Civil society call for a clear and immediate response to the European Parliament corruption scandal
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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Civil society raises concerns around proposed independent EU ethics body
Together with other eight other civil society organizations, ALTER-EU wrote to the European Parliament raising concerns other the current route the establishment of an Independent EU Ethics Body is taking.
The following open letter was sent on 18 May 2021 to Daniel Freund MEP (rapporteur), Rainer Wieland MEP, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz MEP, Gilles Boyer MEP, Leila Chaibi MEP (shadow rapporteurs).
Dear Members,
The new lobbying rules: the good, the bad and the unclear… so far
On 15 December 2020, after six years of negotiations, the Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached a final political agreement to lobbying transparency. The official Inter-Institutional agreement (IIA) has now been published and ALTER-EU analyzed it in depth.
Fossil Free Politics: Address vested interests
To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of the fossil fuel industry’s gas, oil, and coal reserves need to stay in the ground. Fossil fuel lobbyists have relentless- ly tried for decades to deny science, and delay, weak- en, and sabotage climate action - despite knowing their business heats the planet and destroys communities. Their business model is killing our future.
Open letter to Vestager and Breton: Aggressive lobbying by digital platforms must have consequences
In an open letter, ALTER-EU Alliance warned the EU Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton against the aggressive and opaque lobbying work by Google and other digital companies - and called for more commitment to lobby transparency. This includes:
Fossil Free Politics: A firewall to end easy access to decision-making
To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of the fossil fuel industry’s gas, oil, and coal reserves need to stay in the ground. Fossil fuel lobbyists have relentless- ly tried for decades to deny science, and delay, weak- en, and sabotage climate action - despite knowing their business heats the planet and destroys communities. Their business model is killing our future.
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