid overlapping sustainability rules.123
Why — This would protect Google's market access and accelerate its infrastructure investment projects.45
Impact — Microsoft would face regulatory pressure regarding software licensing practices that restrict competition.67
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Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

27 Jun 2025 · AI Code of Practice

Meeting with Jussi Saramo (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Jun 2025 · Implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its emerging impact on hotels, airlines, restaurants across EU countries.

Meeting with Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

19 Jun 2025 · EU digital acquis

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

18 Jun 2025 · Minor protection and simplification

Meeting with Ioana-Maria Gligor (Head of Unit Secretariat-General)

18 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the implementation of EU legislation and on upcoming initiatives, from the viewpoint of Google.

Meeting with Sophia Kircher (Member of the European Parliament) and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and

18 Jun 2025 · Single European Sky, Trans-European Transport Infrastructure

Meeting with Claudia Olazabal (Head of Unit Environment)

16 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on data centers, Google's sustainable water management practices and the Water Resilience Strategy

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

13 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the GPAI Code of Practice, the template for the summary of training content and their implementation.

Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

10 Jun 2025 · Copyright and generative artificial intelligence

Google Backs EU AI Science Strategy with Infrastructure Push

5 Jun 2025
Topic — EU strategy for adopting AI in scientific research and establishing an AI research council.
Message — Google calls for specialized AI tools for European science, access to world-class compute infrastructure, and partnerships with global cloud providers. They emphasize the need for strategic European investment in high-performance computing and public-private partnerships to develop AI capabilities.12
Why — This would position Google's cloud services and AI tools as essential infrastructure for European scientific research.34
Impact — European cloud competitors lose out as public funds flow to global tech giants' infrastructure.5
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Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

5 Jun 2025 · Challenges of the cosmetics industry

Meeting with Simonas Satunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius)

5 Jun 2025 · Presentation and discussion on Google’s Cloud services and AI

Meeting with Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Jun 2025 · EU legislation on digital markets, age verification and online advertising

Meeting with Fausto Matos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

4 Jun 2025 · Consumer Policy

Meeting with Anna Herold (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

4 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming evaluation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and on the guidelines on Article 18(1) of the European Media Freedom Act.

Meeting with Marcin Sypniewski (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Jun 2025 · DMA regulations

Google urges EU quantum strategy focused on workforce and supply chain

3 Jun 2025
Topic — EU strategy to develop quantum computing, communication, and sensing technologies.
Message — Google recommends the EU focus on workforce development, supply chain strengthening, and fault-tolerant applications rather than spreading investments thinly. They advocate for strategic international collaboration leveraging relative strengths of different countries. The company emphasizes interdisciplinary education beyond physics, creating diverse talent pipelines, and coordinating with like-minded nations on supply chain needs.1234
Why — This would enable Google to maintain access to EU talent and research while sharing development costs globally.56
Impact — EU strategic autonomy suffers as dependence on non-EU quantum suppliers and talent pools increases.78
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Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Jun 2025 · Implementation of the Digital Markets Act

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

3 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on consumer protection and the Digital Fairness Act

Meeting with Borja Giménez Larraz (Member of the European Parliament)

26 May 2025 · Google Priority

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

22 May 2025 · GPAI Code of Practice

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2025 · SMEs

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

19 May 2025 · DMA implementation

Meeting with Barbara Bonte (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · DSA

Meeting with Nils Ušakovs (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Implementation of the Digital Markets Act

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

14 May 2025 · Agenda to boost tech innovation and competitiveness in the EU, in particular in the field of AI and deep tech.

Meeting with Elisabeth Dieringer (Member of the European Parliament)

13 May 2025 · DMA Challenges

Meeting with Lukas Sieper (Member of the European Parliament)

12 May 2025 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and TikTok Technology Ltd

9 May 2025 · digital regulations

Meeting with Lucilla Sioli (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

7 May 2025 · General-purpose AI model regulation and Code of Practice

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament)

6 May 2025 · Audiovisuel, IA, droit d'auteur, protection des mineurs

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

6 May 2025 · Copyright and generative AI

Meeting with Ana Vasconcelos (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Apr 2025 · LIBE

Meeting with Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers)

30 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views of the Digital Fairness Act

Meeting with Andi Cristea (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Apr 2025 · Tech regulations

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

9 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the template for the summary of training content and on the Code of Practice.

Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · Digital Policy

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath), Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath) and

18 Mar 2025 · Forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, protection of minors, data protection, simplification

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Mar 2025 · EU competitiveness regarding Cloud and upcoming DNA

Meeting with Hanna Anttilainen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

13 Mar 2025 · Various topics related to the digital policy framework

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE

11 Mar 2025 · Grids INI

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

11 Mar 2025 · Energy situation in Europe

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and ECTA

7 Mar 2025 · Digital Infrastructure

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · AI Act

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

4 Mar 2025 · latest developments in technology policy

Meeting with Michał Kobosko (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Mar 2025 · AI-powered mobile ecosystem

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Mar 2025 · Meeting on EU Digital and AI policies

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and OVH Groupe

20 Feb 2025 · Digital infrastructure

Meeting with Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and

19 Feb 2025 · Video recording for the Google conference „Growing Up in the Digital Age“

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · AI and Digital Regulation

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

19 Feb 2025 · Google sustainability initiatives

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament) and Free Russia Foundation

18 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Christel Schaldemose (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries

18 Feb 2025 · online safety, the protection of minors

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

18 Feb 2025 · Digital Markets Act (DMA) compliance, AI Act, DSA, Code of Practice on Disinformation

Meeting with Borys Budka (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

18 Feb 2025 · AI regulation

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament) and NVIDIA Corporation

18 Feb 2025 · Introduction

Meeting with Lucilla Sioli (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

17 Feb 2025 · Process of drafting the Code of Conduct on General Purpose AI models

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

17 Feb 2025 · Technological innovation opportunities triggered from using AI in research

Meeting with Magnus Brunner (Commissioner)

16 Feb 2025 · The discussion covered the removal of harmful online content and cybersecurity.

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

14 Feb 2025 · Exchange about security and defence related topics

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)

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Feb 2025 · EU agenda on AI and tech sovereignty

Meeting with Ingrid Bellander Todino (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

6 Feb 2025 · First meeting between the Commission and Signatories on the implementation of the Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online+ (“Code of conduct+”), after its integration into the DSA framework

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · Meeting on Youtube's measure on child protection online

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

6 Feb 2025 · First meeting between the Commission and Signatories on the implementation of the Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online+ (“Code of conduct+”), after its integration into the DSA framework

Meeting with Kamil Talbi (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

6 Feb 2025 · Competitiveness

Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2025 · EU-Digitalpolitik

Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2025 · Media Policy

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

30 Jan 2025 · EU Trade and Economic Security

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

29 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the implementation of Article 15 DSM Directive

Meeting with Kitti Nyitrai (Head of Unit Energy)

28 Jan 2025 · A new study by Aurora Energy Research

Meeting with Ana Catarina Mendes (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jan 2025 · DSA Implementation

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Jan 2025 · Participation

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Jan 2025 · Competition

Meeting with Anna Herold (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

20 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views in the context of preparatory work on draft guidelines on Article 18(1) European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) to be issued by the European Commission under Article 18(9) of the EMFA.

