CANCELLED Public debate: “Whose Green Deal?”

17 March 2020 at 6.30 pm

Press Club, Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Bruxelles

To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of gas, oil and coal reserves need to stay in the ground. The European Parliament has followed local and national parliaments in declaring a state of climate emergency. The European Commission has responded by tabling a European Green Deal, which should deliver the necessary transformation to transform our societies and bring the era of fossil fuels to an end. 

Letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Publication date: 
mardi, December 17, 2019
Author: 
ALTER-EU steering committee

ALTER-EU's steering committee writes to the new President of the Commission to set out our agenda for reform on transparency, corporate capature, and Fossil Free Politics.

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PDF icon 191217 Letter to von der Leyen on new Commission Final.pdf
PDF icon 15 April 2020 Reply to ALTER-EU_ Sec Gen.pdf
Document types: 
correspondence
Campaign: 
Stop corporate capture
 

Open letter to President Charles Michel, European Council

Publication date: 
jeudi, November 28, 2019

As Charles Michel gets ready to take office as President of the European Council, ALTER-EU and other civil society organisations demand a tough approach to the rule of law, corporate capture, lobby transparency, and ethics.

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PDF icon Open letter to Charles Michel FINAL 27.11.2019.pdf
Document types: 
open letters
Campaign: 
Stop corporate capture
 

We asked the candidates for the EU’s top job how they would fight the corporate capture of our democracy. How do they score?

In Brussels, the political heart of the European Union, extreme corporate influence often distorts the political process, either blocking progress where it is sorely needed or leading to policies that are too weak or do not serve people’s needs. Their many tools for influence include big lobbying budgets, threats to leverage the economy (via layoffs, offshoring, or refusal to invest), privileged access to policy-makers and public officials, a blurred line between the private sector and public office thanks to the ever-revolving door.

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