SHINING A LIGHT ON EUROPEAN LOBBIES
TOWARDS A GREATER TRANSPARENY, INTEGRITY AND PARTICIPATION IN LOBBING
Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws
Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws Madrid, 12 December 2013 – Access Info Europe today published a set of recommendations on the information which governments should make available to ensure that there is full transparency around lobbying. “It is not sufficient to place the burden on lobbyists to publish information: public bodies have an obligation to be transparent
Time running out for lobby transparency: citizens call for action
Time running out for lobby transparency: citizens call for action Madrid/Brussels, 13 November 2013 – More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition which was delivered today to Members of the European Parliament [1], calling on them to stand up for lobbying transparency in the European Union by supporting the transition to a mandatory lobby register
Access Info and ALTER EU launch a petition calling for full EU lobby transparency
Access Info and ALTER EU launch a petition calling for full EU lobby transparency Brussels/Madrid, 29 October 2013 – Access Info as part of the ALTER-EU coalition of civil society organisations have launched a petition for citizens to call for a mandatory and detailed lobby register for the European Union. The petition is being sent to Rainer Wieland MEP, European
Civil society groups warn UK Lobbying Bill is too weak on transparency
Civil society groups warn UK Lobbying Bill is too weak on transparency London, 9 September 2013 – Access Info Europe, together with 14 other civil society groups from the UK, is urging the British Government to redraft the proposed Lobbying Bill so that it provides the public with a genuine opportunity to scrutinise the activities of lobbyists. The letter sent
Commission urged to tackle dominance of business in expert groups
Commission urged to tackle dominance of business in expert groups Brussels, 27 June 2013 – Today the European Ombudsman produced recommendations for the European Commission on how to tackle the dominance of business interests within its expert groups, following a three year investigation as a result of a complaint from the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in Europe
New report shows urgent need to rescue EU’s ineffective lobby register
Brussels, 20 June 2013 — The European Commission and European Parliament’s joint lobby register turns two years old this week, and a new report by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) shows that the voluntary register is still failing to get a sufficient share of lobbyists to register and remains packed with unreliable and incomplete data. Access Info,
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