Middle Tech Europe (MTE) is a growing alliance whose members currently include Automattic, Dailymotion, Discord, Dropbox, Grindr, Patreon, Pinterest, Reddit, WeWard, Yahoo, and Yubo. Our members operate a wide variety of services, ranging from video-sharing and e-commerce to e-mail, forums, communication, media, online dating and hosting services representing the often missing middle-voice in tech policy…
MTE
Middle Tech Europe
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 425299397185-76
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
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 925 companies & groups on this site, they rank #455 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.3
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2025
in the register since
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
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
Middle Tech Europe filed 2 positions between 19 Dec 2025 and 11 Mar 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
Middle Tech Europe (MTE) is a growing alliance whose members currently include Automattic, Dailymotion, Discord, Dropbox, Patreon, Pinterest, Reddit, WeWard, Yahoo, and Yubo. Our members operate a wide variety of services, ranging from video-sharing and e-commerce to e-mail, forums, communication, media, and hosting services representing the often missing middle-voice in tech policy discussions.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Bitkom e.V. · 2 files in common
- ZVEI e.V. · 2 files in common
- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) · 2 files in common
- Telefonica, S.A. · 2 files in common
- AMETIC · 2 files in common
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