New lobby register consultation: Will the Commission finally grasp the lobbying bull by the horns?

Publication date: 
mardi, March 1, 2016
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

As the European Commission launches its public consultation on the future EU lobby transparency regime, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) makes the following immediate reaction.

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

Public interest groups demand consultation on weak new rules for EU advisory groups

Publication date: 
mardi, February 23, 2016

A coalition of civil society groups working on lobbying transparency and ethics regulations have called on European Commission Vice President, Frans Timmermans, to wait until the European Parliament and the public have had a chance to comment before introducing new rules on advisory groups, formally known as Expert Groups.

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PDF icon open_letter_to_commission_on_expert_groups_-_final.pdf
Document types: 
open letters
Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

ALTER-EU response to Sven Giegold’s report on transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions

Publication date: 
jeudi, February 18, 2016
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PDF icon ALTER-EU response to Sven Giegold Transparency Report December 2015.pdf
PDF icon ALTER-EU response to Sven Giegold’s report - priority issues - February 2016.pdf
Document types: 
briefings & info sheets
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

DG FISMA's lobby meetings: corporate bias and access for unregistered lobbyists

DG FISMA's lobby meetings
Publication date: 
jeudi, December 17, 2015

Research by ALTER-EU member groups Corporate Europe Observatory, Access Info Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe shows that well over 90 per cent of meetings between DG FISMA (the Commission's department for financial regulation) officials not covered by transparency rules and lobbyists are with the corporate sector.

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Full lobby transparency now!

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