European Parliament's briefing cites CSCG and ALTER-EU's critique of Transparency Register

Publication date: 
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Author: 
Nic Copeland

"In April 2012, in a joint publication, the EU Civil Society Contact Group (CSCG) and ALTER-EU not only cited fundamental flaws with the Transparency Register but indicated that their members would be adopting a higher standard of protection by way of recommendation."

European Parliament's library briefing

Executive summary / policy recommendations: 

"In particular the two organisations deemed the Transparency Register to be fundamentally flawed in that it did not require organisations to register all lobbyists that work for them and because the required financial reporting on lobbying activities was both inconsistent and insufficient."

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