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

16 Jan 2025 · Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, AI Act

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Dec 2024 · Workshop: New third party age verification feature by Google

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Dec 2024 · General exchange on the current challenges for google maps

Google seeks more control over researcher data access

10 Dec 2024
Topic — Rules for sharing platform data with vetted researchers under Digital Services Act.
Message — Google requests advance consultation on access modalities, full researcher application disclosure, and authority to restrict analytical tools and impose data storage requirements. They want to determine appropriate means for data sharing while accounting for user privacy implications.123
Why — This would let them control what researchers can access and analyze.45
Impact — Researchers lose unfettered access to platform data for public interest studies.6
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Meeting with Morten Løkkegaard (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2024 · Trial on news content in Denmark (Google)

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)

5 Dec 2024 · Competitiveness and energy and digital transitions

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Current Affairs

Meeting with Veronika Vrecionová (Member of the European Parliament) and Svaz průmyslu a dopravy ČR and Slovenská aliancia pre inovatívnu ekonomiku

4 Dec 2024 · Digital economy, fight against misinformation, AI Act

Meeting with François-Xavier Bellamy (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Dec 2024 · IA

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · Disinformation, minor safety and hate speech

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Nov 2024 · Digital issues

Meeting with Adnan Dibrani (Member of the European Parliament) and Microsoft Corporation and

20 Nov 2024 · Digitalisering och konkurrenskraft

Meeting with Heléne Fritzon (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · Barns säkerhet oline

Meeting with Heléne Fritzon (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · Barns säkerhet online

Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2024 · Digital policy

Meeting with Sandro Gozi (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2024 · Digital transition

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2024 · Digital priorities for the mandate 2024-2029

Meeting with Anna-Maja Henriksson (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Nov 2024 · Digital matters

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament) and EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision and European Film Agency Directors

7 Nov 2024 · Rencontres Cinématographiques de l ARP, politique audiovisuelle française et européenne

Meeting with Morten Løkkegaard (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2024 · Data policy

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Oct 2024 · AI

Meeting with Eva Maydell (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Oct 2024 · EU Tech Agenda

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

23 Oct 2024 · Digital Policy

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2024 · General discussion on the new Commission's agenda

Meeting with Adam Bielan (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Google

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2024 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · AI Connect Academy (staff-level)

Meeting with András Gyürk (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Overview of potential AI applications

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

1 Oct 2024 · Ai and disinformation

Meeting with Fernand Kartheiser (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · EU regulations and large digital companies

Meeting with Javier Zarzalejos (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

1 Oct 2024 · Meeting with Global Affairs President of Google and Alphabet

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

1 Oct 2024 · AI / Digital

Meeting with Ana Gallego (Director-General Justice and Consumers)

1 Oct 2024 · Digital Policy issues and Data Protection

Google Calls for Flexible, Risk-Based EU Minor Protection Rules

30 Sept 2024
Topic — The European Commission is drafting guidelines to improve online safety and privacy for minors.
Message — Google requests a flexible, risk-based approach to age assurance and safety measures for platforms. They suggest a two-step impact assessment to avoid unnecessary burdens for lower-risk services.12
Why — This strategy allows Google to preserve its current account-based controls and minimize technical costs.34
Impact — All internet users might lose privacy if forced to provide official identification to access services.56
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Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

30 Sept 2024 · AI and other EU tech policy issues in the new EU mandate

Meeting with Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Youtube, DSA, fight against disinformation

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · EU policies for the digital transformation

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · Public clouds

Meeting with Maria Grapini (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2024 · Intellectual property and innovation

Meeting with Javier Zarzalejos (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

17 Sept 2024 · CSA Regulation

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Diana Vlad-Calcic (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

15 Aug 2024 · Meeting with YouTube on Internet freedom

Meeting with Piotr Müller (Member of the European Parliament) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and Microsoft Corporation

24 Jul 2024 · Digital policy during the upcoming parliamentary term

Meeting with Jan Farský (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Discussion about the future digital policies in the EU

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2024 · Tech policy priorities

Meeting with Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2024 · Digital policies, disinformation

Meeting with Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2024 · Google Fight against Disinformation

Google opposes extending telecom rules to digital services

28 Jun 2024
Topic — EU consultation on future connectivity networks and digital infrastructure regulation.
Message — Google urges abandoning plans to extend telecommunications regulation to digital services, cloud providers, and Internet interconnection. They argue these proposals would introduce unnecessary costs through de facto 'network fees' and dispute resolution mechanisms. Instead, they advocate demand-side policies focused on driving consumer adoption of fast broadband through digital skills and compelling content.123
Why — This would avoid new compliance costs and interconnection fees for their services.45
Impact — Consumers would face higher prices and worse Internet quality of experience.67
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Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Afore Consulting

27 Jun 2024 · EU cloud policy

Meeting with Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)

24 Jun 2024 · Citizens' rights online and protection of citizens, Digital Services Act, Child Rights Strategy and Code of Practice on Disinformation.

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

18 Jun 2024 · elections, disinformation

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

30 May 2024 · elections, disinformation, DSA, AI

Meeting with Marcel Kolaja (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

29 May 2024 · discussion about the DMA compliance

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

23 May 2024 · Green transition and 2040 climate target

Meeting with Markéta Gregorová (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Apr 2024 · Moderating online content and combating disinformation ahead of the upcoming EP elections

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

12 Apr 2024 · Cybersecurity, Cyberskills, AI

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

9 Apr 2024 · data protection and political ads

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

8 Apr 2024 · Tech and Russian independent media

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

3 Apr 2024 · Visit to Google’s Safety Engineering Centre

Meeting with Heléne Fritzon (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Mar 2024 · Kampen mot organiserad brottslighet

Meeting with Bart Groothuis (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2024 · Cybersecurity and Ukraine

Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Mar 2024 · Election activities

Meeting with Ana Collado Jiménez (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Mar 2024 · Views on digitalization developments in the EU

Meeting with Radka Maxová (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Feb 2024 · Elections integrity

Meeting with Vlad-Marius Botoş (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Feb 2024 · DSA

Meeting with Ivan Štefanec (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Feb 2024 · Meeting on elections activities and fight against disinformation

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Feb 2024 · Openness of digital ecosystems

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)

21 Feb 2024 · EU policy on AI in science

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2024 · Digital services

Meeting with Dita Charanzová (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Feb 2024 · cybersecurity

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

16 Feb 2024 · EU Cyber resilience

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2024 · European Elections

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

30 Jan 2024 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

30 Jan 2024 · DSA DMA

Google urges flexibility in EU transparency reporting templates

24 Jan 2024
Topic — New EU regulation on mandatory transparency reports for online platform content moderation.
Message — Google requests explanatory fields alongside quantitative data, limiting requirements to statutory text, and harmonizing reporting periods. They argue the proposed CSV format prevents context and risks misleading comparisons. They want optional rather than mandatory reporting of non-statutory metrics and categories.123
Why — This would avoid costly system re-engineering and protect commercially sensitive operational information.456
Impact — Public loses detailed standardized comparisons across platforms' content moderation practices.78
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Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

23 Jan 2024 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)

17 Jan 2024 · Access and protection of children with regards to the internet.

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

16 Jan 2024 · Meeting with YouTube on disinformation, AI, DSA, EP elections 2024

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

11 Jan 2024 · Competition and digital issues

Response to Regulations specifying criteria and fees for the critical ICT third-party service providers in the financial sector

