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Authoritarian right wing parties look set to do well at the upcoming European elections. But there is a huge gap between their 'anti-elite' rhetoric and the reality,

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the world’s most profitable, benefiting from a highly problematic model, which helps ensure many people still lack access to essential, life-saving medicines. While this has been a major issue in the global South for decades, the crisis engulfing affordable medicines is now also spreading in Europe.

China is flexing its soft power in Europe, cultivating networks of think tanks and lobbyists, in particular to promote its flagship programme the 'New Silk Road'. Meanwhile European failures in lobby transparency mean these influencing activities take place far beyond the light of public scrutiny.

Big business has a new weapon to erode 'costly' protections for the environment, public health, workers and consumers: “good regulatory practices” in international trade agreements.

Authoritarian politicians look set to do well in the European Parliament elections on 26 May 2019. Corporate Europe Observatory new report offers a comprehensive overview of and shocking insights into the authoritarian right across the EU, as hundreds of millions of European citizens prepare to cast their vote.

Read the CEO and Gastivists fact sheet on the 25th edition of FLAME, the gas industry conference jam-packed with the biggest climate criminals whose business model is based on destroying communities and the climate.

Brexit is an opportunity to improve upon the EU ETS, the EU’s climate flagship which has been consistently failing to reduce emissions while being a paradise for corporate lobbying.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled that provisions for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS, rebranded as ICS - Investment Court System) in the EU-Canada trade deal CETA are compatible with EU law.

After a decade of campaigning, the EU just patched a major flaw in its food safety system. The revision of the General Food Law Regulation will provide public access to most of the confidential toxicity data provided by food companies to obtain EU market authorisation for their products. This could improve scientific scrutiny of EU food safety decisions, if issues around data re-use rights are solved.