Motion Picture Association EMEA
MPA EMEA
Founded as a trade association, the MPA (1922) and the MPA EMEA (1945) have broadened their mandate over the years to reflect the diversity of the ever-changing and expanding audiovisual industry.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Nov 2025 · Discussing state of Irish motion picture industry and European supports and opportunities
Meeting with Piotr Müller (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Nov 2025 · Digital Fairness Act
Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and IMPALA Association Internationale AISBL
22 Oct 2025 · Copyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy
Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2025 · Exchange of Views
Meeting with Maravillas Abadía Jover (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2025 · INI Copyright & AI
Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
7 Oct 2025 · Copyright and generative artificial intelligence
Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Sept 2025 · Media Policy
Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Sept 2025 · Current affairs
Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament) and
11 Sept 2025 · GenAI and Copyright
Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Sept 2025 · Geo-blocking, AI, and copyright enforcement in the audiovisual sector
Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and
4 Sept 2025 · Media services and AI matters
Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and
4 Sept 2025 · Roundtable with representatives of the media industry
Meeting with Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and
3 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act and Democracy Shield
Response to Digital Networks Act
11 Jul 2025
Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Jul 2025 · Meeting with a representative of Motion Pictures Association
Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Jun 2025 · Keynote and Guided Visit
Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament) and
26 May 2025 · Mission de la Commission CULT à Los Angeles
Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)
22 May 2025 · Introduction
Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
22 May 2025 · Audiovisual industry
Meeting with Marcos Ros Sempere (Member of the European Parliament)
21 May 2025 · Meeting with Motion Pictures Association
Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament)
15 May 2025 · AI, creators' rights
Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)
7 May 2025 · Upcoming Digital Networks Act
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
6 May 2025 · Copyright and generative AI
Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
1 Apr 2025 · Digital infrastructure
Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Apr 2025 · Film Industry in Europe
Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Mar 2025 · CULT priorities
Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)
24 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, the Democracy Shield and European Media Freedom Act
Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and
13 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3
Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Mar 2025 · Introduction of priorities
Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and
4 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 1
Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Feb 2025 · Network fees & the AV sector
Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Feb 2025 · Platform companies dominant role in the industry and the issues motion picture companies are facing in EU legislation
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Marco Squarta (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Jan 2025 · Introduction meeting and discussion about networking fees, geoblocking, copyright directive
Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Jan 2025 · Audiovisual sector
Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Jan 2025 · Copyright and IP
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Jan 2025 · Artificial Intelligence and Copyright (Staff-level)
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Dec 2024 · Digital files
Meeting with Nikola Minchev (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Dec 2024 · Meeting
Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Dec 2024 · s important IMCO legislative initiatives and issues affecting audiovisual services for the next EU term, among others Geoblocking regulation revision
Meeting with Zoltán Tarr (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Dec 2024 · Artificial Intelligence, content protection, and connectivity within the audiovisual sector
Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Dec 2024 · Issues affecting the audiovisual sector
Meeting with Borys Budka (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
27 Nov 2024 · Geoblocking
Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Nov 2024 · IMCO files
Meeting with Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Nov 2024 · Regional film
Meeting with Mario Furore (Member of the European Parliament) and NBCUniversal International
28 Oct 2024 · Incontro conoscitivo
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Oct 2024 · EU policies regarding the film industry
Meeting with Elisabeth Grossmann (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Oct 2024 · informal exchange
Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament) and EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision
3 Oct 2024 · Cult priorities 2024-2029
Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament) and Alstom
2 Oct 2024 · Priorities for the mandate 2024-2029
Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Sept 2024 · Regulation of media industries
Meeting with Hristo Petrov (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting
Response to WHITE PAPER How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?
29 Jun 2024
Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Mar 2024 · Réglementation des acteurs de l'audiovisuel et lutte contre le piratage
Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and
5 Feb 2024 · Future of connectivity
Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament) and Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe
12 Dec 2023 · Territorialité des droits d'auteur et Géoblocage des contenus audiovisuels
Meeting with Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Dec 2023 · Geoblocking
Meeting with Sonya Gospodinova (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)
30 Nov 2023 · MPA EMEA's position on potential legislative obligation to pay network fees and on its impact on streaming content and services
Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Oct 2023 · Digita network act
Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
2 Oct 2023 · Media, audio-visual, telecoms policy and copyright
Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
19 Jul 2023 · AI Act and deepfakes
Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament)
4 May 2023 · Exchange of views on Media Freeom Act (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)
Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)
24 Apr 2023 · European Media Freedom Act (staff level)
Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
9 Mar 2023 · Media Freedom Act
Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and
26 Feb 2023 · Participant at EIF-GSMA Roundtable discussion: "‘Connecting Europe to its 2030 Digital Decade Targets’"
Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Nov 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Act and Geo-blocking in relation to audiovisual media
Meeting with Sylvie Brunet (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Oct 2022 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Oct 2022 · Exchange of views on the audiovisual sector
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
31 Aug 2022 · AI Act
Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
5 Jul 2022 · Audiovisual Media Services Directive
Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
23 May 2022 · AI Act
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
23 Feb 2022 · DSA, geoblocking and audiovisual dialogue
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
29 Sept 2020 · Discussion on Digital Services Act
Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
24 Aug 2020 · Impact of COVID-19 and recovery measures for the media and audiovisual ecosystem
Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
18 Feb 2020 · Digital Services Act; Copyright; Audiovisual industry
Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and
18 Feb 2020 · Presentation of the company's activities & issues relevant for JUST portofolio
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
17 Feb 2020 · Exchange on global platform responsibilities and audio-visual and media policy
Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
1 Oct 2019 · Commission’s upcoming work on digital policy, including the Digital Services Act and the evaluation of the Geoblocking Regulation
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
5 Sept 2018 · Copyright
Response to Measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online
30 Mar 2018
Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
16 Oct 2017 · Copyright and audiovisual issues
Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
4 Oct 2017 · Digital single market, copyright reform
Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
15 Jun 2017 · Geoblocking proposal
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
25 Jul 2016 · Review of the Satellite and Cable Directive and Exceptions & Limitations
Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)
18 Jul 2016 · copyright
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
15 Jul 2016 · SatCab directive
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and
8 Jul 2016 · Value gap
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and
9 Feb 2016 · Copyright, cross border access to online content, AVMSD
Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
14 Jan 2016 · AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden
Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
13 Jan 2016 · Portability - Geoblocking - DSM
Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)
24 Jun 2015 · DSM, copyright
Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)
7 May 2015 · copyright
Meeting with Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
30 Apr 2015 · Digital Single Market
Meeting with Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
29 Apr 2015 · Meeting on Digital Single Market
Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)
1 Apr 2015 · DSM / copyright
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and
31 Mar 2015 · Copyright
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
30 Mar 2015 · Copyright
Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
17 Mar 2015 · DSM, AVMSD
Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
6 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market