The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) is a coalition of about 200 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.

European drug regulator challenged over revolving door case involving former Director

Publication date: 
Friday, February 25, 2011
Press release issued by: 
ALTER-EU, HAI, ISDB

Public health and transparency campaigners have sent a joint letter to the European Commission challenging the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) decision to allow its former Executive Director, Thomas Lönngren, to take up an advisory role within the private pharmaceutical sector just weeks after leaving his position with the regulatory agency.

 

ALTER-EU assessment of European Parliament – Commission agreement on a common “Transparency Register”

Publication date: 
Friday, February 11, 2011

Six years after the launch of the European Transparency Initiative, there’s still a long way to go to reach the goal of transparency around the role of lobbying in EU decision-making.

Download full document as pdf: 
alter-eu_position_on_joint_ep-ec_register.pdf
Document types: 
position papers
Campaign: 
Greater lobbying transparency
 

Revolving door provides privileged access

Publication date: 
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Author: 
Jens Clausen

Download the latest ALTER-EU release here.

Download full document as pdf: 
revolving_door_provides_privileged_access.pdf
Document types: 
reports & studies
Campaign: 
Block the revolving door
 

New Rules on expert groups fail to prevent capture by business lobbies - setback for transparency

Publication date: 
Monday, January 10, 2011

In November, the College of Commissioners quietly adopted the long-awaited revision of the ‘Horizontal Rules on Expert Groups’. The new rules do not include any safeguards against corporate capture of expert groups, whereas more than 100 of the existing groups are dominated by big business. They also limit the scope for transparency.

Download full document as pdf: 
alter-eu.statement.expertgroups.pdf
Document types: 
position papers
Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

ALTER-EU open letter to Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič regarding former Commissioner Verheugen’s potential conflict of interest

Publication date: 
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Author: 
Paul de Clerck

Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration European Commission

Download full document as pdf: 
alter-eu_letter_to_sefcovic_on_verheugen_december_2010.pdf
Document types: 
open letters
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EC
 

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