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Lobby meetings with EU policy-makers dominated by corporate interests
New analysis published today by Transparency International reveals that the overwhelming majority of lobby meetings held by European Commissioners and their closest advisors are with representatives of corporate interests. This is just one of the findings from a new lobby monitoring tool [...]
30 Standards for transparency over influence in the public sector
Transparency International-Bulgaria presents today 30 standards for transparency over influence in the public sector at a conference on lobbying practices and the means for bringing transparency and integrity in lobbying. [...]
The Better Regulation Package adopted by the European Commission creates premises for more effective stakeholder engagement and input to EU’s policy process
The European Commission adopts its Better Regulation Agenda. This comprehensive package of reforms covering the entire policy cycle will boost openness and transparency in the EU decision-making process, improve the quality of new laws through better impact assessments [...]
Transparency International supports an open letter by ALTER-EU and over 100 other NGOs to foster EU lobbying transparency
On 11 May 2015 over 100 NGOs across Europe have supported ALTER-EU’s urge to the European Commission to take strong and urgent action to create a high-quality and legally-binding EU lobby transparency register. [...]