Alliance for Lobbying Transparency & Ethics Regulation
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) is a coalition of over 160 civil society groups, trade unions, academics and public affairs firms concerned with the increasing influence exerted by corporate lobbyists on the political agenda in Europe, the resulting loss of democracy in EU decision-making and the postponement, weakening, or blockage even, of urgently needed progress on social, environmental and consumer-protection reforms.
- 24 November 2009
The European Commission needs much stronger and clearer rules against conflict of interest. Commission President Barroso has announced a review of the Commissions' Code of Conduct, but the current team of Commissioners will be replaced on the basis of the very weak existing Code of Conduct. Five years ago, the last time a team of Commissioners was replaced, the approval procedure for post-Commission employment plans proved inadequate; for example, one Commissioner got permission to establish a for-profit lobby consultancy firm within weeks after leaving the Commission.
- 5 November 2009
e vast majority of financial ‘experts’ advising the European Commission represent the banks and investors responsible for the global economic crisis. The Commission must break free of these advisors on financial issues if it is serious about reforming the failed financial system.
- 28 October 2009Press release commenting on the Commission's first review of the lobbying register.
- 23 April 2009ALTER-EU reaction to the joint statement of the inter-institutional working group on a common register and code of conduct for lobbyists
- 25 March 2008ALTER EU calls for unbalanced advisory groups to be dissolved
- 16 December 2008
- 15 April 2009
- 29 January 2009