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Seeking sign-ons for letter to European Commission on lobby transparency

Publication date:

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

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ALTER-EU is seeking sign-ons from civil society organisations for a letter to European Vice-President Frans Timmermans, as part of our campaign to improve lobbying transparency in Brussels.

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open letters

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ALTER-EU letter to European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans

Publication date:

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Letter to Timmermans on Lobby Register February 2015.pdf

Timmermans response to ALTER-EU.pdf

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correspondence

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ALTER-EU Briefing on Mandatory Lobby Register

Publication date:

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

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ALTER-EU briefing on Mandatory Lobby Register December 2014.pdf

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briefings & info sheets

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David Cameron’s promise to clean up lobbying wasn’t worth a hill of beans

Publication date:

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Author:

Will Dinan is a lecturer in communications, media and culture at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He is also a steering committee member of ALTER-EU and co-founder & director of Spinwatch

With little fanfare, Westminster’s official Register of Consultant Lobbyists has launched. But is it worth much?

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ALTER-EU coalition gathering 22-23 April 2015, to launch the new lobby transparency campaign & to share skills and updates on transparency and ethics campaigning

ALTER-EU coalition gathering

Location:

Mundo B, Rue d'Edimbourg 26, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

We hope that you will join us in Brussels for two days of discussion, skills-sharing and learning from colleagues about effective campaigning. This will be a great opportunity to get up to speed on our brand new campaign to demand greater lobby transparency at the EU and member state levels. Importantly we will be launching our new campaign with a high-profile event in the European Parliament, featuring senior representatives from the European Commission, Parliament and Council, as well as from the ALTER-EU network.

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EU lobby register: still failing to deliver real transparency

Publication date:

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Press release issued by:

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

New ALTER-EU report shows why the current EU lobby register is still failing to deliver real transparency. NGOs file complaint about misleading Goldman Sachs registration.

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ALTER-EU Proposals for written questions for Commissioners-designate questionnaires

Publication date:

Monday, September 8, 2014

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ALTER-EU Proposals for written questions for Commissioners-designate questionnaires.pdf

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correspondence

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Politics for People 2014 EU election campaign

Stronger ethics regulation

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New and Improved? Why the EU Lobby Register still fails to deliver

Publication date:

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

ALTER-EU report showing how the voluntary approach to EU lobby transparency regulation fails to provide citizens with an accurate picture of the lobby scene in Brussels

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Why EU Lobby Register still fails to deliver - print version.pdf

Why EU Lobby Register still fails to deliver - web version.pdf

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reports & studies

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