Full lobby transparency now!

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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Full lobby transparency now!

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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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Full lobby transparency now!

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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

Download full document as pdf:

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

Document types:

correspondence

Campaign:

Politics for People 2014 EU election campaign

Stronger ethics regulation

Full lobby transparency now!

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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

Download full document as pdf:

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

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

Document types:

reports & studies

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