On 27 January 2009 ALTER-EU organised a seminar on lobbying and the Commission's register. On behalf of ALTER-EU, Erik Wesselius presented an assessment of the effectiveness of the register so far. The seminar resulted in a variety of media coverage, including an article in the European Voice (5 Feb 2009).
See also: Parliament Magazine, EU voluntary lobby register failing to increase transparency
Brussels, 22 June 2011 – Millions of euros of lobby spending are missing from the lobby register declarations made by key industry groups, the ALTER-EU coalition has revealed today. On the eve of the launch of the new joint transparency register for the Parliament and Commission, new research by ALTER-EU analyses the European Commission’s lobby register declarations of the 40 biggest industry associations and found there to be under-reporting of lobby expenditure by a very significant number of groups, including BusinessEurope, Eurelectric and the Confederation of the Food and Drinks Industries (CIAA). ALTER-EU estimates that millions of euros could be missing from the declarations of many industry associations and it has drawn up a table of the 10 'worst offenders'.
Brussels, 25 June - The EU Transparency Register, jointly launched by the European Commission and the Parliament a year ago today (Monday), fails to give a full and accurate picture of lobbying activities in Brussels, according to a new report by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (Alter-EU) [1].
One year after the launch of the EU Commission's lobby register, with less than 23% of Brussels-based lobby organisation registered, ALTER-EU has published a detailed report highlighting its failures and putting forward concrete proposals for improvement.
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making.
