ALTER-EU The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation

Millions of euros of lobby spending are missing from the lobby register declarations made by key industry groups, the ALTER-EU coalition has revealed on the eve of the launch of the new joint transparency register for the Parliament and Commission.

SpinWatch' research show just how pervasive the presence of Goldman Sachs is in Brussels, although on the surface it is nowhere. But scratch that surface and it is everywhere. It can operate through a dozen or so highly active lobbying groups, it sits on the Commission’s expert groups which have a direct influence on policy

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Many European Commission expert groups dominated by industry, says report.

Financial ‘experts’ advising the European Commission represent banks and investors responsible for the economic crisis.

ALTER-EU evaluation of the European Commission’s lobby register at its one year anniversary.