13 Dec 2023

Google Cloud welcomes the opportunity to provide views for consideration by the European Commission (EC) on the draft delegated acts under DORA mandate. We firmly believe that DORA will be crucial to the acceleration of digital innovation in the European financial services sector. It creates a solid framework to enhance understanding, transparency, and trust among ICT providers, financial entities, and financial regulators. The designation of ICT third-party service providers as critical rests at the heart of the incoming DORA oversight framework. Hence, we welcome the ECs sensible approach, advancing the ESA guidance delivered in the Joint Report on 29 September 2023. We would like to offer the comments in our position paper (attached) to further strengthen the principle of proportionality in the delegated acts and to constructively support additional legal clarity and certainty. To that end, you will find concrete amendments to support the EC's consideration. The following paragraphs shall highlight a number of key issues in our paper. For the delegated act on criticality designation criteria: We welcome the Commissions approach to a sequenced application of indicators with focus on ICT services that support critical or important functions. This approach is consistent with DORA Level 1 and will focus designation and resources on ICT services that are relevant to financial stability. We believe that targeted amendments can help to advance clarity for the assessment approach (Article 1). We support a requirement for the ESAs to provide an explanation - in reasonable detail - to ICT third party service providers how they reached their designation decision when notifying them of the outcome. Amendments to Step 2 Sub-criteria 1.3 and 2.3 can help to better focus them to financial entities identified in the designation's Step 1 (i.e. financial entities using the ICT service to support critical or important functions). As currently drafted, the indicators in Sub-criterion 1.3 and Sub-criterion 2.3 are broader than their corresponding Step 1 indicators. We call on the Commission to clarify under Article 6 (Information sources to enable criticality assessment) that the ESAs (i) may only use data from reliable sources to perform their criticality assessment, and (ii) must reference their sources. For the delegated act on oversight fees: We welcome the ECs proposal to limit the scope for fees, applying a reference to the list of ICT services in the ITS on the register of information (Article 1 (1)). Assuming the list of ICT services in the ITS is aligned with DORAs focus on the resilience of the financial sector, it would be appropriate to scope turnover to revenue generated by the CTPP in providing services on that list. We appreciate the ECs intention to avoid basing the calculation of the fees on the global turnover of the CTPP as per Art. 2 (1). The draft delegated act proposes the application of only a phased broadening of the in-scope turnover as a fall-back under Art. 2 (3). However, there should be more flexibility in the fallback options where the figures that the CTPP can provide entirely include the in-scope turnover in the earlier option. Due to its business sensitive nature, audited financial data provided by the critical third-party service provider to the Lead Overseer must be treated as confidential data and for this reason it should not to be disclosed to any third parties. We propose a respective clarification under Article 6.
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Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

4 Dec 2023 · Disinformation, Artificial Intelligence act, elections, DSA

Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Dec 2023 · High-Level Breakfast

Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Dec 2023 · Responsible Innovation in European Startups

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

28 Nov 2023 · GDPR, AI, data flows, consumers, political ads, DMA

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

28 Nov 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V.

28 Nov 2023 · Digitalpolitik

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries

28 Nov 2023 · Social Media in the context of the EU Elections (staff-level)

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

17 Nov 2023 · Data Act/Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Petar Vitanov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Nov 2023 · GDPR

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

25 Oct 2023 · Disinformation

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

25 Oct 2023 · Artificial intelligence, disinformation, political ads

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Apple Inc.

17 Oct 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

9 Oct 2023 · IT tools to enable a smart use of energy in the EU, energy policy within Google, EU policy on digitalisation and energy consumption, in particular related to data centres.

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

5 Oct 2023 · Artificial intelligence, disinformation, political ads

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

4 Oct 2023 · Artificial intelligence

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

29 Sept 2023 · Cybersecurity and Digital Skills

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

28 Sept 2023 · Artificial intelligence regulation and initiatives

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

28 Sept 2023 · Elections, political advertising regulation

Meeting with Eva Hrncirova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

26 Sept 2023 · Digital well-being, digital literacy

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

26 Sept 2023 · Staff Level: Roundtable on age assurance

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Sept 2023 · Liberté des Médias et Intelligence Artificielle

Meeting with Eva-Maria Alexandrova Poptcheva (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2023 · Data Act and Artificial Intelligence Act

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and European Policy Centre

8 Sept 2023 · Panel on the State of the Ethics Union

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

8 Sept 2023 · Political Advertising

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders) and Microsoft Corporation

2 Aug 2023 · Artificial intelligence

Response to Cyber Solidarity Act

20 Jul 2023

Google welcomes the ambition and significant investment the European Commission intends to make towards enhancing the EUs security operations capabilities under the proposed Cyber Solidarity Act. The imperative for the tools and capabilities that the Act will help deliver has never been greater. The war in Ukraine has offered the world a first glimpse of full-scale conflict in cyberspace. Malicious cyber activity has grown more frequent and disruptive, costing European businesses billions of euros each year and fraying public trust in the digital ecosystem. Pandemic-era acceleration of digital transformation of European critical infrastructure and public services has also changed the threat profile of most governments, making them a prominent target of cyber attacks. Of the intrusions investigated by Mandiant in 2022, response efforts for government-related organizations captured 25% of all investigations, compared to 9% in 2021. In this context, we encourage Europe to pursue policy frameworks in the cyber field that: enhance the EUs access to state of art technological advances in cyber defence; maximise the opportunity to collaborate and share intelligence with global leaders in the field; and seek to address critical shortages in the European cybersecurity workforce by deploying automated tools in the short-term whilst working with industry leaders to close skills and capabilities gap in the longer term. The Cyber Solidarity Act offers an opportunity to incorporate many of these priorities under a cohesive and impressively operationally-focused proposal. Please find attached Google's feedback on the proposal.
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Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2023 · Political Advertising

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2023 · Sujets numériques français et européens (équipe)

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

11 Jul 2023 · Staff Level: Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

Meeting with Evin Incir (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jun 2023 · Panelsamtal om Ai

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jun 2023 · Digital Decade

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jun 2023 · talare: AI och hållbarhet

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Wojtek Talko (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

27 Jun 2023 · Disinformation

Meeting with Javier Zarzalejos (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Jun 2023 · Meeting with Google to discuss CSAM Regulation

Meeting with Sandro Gozi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Jun 2023 · Political Advertising

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

27 Jun 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

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

27 Jun 2023 · to follow

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

26 Jun 2023 · Reporting requirements in the CRA

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

26 Jun 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act.

Meeting with Vlad-Marius Botoş (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

26 Jun 2023 · Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Friends of Europe

26 Jun 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

26 Jun 2023 · data protecton, AI, code of conduct against hate speech

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

26 Jun 2023 · Digital

Google urges EU to embrace digital solutions in 2040 climate roadmap

23 Jun 2023
Topic — Setting EU's 2040 climate target to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
Message — Google wants the EU to recognize digital technology's role in achieving carbon reduction goals and create enabling policy frameworks. They recommend technology-neutral decarbonization pathways, enhanced clean energy procurement frameworks, and alignment on measuring technology's climate impact.123
Why — This would position their AI and cloud infrastructure as essential climate tools.45
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Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Jun 2023 · IT security

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

23 Jun 2023 · political ads

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries

22 Jun 2023 · Exchange of Views on Digital Policy

Meeting with Cristian Terheş (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

21 Jun 2023 · parliamentary activity

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Jun 2023 · DMA

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Jun 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jun 2023 · Intelligence artificielle

Meeting with Fabienne Keller (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jun 2023 · Échanges avec Google France relatif au règlement sur l’Intelligence Artificielle.

Google Urges Consistent and Proportional DSA Independent Audit Standards

2 Jun 2023
Topic — Procedures and methodology for independent audits of very large online platforms and search engines.
Message — Google requests standardized audit methodologies across platforms to ensure consistency and fairness. They argue for a proportional approach where auditors only request objectively necessary documents.12
Why — Restricting data requests would protect Google's commercially sensitive information and reduce compliance costs.34
Impact — Public scrutiny is weakened if inconsistent standards prevent meaningful comparisons between different digital platforms.56
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Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

1 Jun 2023 · Exchange of views on the EMFA

Google urges dialogue and safeguards for DSA researcher data access

31 May 2023
Topic — EU consultation on rules for researcher access to platform data under DSA.
Message — Google requests standardized application processes across all DSCs and procedures for good-faith dialogue between researchers, platforms, and DSCs before formal data requests. They want flexibility in providing data through different technical solutions suited to data sensitivity levels, from APIs to virtual data rooms. They emphasize rigorous vetting of researchers and clear accountability mechanisms for data misuse.123
Why — This would give them more time to review requests and control over data delivery methods.456
Impact — Researchers lose faster, more standardized access to platform data for public interest studies.
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Meeting with Vladimír Bilčík (Member of the European Parliament)

30 May 2023 · Disinformation and Digital Service Act

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

30 May 2023 · Transparency of Political Advertising Regulation

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and GLOBSEC and Seznam.cz, a.s.

