ALTER-EU groups complain about breach of parliamentary Code of Conduct by European Parliament Former Members Association + Reply from President SCHULZ

Publication date: 
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Author: 
Friends of the Earth Europe and Corporate Europe Observatory

ALTER-EU groups have complained to European Parliament (EP) President Schulz about the 'EP Former Members Association (FMA)' openly seeking corporate sponsorship for activities at the premises of the European Parliament, in clear violation of the Code of Conduct for (ex-)MEPs.

Briefing on the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists

Publication date: 
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The Code of Conduct (CoC) for lobbyists, which registrants of the Joint Transparency Register (TR) sign up to, in its current form, is weak and vaguely worded. It also needs to be revised in light of the new CoC for MEPs, which was introduced on January 1st 2012 (the MEP CoC was introduced after the TR came into being (June 2011)). 

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ALTER-EU Briefing on the review process of the Transparency Register

Publication date: 
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

Almost two years after the introduction of the Transparency Register, analysis by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) shows that the register does not live up to its name. What needs to be done?

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We Need to Talk About Expert Groups...

Publication date: 
Monday, March 25, 2013
Author: 
Pascoe Sabido, ALTER-EU expert group campaigner

For the second time in two months, the meeting between MEPs and the European Commission to discuss how to tackle industry dominance within the Commission's 'expert groups' has been cancelled.

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Lobby register review: it's now or never for mandatory transparency

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

The review of the Commission and Parliament's Joint Transparency Register) – foreseen to take place two years after its launch – is already underway. ALTER-EU believes this is an unmissable opportunity to make the voluntary lobby register mandatory.

 

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