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GFR
Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte
NGO · Germany · EU Transparency Register 245669449511-24
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #357 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.4
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
—
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2023
in the register since
Declares membership of
- https://freiheitsrechte.org/en/netzwerk
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. (GFF)
- Head office
- Berlin, Germany
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte filed 2 positions between 9 Feb 2024 and 5 Sept 2025, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2024 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
The GFF defends fundamental and human rights through legal means. In addition to strategic court proceedings, we work with legal interventions such as studies, opinions and draft laws. In the context of Regulation 2021/1232 (‘the We are currently supporting judicial proceedings against the practice of scanning private messages at Facebook Messenger.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
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