29 May 2023 · Disinformation - meeting also attended by Slovak National Authorities

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and Future of Privacy Forum and ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

25 May 2023 · CPDP: Privacy through innovation & the online ad ecosystem

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

24 May 2023 · Artificial intelligence

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

24 May 2023 · Discussion on the AI Act

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

24 May 2023 · Artificial Intelligence, competition policy.

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

24 May 2023 · Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Skills Academy

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

24 May 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

24 May 2023 · AI, Disinformation, Data Act, DSA and DMA

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament) and Microsoft Corporation and

18 May 2023 · Data privacy

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

18 May 2023 · LIBE Mission

Meeting with Carole Mancel-Blanchard (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

11 May 2023 · Meeting on Connectivity Package and Future of connectivity Exploratory Consultation

Meeting with Adriana Maldonado López (Member of the European Parliament)

10 May 2023 · Transcurso de expedientes legislativos en IMCO

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

10 May 2023 · AI Act

Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

3 May 2023 · Cyber Resilience Act and digital policy

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

2 May 2023 · Exchange of views on the EMFA

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

27 Apr 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Apr 2023 · European Media Freedom Act (meeting held by assistant)

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

13 Apr 2023 · Political Advertising

Meeting with João Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Apr 2023 · EMFA Regulation

Meeting with Marcel Kolaja (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Mar 2023 · discussion about Google's position on the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Internet Forum

27 Mar 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

23 Mar 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Rob Rooken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Future of Life Institute

21 Mar 2023 · AI Act

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

16 Mar 2023 · European Media Freedom act, fight against Russian propaganda

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

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

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and

14 Mar 2023 · AI Act

Meeting with Vlad-Marius Botoş (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 Mar 2023 · Product Liability Directiv

Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

9 Mar 2023 · Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

6 Mar 2023 · consumers’ protection, data protection, hate speech online, AI Act and AI Liability.

Meeting with Ramona Strugariu (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Mar 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

2 Mar 2023 · European Media Freedom Act, fight against Russian propaganda

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

2 Mar 2023 · Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Zdzisław Krasnodębski (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Mar 2023 · Digital policies

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and Microsoft Corporation and

26 Feb 2023 · Participant at EIF-GSMA Roundtable discussion: "‘Connecting Europe to its 2030 Digital Decade Targets’"

Meeting with Radosław Sikorski (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Feb 2023 · Google Arts & Culture project

Meeting with Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

15 Feb 2023 · Data Act

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

14 Feb 2023 · DORA

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

7 Feb 2023 · Shadows meeting on Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

2 Feb 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and ARD-Verbindungsbüro Brüssel and

1 Feb 2023 · European Media Freedom Act (Staff-Level)

Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament) and EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) and

1 Feb 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Feb 2023 · Cyber Resilience Act

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

24 Jan 2023 · Cloud services and cybersecurity

Meeting with Toma Šutić (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)

23 Jan 2023 · Exchange of views on implementation of the Long Term Vision for Rural areas, Rural Pact, initiatives and tools for older people and the initiative #IamRemarkable

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

18 Jan 2023 · Artificial intelligence

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

18 Jan 2023 · Initiatives to help consumers to be more informed on circularity, waste reduction and consumption reduction.

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

17 Jan 2023 · The European Skills Agenda, in particular the cybersecurity skills and the Pact for Skills, social economy

Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and DIGITALEUROPE and

12 Jan 2023 · Prep CSA Regulation Stakeholders meeting

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

12 Jan 2023 · Closed door stakeholders meeting on Child Sexual Abuse Regulation with MEP Alex Agius Saliba and MEP Helene Fritzon

Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 Jan 2023 · Transparency and targeting of political advertising

Meeting with Heléne Fritzon (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and DIGITALEUROPE and

12 Jan 2023 · Rundabordssamtal

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jan 2023 · Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (Equipe)

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

15 Dec 2022 · Cyber skills training / EU cyber academy

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Dec 2022 · Data Act

Google urges exclusion of standalone software from strict liability

9 Dec 2022
Topic — Revision of Product Liability Directive to cover digital products and AI systems.
Message — Google strongly opposes including standalone software under strict product liability rules. They argue software differs fundamentally from physical products and can be readily fixed through updates. They request removing related services from scope and clearer definitions of software.123
Why — This would shield them from potentially unlimited liability for software bugs and data loss.45
Impact — Consumers lose stricter protections when software causes psychological harm or data loss.6
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Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Dec 2022 · Transparency and targeting of political advertising

Meeting with Ramona Strugariu (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

1 Dec 2022 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament) and General Electric Company and

29 Nov 2022 · Politico's Sustainable Future Week 2022

Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2022 · Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat Child Sexual Abuse

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

24 Nov 2022 · Political advertising

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

22 Nov 2022 · Exchange of views on CSA

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)

22 Nov 2022 · Meeting with Mr Kent Walker, on CSA proposal, the EU Internet forum on 7/12, the implementation of the TCO and digital security more broadly

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

17 Nov 2022 · Dora regulation

Meeting with Clara De-La-Torre (Acting Director-General Climate Action)

15 Nov 2022 · Google presented its work on climate and sustainability

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

9 Nov 2022 · Political Advertising

Meeting with Mauri Pekkarinen (Member of the European Parliament)

31 Oct 2022 · Current EU affairs

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

25 Oct 2022 · Discussion on the AIA

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

25 Oct 2022 · Data protection, Hate speech online and the Code of Conduct, AI Liability Directive, AI Regulation and Ukraine.

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

25 Oct 2022 · Fighting disinformation, European Media Freedom Act

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

25 Oct 2022 · Platform regulation, Cybersecurity, Data.

Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Oct 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

19 Oct 2022 · Code of Conduct against Hate speech

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2022 · Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Apple Inc.

12 Oct 2022 · Artifical Intelligence Act

Meeting with Eszter Batta (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

11 Oct 2022 · Digitals tools for greening other industrial sectors

Meeting with Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Oct 2022 · Politiques commerciales

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

11 Oct 2022 · Google Sustainability Summit "Technology and Partnership Accelerating Climate Action": Speech on Digital for European Green Deal

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2022 · Lutte contre la désinformation

Google Urges Professional-Led Battery Replacement for Smartphones

28 Sept 2022
Topic — EU regulation on ecodesign requirements for mobile phones and tablets.
Message — Google requests that battery replacement be carried out by professionals in workshop environments rather than by users at home. They argue user-led replacement creates safety risks and design constraints. Google also seeks removal of the IP44 water protection requirement for tablets, proposing a spill test instead.12
Why — This would allow continued use of current smartphone designs without costly redesigns.34
Impact — Consumers lose ability to replace batteries themselves without professional assistance.5
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Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

26 Sept 2022 · Digital skills & reskilling, Cybersecurity & resilience, investment in internet structures, support for Ukrainian refugees

Meeting with Maria da Graça Carvalho (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

16 Sept 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 Sept 2022 · CSDDD

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

12 Sept 2022 · Digital topics

Google Urges EU-Wide Standards for Emergency Location Accuracy

9 Sept 2022
Topic — EU regulation on emergency communications to the single European emergency number '112'.
Message — Google requests the Commission define an acceptable minimum threshold for caller location accuracy and reliability across the EU. They also urge binding provisions for VoLTE interoperability testing across all EU mobile networks.12
Why — This would simplify compliance requirements across 27 different national regulatory frameworks.3
Impact — Member states lose flexibility to set their own emergency location accuracy standards.4
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Meeting with Petar Vitanov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Sept 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

8 Sept 2022 · 1) Trade & Technology Council (TTC) meeting; 2) Digital policies and digital trade aspects, including cyber security and fight against disinformation

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and Microsoft Corporation and

6 Sept 2022 · meeting with the Green Digital Coalition - Main topic : state of play on sustainable digitalization

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jul 2022 · Competition policy

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and Connect Europe and

18 Jul 2022 · Transatlantic Policy Week: July 18 to July 20

Meeting with Alviina Alametsä (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2022 · General stakeholder dinner

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and EuroCommerce and European Banking Federation

6 Jul 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Jul 2022 · Dossiers numériques et jeux vidéo

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and DIGITALEUROPE and

30 Jun 2022 · US-EU Task Force Convening: Energy efficiency and Energy Savings. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and Tado also participated.

