Over 10,000 citizens signed our petition for action on EU lobby transparency – Thank you for your support!

Publication date: 
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

This afternoon ALTER-EU handed over our online petition, signed by 10,281 people across several websites, urging MEPs to stand up for lobbying transparency in the European Union and lead the transition to a mandatory lobby register.

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!

Time running out for lobby transparency: citizens call for action

Publication date: 
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition to be delivered today [1], urging MEPs to stand up for lobbying transparency in the European Union by supporting the transition to a mandatory lobby register. [2]

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

A Year of Broken Promises: Big business still put in charge of EU Expert Groups, despite commitment to reform

Publication date: 
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Author: 
Pascoe Sabido, Corporate Europe Observatory

Commission still putting big business in charge of key advisory groups, despite promise to reform

Download full document as pdf: 
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Document types: 
reports & studies
Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

New research reveals Commission still puts big business in charge of key advisory groups, despite promising reform to MEPs

Publication date: 
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

New report shows the Commission is still giving big business privileged access to dominate advice in important areas like data privacy, tax dodging and the eurozone.

Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

Transparency coalition launches e-petition to demand a mandatory lobby register

Publication date: 
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

ALTER-EU has today launched an e-petition to demand MEPs and the Commission commit to introducing a mandatory lobby register for the EU institutions. [1]

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

Press conference: What's in a Promise? Assessing if the Commission has tackled corporate dominance in its Expert Groups

Publication date: 
Monday, October 28, 2013
Start date: 
Wed, 2013-11-06 13:30
Location: 
Salon Room, International Press Centre, Résidence Palace (Rue de la Loi 155C)

Join us for a press conference to discuss our newest report exposing the corporate dominance of the Commission's expert groups.

ALTER-EU, AK EUROPA – the Brussels office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer), and the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) invite you to a press conference for the launch of their new report which conclusively answers if the European Commission has kept its promise to MEPs – made in September 2012 – that it would tackle corporate capture in its advisory groups, aka Expert Groups.

Speakers:

- Pascoe Sabido (ALTER-EU)

- Dennis De Jong, MEP (GUE)

Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

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