50,000 demand tougher code of conduct for Ex-Commissioners going through the revolving door

Publication date: 
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

More than 50,000 people signed an online Avaaz petition urging the EU Commission to close the revolving doors for ex-Commissioners who move on to lucrative private sector lobby jobs after they step down.

Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EC
 

ALTER-EU recommendations for the revision of the Code of Conduct for Commissioners

Publication date: 
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

ALTER-EU recommendations for the revision of the Code of Conduct for Commissioners. Preventing post public-employment conflicts of interest (“the revolving door”).

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Document types: 
position papers
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EC
 

Revolving door scandal - call for three-year cooling off period

Publication date: 
Monday, September 27, 2010
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

New documents obtained by ALTER-EU reveal the inadequate checks carried out by the Commission when former Commissioners take employment in the private sector. ALTER-EU calls for an urgent overhaul of the rules with a three-year cooling off period for ex-Commissioners

 

Transparency still out of sight on lobby register’s second anniversary

Publication date: 
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

On the second anniversary of the European Commission lobby register, many lobby groups based in Brussels still refuse to sign up. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) released a press release urging for more transparency.

 

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