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

28 Jun 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Eva Maydell (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Jun 2022 · AI Act

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

27 Jun 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jun 2022 · Politico Competitive Europe Summit on big tech

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

16 Jun 2022 · Disinformation

Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jun 2022 · Fit For 55

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

7 Jun 2022 · Political Advertising

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

2 Jun 2022 · Political advertising

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

25 May 2022 · Digital skills.

Meeting with Christel Schaldemose (Member of the European Parliament)

25 May 2022 · YouTube and content moderation, Google Search and AI technologies, general purpose AI

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

18 May 2022 · AI Act, CSAM, Data Strategy, DSA

Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament)

18 May 2022 · AI

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 May 2022 · European Digital Identity proposal (eID)

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

4 May 2022 · EMFA

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

27 Apr 2022 · Measures on disinformation and content moderation in the context of the aggression of Ukraine

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs and

25 Apr 2022 · US-EU Task Force Convening: Clean Energy Technologies. Carrier, Tado and the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) also participated.

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

30 Mar 2022 · Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, Data Act.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

30 Mar 2022 · Efforts against disinformation and compliance with digital regulation

Meeting with Ursula von der Leyen (President)

30 Mar 2022 · Meeting with CEO of Google

Meeting with Petar Vitanov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 Mar 2022 · AI Act

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

10 Mar 2022 · Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act

Meeting with Katrin Langensiepen (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Mar 2022 · Accessibility and Disability Inclusion

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

27 Feb 2022 · Urgent measures to fight war propaganda on platforms

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

26 Feb 2022 · Urgent measures to fight war propaganda on platforms

Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner) and World Economic Forum

18 Feb 2022 · Participation in a broader dinner on world affairs in the margins of Munich Security Conference 2022 hosted by World Economic Forum and Google Jigsaw

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

8 Feb 2022 · Visit to the Google Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC) to understand Google’s approach to content moderation including tackling child sexual abuse online

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

3 Feb 2022 · Discussion on the AIA

Google urges flexibility in EU political advertising rules

21 Jan 2022
Topic — New EU regulation on transparency and targeting of political advertising.
Message — Google requests clearer definitions of what qualifies as political advertising, shared responsibilities between platforms and advertisers, and flexibility in disclosure formats. They emphasize that advertisers should verify identities and declare when running political ads, with platforms relying on these declarations in good faith.123
Why — This would shift verification burdens to advertisers and reduce Google's liability for classification errors.45
Impact — Citizens lose comprehensive oversight as platforms could avoid responsibility by relying on advertiser declarations.6
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Meeting with Cristian Terheş (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

19 Jan 2022 · eIDAS file parliamentary activity

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

11 Jan 2022 · Platforms regulation and disinformation

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

2 Dec 2021 · Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, publishers’ right

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

1 Dec 2021 · EU Tech policy

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

1 Dec 2021 · Artificial intelligence, hate speech, fundamental rights

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

17 Nov 2021 · DSA, DMA

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

10 Nov 2021 · Upcoming CSAM Legislation

Meeting with Nicolas Hazard (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit) and Euclid Network

18 Oct 2021 · Economie sociale et solidaire

Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Sept 2021 · Digital Services Act

Google urges shared AI regulation responsibility with deployers

15 Jul 2021
Topic — EU Artificial Intelligence Act proposal establishing risk-based rules for AI systems.
Message — Google requests creating a new class of "deployers" to share compliance obligations, especially for general-purpose AI tools. They argue providers often lack visibility into how systems are used and cannot fulfill requirements like post-market monitoring. The company also seeks clearer definitions and standards that reflect technical feasibility rather than perfection.123
Why — This would shield Google from liability when third parties deploy its APIs in high-risk applications.45
Impact — Users lose protections when general-purpose AI tools are deployed in risky settings without provider oversight.6
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Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

13 Jul 2021 · Artificial intelligence, data protection

Meeting with Salvatore De Meo (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jun 2021 · DSA

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

23 Jun 2021 · Digital Operational Resilience Act

Meeting with Salvatore De Meo (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jun 2021 · DSA

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

3 Jun 2021 · Digital Services Act

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)

27 May 2021 · Trade policy, including transatlantic trade relations - EU-US Trade and Technology initiative, digital payments and cross border data flows.

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

26 May 2021 · Meeting on the Pact for Skills and the Skills Agenda.

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 May 2021 · Digital Operational Resilience Act

Google seeks flexible disinformation rules, warns against rigid standards

29 Apr 2021
Topic — Strengthening the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation through Commission guidance.
Message — Google requests flexibility in anti-disinformation measures, warning that comparability should not compromise effectiveness. They argue one-size-fits-all models risk backfiring and want services evaluated holistically rather than on single tools. They seek predictable reporting requirements and safeguards ensuring transparency doesn't enable bad actors or violate privacy.12345
Why — This would allow Google to deploy interventions unique to each service without adopting standardized approaches.67
Impact — Regulators and researchers lose standardized metrics to compare platform effectiveness across services.8
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Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

27 Apr 2021 · Digital files

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Joint Research Centre)

15 Apr 2021 · Introductory exchange of views

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

26 Mar 2021 · Artificial Intelligence and BigTech

Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 Mar 2021 · Digital Services Act

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

22 Mar 2021 · Upcoming legislation on child sexual abuse

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

16 Mar 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

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

9 Mar 2021 · DSA, DMA, AI

Google urges flexible transparency rules for political ads

23 Feb 2021
Topic — EU regulation on transparency requirements for sponsored political content and advertising.
Message — Google requests clear definitions of political ads and microtargeting, flexibility in transparency requirements across different services, and alignment with their existing identity verification program. They warn against burdensome requirements for issue-based advertising and advocate for safeguards in the Digital Services Act to prevent disclosure of commercially sensitive information.123
Why — This would allow them to maintain existing ad policies while avoiding costly system changes.45
Impact — Voters lose stronger protections against opaque microtargeting and issue-based political manipulation.67
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Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

22 Feb 2021 · Disinformation COVID -19

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

10 Feb 2021 · Transatlantic digital cooperation; 6/01 Capitol events; DSA/DMA; COVID-19 and Artificial intelligence

Response to Digital Operational Resilience of Financial Services (DORFS) Act

28 Jan 2021

Please find attached Google Cloud feedback on the DORA proposal. Thanks a lot, Ksenia Duxfield-Karyakina
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Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

25 Jan 2021 · DSA, DMA

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and OVH Groupe

15 Jan 2021 · Cloud

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

14 Jan 2021 · Digital Operational Resilience Act

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and

16 Dec 2020 · EDAP,DSA

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

7 Dec 2020 · digital finance and digital operational resilience

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

7 Dec 2020 · EDAP

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

2 Dec 2020 · Roundtable with platforms on DSA and DMA

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

20 Nov 2020 · Artificial Intelligence, data protection, DSA, Covid 19-response

Meeting with Monika Maglione (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Tom Snels (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

18 Nov 2020 · Google's latest efforts in the area of content moderation, particularly when it comes to violent extremist content and child abuse material and also touch base on the upcoming Digital Services Act.

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

16 Nov 2020 · Disinformation

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner)

12 Nov 2020 · DSA and DMA

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

6 Nov 2020 · Digital Markets Act

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

5 Oct 2020 · Exchange on audio-visual and media policy

Google warns broad AI definitions risk stifling European innovation

9 Sept 2020
Topic — The European Commission is proposing a new legal framework for trustworthy artificial intelligence.
Message — Google proposes a narrow definition of AI to protect innovation from unnecessary burdens. They advocate for a risk-based approach that relies on existing technology-neutral regulations. They suggest self-assessments and ex post enforcement instead of mandatory upfront reviews.123
Why — This approach would protect Google’s existing products from burdensome and costly new requirements.4
Impact — Public safety and rights groups lose if regulations fail to cover all risky applications.5
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Meeting with Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Sept 2020 · Google sustainability work and the European Climate Pact

Google Urges Narrow Safety Focus for AI Products

1 Sept 2020
Topic — EU revision of product safety rules to address new technologies and online sales.
Message — Google argues the EU should focus exclusively on physical safety risks from AI products, not broader issues like cybersecurity or mental health. They request narrow definitions for AI products and important changes, warning against requirements for transparency, human oversight, and shared liability across complex value chains.123
Why — This would limit their liability exposure and reduce compliance burdens for software updates.45
Impact — Consumers lose protections against cybersecurity vulnerabilities and algorithmic harms beyond physical injury.6
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Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

11 Aug 2020 · COVID-19 response (authoritative information, contact tracing, recovery); Digital Services Act; digital sovereignty; sustainability of online services; copyright implementation; health data & devices.

