Despite strong calls from MEPs and the public, ExxonMobil and its lobby groups mobilise enough behind-the-scenes pressure to stop the European Parliament taking away its lobby badges

German coal giant Uniper is threatening to sue the Netherlands under the Energy Charter Treaty - over a law to phase out coal. But opposition to the obscure treaty is growing.

Some of Spain's biggest polluters are bankrolling COP25 in Madrid. See our new infographic and fact-file for more information.

The upcoming Finnish Presidency High-Level Conference on 3 December 2019 in Helsinki puts the spotlight on the so-called “innovation principle”. The innovation principle was invented and pushed by the chemical, tobacco, and fossil fuel industry lobby groups. It is essentially a tool for undermining the EU’s environmental and public health protections and the precautionary principle, and for securing EU funding for industry’s Research & Development needs. The choice by the Finnish Presidency to dedicate a High-Level Conference to this concept once more demonstrates the level of corporate

As Charles Michel takes office as European Council President, ALTER-EU sets him a series of challenges.

Documents on the lobby battle over restrictions on single-use plastics shine a light on how industry was given privileged access to influence member state decision-making in the Council of the EU.

After seeing his first pick for Commissioner rejected by the European Parliament due to concerns of conflict of interests, French President Macron seems to have doubled down with a potentially even more controversial nomination: Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos.

For decades, fossil fuel companies and their lobbyists have denied science, and have delayed, weakened, and sabotaged climate action. They made billions in profits, while heating the planet and destroying communities. This stops now.

Civil society organisations demand fossil free politics.

The European Banking Authority must reverse its decision to allow its Director Adam Farkas to take up a position with a powerful finance lobbygroup, AFME. A statement from 58 civil society organisations.