Media coverage
In-depth article about international investment law and the legal challenge of energy company Vattenfall against Germany's exit from nuclear power - drawing a lot from the CEO/TNI report "Profiting from Injustice". It was published in two regional newspapers in Germany.
Comment piece on the CEO/TNI report "Profiting from Injustice" for Investment Treaty News, a specialised newsletter on international investment law and its implications for sustainable development.
50 minute radio feature in German on the ongoing free trade negotiations between the EU and India, referring to our study "Trade Invaders" and the ongoing CEO court case against the European Commission, challenging the Commission's practice of sharing sensitive information with big business lobby groups while withholding the same information from the general public.
Flemish daily De Morgen publishes report on flawed EU food safety regime, the case of glyphosate (Roundup).
On 8 February, ARTE's "Yourope" , a magazine for young people interested in European issues, looked at the issue of lobbying in the EU. The TV crew also joined one of our lobby tours.
On opendemocracy.org, TNI's Cecilia Olivet and CEO's Pia Eberhardt write about the controversy around international investment issues during the recent biannual Summit of the Heads of State from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union (CELAC-EU). This controversy is the result of a litigation gold rush, with investors sueing states on the basis of international investment treaties. A gold rush which has been fuelled by specialised law firms and arbitrators.
Access to information online portal wobbing.eu comments about the Commission's defence in CEO's court case: "The EU Commission has now explained why documents given to business lobbyist were denied to non-governmental organisation Corporate Europe Observatory: The business groups know how to keep a secret..."
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