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

28 Jul 2020 · content moderation

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

23 Jul 2020 · Covid disinformation, EDAP

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

16 Jul 2020 · Meeting with Google on the Skills Agenda.

Google urges EU to support teacher training and flexible procurement

15 Jul 2020
Topic — EU consultation on updating the Digital Education Action Plan post-COVID-19.
Message — Google requests EU support for teacher training programs, flexible technology procurement, and recognition of informal digital skills. They emphasize the need for coaching programs and infrastructure investment to support hybrid learning.123
Why — This would expand markets for Google's education products and services across Europe.45
Impact — Copyright holders lose revenue as Google seeks broader education exceptions to copyright law.67
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Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

14 Jul 2020 · Follow-up to the White Paper on AI. Digital Services Act

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

9 Jul 2020 · The COVID-19 crisis, particularly in facilitating an access to learning content and supporting the European cultural sector

Google urges EU to maintain liability protections while fighting child abuse

3 Jul 2020
Topic — EU strategy to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline.
Message — Google requests the Commission ensure regulatory coherence between the child abuse strategy and the Digital Services Act. They advocate for maintaining current liability exemptions while establishing a harmonized notice-and-takedown regime across Member States. The company emphasizes the importance of multi-stakeholder action and avoiding overly prescriptive technological requirements.1234
Why — This would preserve their legal certainty and avoid compliance costs from fragmented national rules.567
Impact — Child safety advocates lose stronger accountability mechanisms and faster content removal requirements.89
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Google urges EU to preserve liability protections for online platforms

30 Jun 2020
Topic — New EU regulation on platform responsibilities for illegal content and user safety online.
Message — Google requests that the EU maintain current liability exemptions and avoid prescriptive requirements that would constrain innovation. They advocate for a notice-and-takedown system where platforms have no liability without actual knowledge of illegal content, and urge harmonization across the Single Market to avoid fragmentation.123
Why — This would preserve their business model and avoid costly content monitoring obligations.45
Impact — Users lose stronger protections against illegal content and harmful material on platforms.6
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Google urges case-by-case approach over blanket competition rules

30 Jun 2020
Topic — New EU competition tool and ex ante regulation of digital platforms.
Message — Google requests flexible, evidence-based rules rather than blanket prohibitions on practices like self-preferencing. They advocate for enhanced antitrust tools, systematic data portability, and regulations that apply consistently across all platforms regardless of size. They emphasize preserving innovation while addressing specific harms through detailed case-by-case analysis.1234
Why — This would protect their ability to integrate products and avoid disclosure of proprietary algorithms.567
Impact — Smaller competitors lose protection from Google favoring its own services in search results.8
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Google urges flexible approach to platform regulation

30 Jun 2020
Topic — EU rules for large online platforms acting as gatekeepers in digital markets.
Message — Google requests that new rules preserve platforms' ability to innovate and avoid blanket prohibitions on practices like self-preferencing. They advocate for case-by-case assessment of product integrations, enhanced data portability systems, and flexible remedies rather than broad ex ante prohibitions.123
Why — This would protect their product integration practices and avoid compliance costs from blanket rules.45
Impact — Smaller competitors lose protections against Google favoring its own services in search results.6
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Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

17 Jun 2020 · Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online

Meeting with Cláudia Monteiro De Aguiar (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jun 2020 · Establishing an EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism - Rapporteur

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)

9 Jun 2020 · Disinformation

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

4 Jun 2020 · Resilience of internet networks

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

4 May 2020 · AI, DSA, COVID

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

28 Apr 2020 · following topics 1- Google initiatives in the context of the covid-19; 2- Data protection; 3- AI; 4- Consumers; 5- Illegal content on-line

Meeting with Chiara Salvelli (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel), Maria Koleva (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

23 Apr 2020 · Follow-up to DAVOS

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

15 Apr 2020 · Tracing apps and privacy of individuals

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

27 Mar 2020 · Disinformation/COVID-19

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

19 Mar 2020 · YouTube - preserving the smooth functioning of the internet

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

3 Mar 2020 · Disinfromation, COVID-19

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

4 Feb 2020 · Skills

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

4 Feb 2020 · EC digital priorities

Meeting with Monika Maglione (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Tom Snels (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

4 Feb 2020 · EU internal security: cooperation with the industry in the fight against terrorism and child abuse online.

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

20 Jan 2020 · Digital policy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

20 Jan 2020 · Opportunities and responsibility of digital technology for Green Deal

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

16 Jan 2020 · Digital aspects of the Green Deal

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

5 Dec 2019 · Digital priorities of the incoming European Commission. Progress on implementing Google's AI principles, google announcement Quantum technology

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

4 Dec 2019 · Digital policy in general, artificial intelligence, copyright, online political advertising, digital taxation, digital services

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

20 Nov 2019 · YouTube contribution to the content industry, and the creators ecosystem - Art. 17 on the EU Copyright Directive - E-Commerce directive

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

1 Oct 2019 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

20 Sept 2019 · YouTube on AVMSD and child protection

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

8 Jul 2019 · Presentation of Google Cloud by J. Paquay

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

14 Jun 2019 · Agri Matters

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

4 Jun 2019 · Digital Single Market and Online Disinformation

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

4 Jun 2019 · Copyright Directive, eIdentity, platforms, AI

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

4 Jun 2019 · Disinformation, hate speech and terrorist content online, privacy

Meeting with Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

29 May 2019 · Cyber security

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

20 May 2019 · Copyright, [Intermediary liability] – Disinformation - Privacy/Security - AI and Emerging Technologies

Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

2 Apr 2019 · e-evidence

Meeting with Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General Informatics)

27 Mar 2019 · Cloud

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

19 Mar 2019 · EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and X International Unlimited Company

19 Mar 2019 · EU Code of practice on disinformation

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

4 Mar 2019 · Elections

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and

16 Feb 2019 · Discussion on artificial intelligence on humanitarian aid and crisis management

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová) and

28 Jan 2019 · Code of conduct on countering hate speech online

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

9 Jan 2019 · Copyright

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

9 Jan 2019 · False news

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

20 Nov 2018 · Copyright

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

14 Nov 2018 · Copyright

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

13 Nov 2018 · Copyright

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

8 Nov 2018 · YouTube Chief Business Officer - on copyright negations

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

25 Oct 2018 · e-evidence, safe elections, hate speech online, GDPR

Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

25 Oct 2018 · DSM and European elections

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Wojtek Talko (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

20 Sept 2018 · data protection, terorist contente online, elections

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová) and

17 Sept 2018 · Terrorist content, Code of Conduct

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

4 Sept 2018 · Copyright - Youtube

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

4 Sept 2018 · Copyright

Meeting with Julian King (Commissioner)

19 Jul 2018 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

27 Apr 2018 · Exchange of views on the DSM, with specific regards to the new initiatives on P2B and fake news. Future of intermediary liability, Artificial intelligence

Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

27 Apr 2018 · Safer internet

Meeting with Risto Artjoki (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

25 Apr 2018 · Promoting growth through training and investments

Meeting with Julian King (Commissioner)

25 Apr 2018 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Paraskevi Michou (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

