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Member state offices in Brussels wide open to corporate lobbyists

2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

Brussels/Madrid, 22 March 2016 – Corporate lobbyists enjoy widespread access to member state representations by exploiting loopholes in EU transparency rules according to the first ever study on lobbying activities at national government offices in Brussels.[1] The study, ‘National representations in Brussels: open for corporate lobbyists’ by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), reveals how these government missions to EU institutions are a target for big business lobbyists looking to promote their agendas. Vicky Cann, Corporate Europe Observatory, said:“This report demonstrates that there is a worrying level of corporate lobbying directed at the EU's permanent representations. These

Member state offices in Brussels wide open to corporate lobbyists2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

El Gobierno de Rajoy se resiste a dar datos sobre las reuniones con lobbies de la representación en Bruselas

2018-11-13T10:10:52+01:00

Público | 21/03/2016 Spanish - Un estudio de ALTER-EU al que ‘Público’ ha accedido en primicia documenta cómo la mayoría de representaciones permanentes de los 28 en la capital belga aseguran no llevar un registro de sus reuniones con lobistas corporativos, ni les exigen que estén acreditados como tales ante la UE antes de encontrarse con ellos. Read more...

El Gobierno de Rajoy se resiste a dar datos sobre las reuniones con lobbies de la representación en Bruselas2018-11-13T10:10:52+01:00

Access Info calls for immediate end to the EU’s secretive law-making process

2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

Madrid, 21 March 2016 - Access Info Europe has urged the European Ombudsman to recommend that the European Union immediately end its current practice of negotiating future legislation in secretive “trilogue” talks between the Council, Commission and Parliament. In a submission to the Ombudsman’s Public Consultation, Access Info cited the arguments of the EU’s own Advocate General in the case that led to Access Info’s 2013 victory against the Council before the European Court of Justice: ‘Legislating’ is, by definition, a law-making activity that in a democratic society can only occur through the use of a procedure that is

Access Info calls for immediate end to the EU’s secretive law-making process2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

We Have the Right to Know: Is the EU-Turkey Deal Legal? So We’re Asking.

2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

Madrid, 18 March 2016 – As EU leaders meet in Brussels to finalise details of last week’s controversial deal on sending refugees back from Greece to Turkey, Access Info Europe is launching an access to information campaign digging into the legality of the agreement, and asking EU institutions whether they sought legal advice on or properly evaluated the human rights impacts of the deal. The three initial access to documents requests, sent to the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, and the European Parliament, also ask for legal advice-related documents in regards to the pre-existing 2014 Agreement between

We Have the Right to Know: Is the EU-Turkey Deal Legal? So We’re Asking.2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

MEPs urged to take stand to defend future of EU Transparency

2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

Madrid, 17 March 2016 – As the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) gears up for a crucial debate on recommendations on the future of EU integrity, transparency, and accountability, Access Info Europe has called on MEPs to support proposals in favour of strengthening EU transparency mechanisms, including by giving the Ombudsman powers to review classified documents and inspect the premises of public bodies. At the same time, Access Info cautioned that some of the amendments put forward by MEPs in the AFCO Committee, such retaining a limited definition of access to documents (rather than all information), are out of

MEPs urged to take stand to defend future of EU Transparency2018-11-13T10:04:12+01:00

Industria oculta información sobre su reglamento de autoconsumo

2018-11-13T10:10:52+01:00

Público | 17/03/2016 Spanish - El Ministerio de Industria se niega a informar sobre los asistentes y las actas de las reuniones que dieron forma e hicieron que se aprobase el controvertido reglamento de autoconsumo –criticado tanto por consumidores como por asociaciones defensoras de las energías limpias–, así como de los documentos remitidos por las terceras partes, del listado de las reuniones internas y con terceras partes, y de la fecha de celebración de dichas reuniones. Read more...

Industria oculta información sobre su reglamento de autoconsumo2018-11-13T10:10:52+01:00

40 diputados tienen un millón de euros en empresas del Ibex 35

2018-11-13T10:10:53+01:00

El Español | 07/03/2016 Spanish - El Congreso de los Diputados ha publicado por tercera vez en democracia las declaraciones de bienes del nuevo parlamento. Un análisis de datos realizado por EL ESPAÑOL permite conocer cuánto dinero invierten los parlamentarios y dónde lo depositan. Read more...

40 diputados tienen un millón de euros en empresas del Ibex 352018-11-13T10:10:53+01:00

Propuesta de Podemos para democratizar RTVE

2018-11-13T10:10:53+01:00

Periodistas en Español| 07/03/2016 Spanish-La diputada Noelia Vera y el portavoz del Grupo Parlamentario de Podemos, Íñigo Errejón, han presentado en el Congreso delos Diputados una Proposición no de Ley para reformar el modelo actual de la Corporación Radio Televisión Española y garantizar la independencia de sus sociedades, la transparencia y la participación. Read more...

Propuesta de Podemos para democratizar RTVE2018-11-13T10:10:53+01:00
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