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Who’s driving the agenda at DG Enterprise and Industry?

Publication date: 
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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Lead author: Yiorgos Vassalos Co-authors: Athena Christofi, Natacha Cingotti, Timo Lange, Rachel Tansey

The Commission’s advisory groups provide expert advice on specific issues, which is often used to shape new policies or even to form the backbone of new legislation. The Commission’s reliance on advice from big business within these groups has previously been criticised, with MEPs urging action to ensure more balance.

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DGENTR-driving.pdf
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reports & studies
Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

Dodgy Data: time to fix the EU Transparency Register

Publication date: 
Monday, June 25, 2012
Author: 
ALTER-EU

One year after the introduction of the European Union’s Transparency Register, analysis by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) suggests that although the number of lobbies now registered has increased, far too many active EU lobby players are still not on the list.

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Dodgy-data.pdf
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reports & studies
Campaign: 
Greater lobbying transparency
 

Translations into German, French and Spanish, of 'Revolving Doors' report executive summary

Publication date: 
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Author: 
ALTER-EU, C%rditrad

La “puerta giratoria” que parece unir a las instituciones de la UE con el sector privado..
Le « pantouflage » qui relit directement les institutions de l’Union européenne au secteur privé..
Die “Drehtür” welche die EU-Institutionen direkt mit dem Privatsektor zu verbinden..

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executive_summary_de_final.pdf
executive_summary_fr_final.pdf
executive_summary_es_final.pdf
Document types: 
reports & studies
Campaign: 
Block the revolving door
 

The missing millions – how the new lobby register needs to tackle the 'under-reporting' by industry lobby groups

Publication date: 
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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.

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under_reporting_final.pdf
Document types: 
reports & studies
Campaign: 
Greater lobbying transparency
 

Report on Goldman Sachs released: 'Doing God's Work'

Publication date: 
Monday, March 21, 2011
Author: 
SpinWatch

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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spinwatch_goldman_sachs_march2011.pdf
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reports & studies
 

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