25 Apr 2018 · Discussion on terrorist content online

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

24 Apr 2018 · e-evidence, online hate speech, GDPR, Privacy Shield

Meeting with Kevin Keary (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

24 Apr 2018 · Business discussion

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

24 Apr 2018 · Agri Issues

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

19 Apr 2018 · Google competition cases, ocean governance

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

17 Apr 2018 · Platforms, AI, disinformation, illegal content

Response to Measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online

29 Mar 2018

Google shares European Commission goal of fighting illegal and terrorist content online, and welcomes the opportunity to comment. A balanced approach will help ensure that we are able to tackle this challenge responsibly, effectively, and proportionately. The framework of the E-Commerce Directive (ECD): The ECD has provided a strong and flexible legal framework that has been indispensable to the growth of the European digital economy. Within this framework, we have seen the development of industry codes of conduct, self and co-regulation, and industry best practices, ensuring a stable, well-regulated market. Recognising the importance of this framework and respect for fundamental rights is crucial to ensuring progress in the fight against illegal content. Terrorist content: We share the goal of removing terrorist content as expeditiously as possible. But we do not believe that pushing for a fixed turnaround time is proportionate – or, indeed, effective. Fixed deadlines could easily lead to wrong decisions and overzealous removals, as hosting services feel pressured to resolve cases quickly rather than with due diligence. Realistically, it is technically impossible for most hosting services to meet this goal. And for the vast majority of those who can, such a tight mandate is most likely to mean that there will be no verification at all. This would have chilling effects across society and on societal discourse. Further, we question a recommendation so focused on an hour-long turnaround time, with no evidence provided as to why this specific timeframe has any meaningful impact when considering actual patterns of content sharing. Instead of focusing on arbitrary timeframes, hosting services should act expeditiously to the best of their capabilities. But any timeframe-focussed approach at least should be qualified to make it workable. Hosting providers can only act with such extreme speed where this is technically feasible, and should make sure removal of content does not compromise fundamental rights. Referrals to law enforcement: We are committed to assisting law enforcement and many hosting services already voluntarily refer information to authorities where there are imminent threats to life, within appropriate legal considerations. New obligations to mandate these disclosures to law enforcement are unnecessary, and risk hindering existing voluntary practices. Notice-and-action and liability protections: As additional obligations are placed on hosting service providers to remove content, further guidance on required information for a notice to be valid may be helpful, to prevent inactionable notices, mistakes, and abuse. Such information should include reasonable information to contact the notice author, as is standard practice in many submission procedures used around the world. Identify information is critical to redress and anti-abuse mechanisms, and in some cases, is necessary to determine the legality of the content. Hosting services should be protected from liability when they undertake proactive voluntary measures to identify harmful content. To further encourage this practice, it must be beyond doubt that hosting services do not become liable for any of the information hosted simply because they take voluntary action in good faith, whether of an automated or a non-automated nature. It should also be clear that such actions do not imply that the service provider has knowledge of or control over the information which it transmits or stores. This clarity is crucial to developing the most efficient and innovative ways to tackle illegal content. While further progress is desirable, we are proud of what industry and government have achieved by working together so far. We look forward to further assisting the European Commission with its efforts and investing in this area.
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Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

19 Mar 2018 · EU mobile economy

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

15 Mar 2018 · Copyright

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

15 Mar 2018 · Partnership, products, DSM files

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner) and DIGITALEUROPE and

7 Mar 2018 · Meeting to discuss digital taxation (also with representatives from Deezer and Volumental)

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and DIGITALEUROPE and

7 Mar 2018 · Meeting to discuss digital taxation

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová) and

28 Feb 2018 · Code of Conduct

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

20 Feb 2018 · Platform 2 Business relations, Illegal content, Disinformation online, Digital Skills

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

15 Feb 2018 · B2B relations on Online Platforms

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

15 Feb 2018 · Google support for developers

Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

14 Feb 2018 · cloud act, e-evidence

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner) and

25 Jan 2018 · Digital taxation

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

24 Jan 2018 · Investment and innovation in the EU

Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici), Lucie Mattera (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici) and

23 Jan 2018 · Commission's digital tax proposals: informative exchange of views. Multinationals concerned about impact of change

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

11 Jan 2018 · Search, Illegal content and Fake News

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

9 Jan 2018 · Tackling illegal content online

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

7 Dec 2017 · Disinformation

Meeting with Julian King (Commissioner) and Avis Budget EMEA Limited

6 Dec 2017 · EU Internet Forum

Meeting with Julie Ruff (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

6 Dec 2017 · Cyber security

Meeting with Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner) and

6 Dec 2017 · Internet Forum

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

30 Nov 2017 · Online platforms

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

24 Nov 2017 · Platforms, illegal content online

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

17 Nov 2017 · GDPR, Privacy shield, Online platforms

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

14 Nov 2017 · P2B, fake news, ilegal content

Meeting with Julie Ruff (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

19 Oct 2017 · Cyber security

Meeting with Vladimir Sucha (Director-General Joint Research Centre)

13 Oct 2017 · Exchange on research related to Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

5 Oct 2017 · Copyright, Platforms, DSM, Fake News, AVMSD

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and EU Strategy

5 Oct 2017 · platforms

Meeting with Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

5 Oct 2017 · Role of Platforms on Hate Speech & Fake News

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová) and

4 Oct 2017 · Code of Conduct, Online Hate Speech

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

4 Oct 2017 · Digitalisation for transport

Meeting with Ivo Schmidt (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Manuel Szapiro (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

4 Oct 2017 · AI intellligence; Energy efficiency, digital transformation

Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

26 Sept 2017 · how Google's services support the European economy and employment, the competitive landscape online

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

21 Sept 2017 · DSM initiatives

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

20 Sept 2017 · EU US Privacy Shield, Online hate speech, e-evidence

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

8 Sept 2017 · enterprise

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

8 Sept 2017 · EU HQ Visit

Meeting with Manuel Aleixo (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

13 Jul 2017 · Research & Innovation

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

13 Jul 2017 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

12 Jul 2017 · Google competition cases

Meeting with Silvio Mascagna (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King) and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries and

24 May 2017 · EU Internet Forum

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

18 May 2017 · Copyright

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

25 Apr 2017 · Fake news

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

27 Mar 2017 · DSM review, data, EU-US privacy shield, platforms, publishers' right

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

27 Mar 2017 · Copyright reform, data economy package, ongoing assessment of platforms and competitiveness in the mobile economy

Meeting with Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

23 Mar 2017 · Fake News, Safer Internet for Children and Platforms

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

20 Mar 2017 · Code of Conduct

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

14 Feb 2017 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Manuel Aleixo (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

2 Feb 2017 · Research & Innovation

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

31 Jan 2017 · General portfolio issues

Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

24 Jan 2017 · Implementation of GDPR, Privacy Shield, e-privacy regulation

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

11 Jan 2017 · Overview of Google services and the competitive landscape online

Meeting with Joshua Salsby (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

21 Dec 2016 · Discussion ahead of Davos meeting on the occasion of the 2017 World Economic Forum

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

20 Dec 2016 · Role of the private sector in humanitarian aid

Meeting with Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner) and

8 Dec 2016 · Preparation for the Internet Forum

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

2 Dec 2016 · Year of cultural heritage

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

30 Nov 2016 · Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in education and science

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

30 Nov 2016 · Hate speech

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

30 Nov 2016 · Artificial intelligence

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová) and

23 Nov 2016 · Code of Conduct

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

18 Nov 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Martin Übelhör (Digital Economy)

9 Nov 2016 · ePrivacy directive

Meeting with Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics) and Cisco Systems Inc. and

7 Nov 2016 · ICT in education

Meeting with Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

24 Oct 2016 · ICT in education

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

19 Oct 2016 · Google vision on the Copyright reform proposal of the Commission; Update on partnership between Google and EU Industry stakeholders; e-Privacy Directive review

Meeting with Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

4 Oct 2016 · ICT in education

Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Digital Economy)

3 Oct 2016 · Publishing economies

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

3 Oct 2016 · Mobile economy

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

21 Sept 2016 · Innovation, driverless cars

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

21 Sept 2016 · Preparation of Google Event BOZAR 19th Oct 2016

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy), Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

12 Sept 2016 · copyright

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen), Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

12 Sept 2016 · Investment and competition issues

Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Digital Economy)

12 Sept 2016 · Copyright, innovation

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

8 Sept 2016 · Copyright, AVMSD

Meeting with Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

2 Sept 2016 · Copyright

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

22 Aug 2016 · Ongoing competition cases against Google

Meeting with Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

22 Aug 2016 · Competition issues

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

4 Jul 2016 · Digital Singel Market

Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

28 Jun 2016 · self-driving car project

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

28 Jun 2016 · connected and automated driving

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

24 Jun 2016 · Digital news initiative

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

22 Jun 2016 · Corporate Social Responsibility

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

16 Jun 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas), Antonio Lowndes Marques De Araujo Vicente (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas), Manuel Nobre Goncalves (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

16 Jun 2016 · mobile economy; open innovation

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)

3 Jun 2016 · Energy efficiency, smart mobility

Meeting with Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

1 Jun 2016 · visit to the Campus Google

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

19 May 2016 · Platforms, copyright, DSM

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

19 May 2016 · How Google can support the forthcoming co-regulation initiatives of EU Commission; Google vision on Copyright reform with specific regards to neighbouring rights; How Google can support the Commission agenda on the free flow of data and European cloud for research.

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

19 May 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

18 May 2016 · Digital skills

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

18 May 2016 · Digital Economy

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

17 May 2016 · involvement of private sector in humanitarian aid

Meeting with Daniel Giorev (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva), Denis Chaibi (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva)

4 May 2016 · Meeting with Benoit Tabaka, Head of Mobile Economic Policy EMEA

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

3 May 2016 · Online platforms, e-commerce package, start-ups

Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

28 Apr 2016 · RES, Circular Economy

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová) and

25 Apr 2016 · Hate speech online

Meeting with Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General Informatics)

22 Apr 2016 · Google Presentation, Google Innovations, Devices at work (android and chrome),

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

4 Apr 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy), Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

22 Mar 2016 · google news

Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)

21 Mar 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

21 Mar 2016 · Digitalisation of transport

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

21 Mar 2016 · Digital news

Meeting with Kristalina Georgieva (Vice-President)

19 Mar 2016 · Meeting of VP Georgieva with Caroline Atkinson, Google's Vice President of Public Policy

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

1 Mar 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

25 Feb 2016 · Digital Skills, DSM

Meeting with Martin Selmayr (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

25 Feb 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

23 Feb 2016 · e-privacy, next steps on the directive

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

18 Feb 2016 · DSM: Google engagement to improve digital skills in Europe - Platforms: present Google position on the discussion around platforms and discuss how self/co-regulation could address some of the policy issues on the table - European Cloud initiative: how Google can contribute to this important initiative

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

27 Jan 2016 · General presentation of setup and outlook of Google Ireland; ICT and rural development

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

22 Jan 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

21 Jan 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

20 Jan 2016 · Google Cultural Institute and Digital Single Market

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

17 Dec 2015 · Google Cultural institute future initiatives, Copyright

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

3 Dec 2015 · Business Europe CEO day

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

3 Dec 2015 · Business Europe CEO day

Meeting with Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

3 Dec 2015 · Business Europe CEO day

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

3 Dec 2015 · Business Europe CEO day

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

2 Dec 2015 · Digital skills

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

30 Nov 2015 · platforms, copyright, data protection, AVMSD

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy) and Altroconsumo

26 Nov 2015 · Cybersecurity and consumers fostering web safety

Meeting with Jasmin Battista (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and Altroconsumo

25 Nov 2015 · digital divide of italian users and consumers / Web Safety

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and DIGITALEUROPE and

20 Nov 2015 · Digital transformation of the European industry

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

18 Nov 2015 · Youtube kids app and discussion on their plans for lauching this app in Europe.

Meeting with Jan Mikolaj Dzieciolowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

17 Nov 2015 · Information exchange

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

21 Oct 2015 · Platforms

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

13 Oct 2015 · European energy policy

Meeting with Jasmin Battista (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

13 Oct 2015 · Investment Google Italy

Meeting with Michel Servoz (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

13 Oct 2015 · How Google can help the European Commission’s effort to boost digital skills and jobs in Europe

Meeting with Tânia Frazão Nunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

6 Oct 2015 · Innovation and Competition

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

2 Oct 2015 · Hate speech on-line

Meeting with Corina Crețu (Commissioner)

23 Sept 2015 · Matt Brittin, Pdt for Europe, re Google's investments and initiatives in Europe at the national and regional level, projects on smart cities, as well as vision on the Digital Single Market

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

23 Sept 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

23 Sept 2015 · Google's investments and initiatives in Europe as well as our vision on the Digital Single Market

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

23 Sept 2015 · R&D investment in Europe and innovation policy

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

11 Sept 2015 · Future policy actions

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

10 Sept 2015 · European energy policies

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Raquel Lucas (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

30 Jul 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

9 Jul 2015 · Google's informed about its views on the changing online landscape and the DSM, especially its actions regarding platforms

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

7 Jul 2015 · present Google's point of view on the ongoing Commission's investigation

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

7 Jul 2015 · Innovation and competition in the digital sector

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

7 Jul 2015 · Google competition case

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

6 Jul 2015 · Digital News initiative

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

6 Jul 2015 · private sector participation in humanitarian aid

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

30 Jun 2015 · Identity, Privacy and Security

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

23 Jun 2015 · The antitrust investigation case against Google

Meeting with Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

23 Jun 2015 · Meeting with Adam Cohen & Sylwia Giepmans

Meeting with Vladimir Sucha (Director-General Joint Research Centre)

23 Jun 2015 · Workshop Google - Innovation cycle in Google ATAP

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

4 Jun 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

3 Jun 2015 · Meeting with Messrs Holzle, Lundblad & Socuvka

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

3 Jun 2015 · privacy; data protection

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

28 May 2015 · DSM & platforms

Meeting with Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

27 May 2015 · Telemedicine

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

19 May 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Bartholomew Advisors SCS

19 May 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

21 Apr 2015 · Google Cultural Institute

Meeting with Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)

20 Apr 2015 · Meeting with Google Cultural Institute (Mr Amit Sood)

Meeting with Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

10 Apr 2015 · Promotion of the development of modern and innovative entrepreneurship in Europe and in Poland; Google’s activities in enhancing digital competencies and development of start-ups

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

26 Mar 2015 · Digital skills

Meeting with Raquel Lucas (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

26 Mar 2015 · Economic outlook of Europe. Potential of global digital market place.

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

3 Mar 2015 · Presentation of Google's Irish operations and Dublin Campus and of promotion activities to increase e-commerce success of food-chain companies

Meeting with Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner) and

3 Mar 2015 · Proposals regarding Google contribution in the anti-radicalization debate and the fight against the presence of terrorism propaganda online

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

27 Feb 2015 · Google News and Copyright

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

28 Jan 2015 · Copyright

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

27 Jan 2015 · Google News and Copyright

Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner) and

23 Jan 2015 · Digital Agenda and Trade Policy

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

22 Jan 2015 · Meeting with Mr Drummond, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Google

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

20 Jan 2015 · Future of the Information Society

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)

19 Jan 2015 · Data protection

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

19 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market, broadband investment, Google SME initiatives

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

19 Jan 2015 · Digital Economy and Society

Meeting with Vladimir Sucha (Director-General Joint Research Centre)

7 Jan 2015 · Horizon scanning of new emerging technologies and spill-over of digital innovation to other sectors

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 Jan 2015 · Platforms

Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

9 Dec 2014 · Presentation from Vienna City Council on Smart City Wien

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

2 Dec 2014 · Data protection

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

20 Nov 2014 · Meeting with Rachel Whetstone, Google's Senior Vice President for Communications and Policy: role of internet and innovation to foster economic growth and job creation in Europe and Google initiatives in that field