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

One year after a landmark ECJ judgment that the EU’s GMO rules should apply to new genetic engineering techniques, industry groups and the US Government are keeping up pressure on the European Union to deregulate, with implications for food and bio-safety, as well as consumer choice.

In preparation for the complicated process of hiring 27 new EU Commissioners, Corporate Europe Observatory presents an outline of the ideal profile of Commissioner candidates.

The EU process to classify titanium dioxide is at risk of being derailed by corporate lobbying.

Half of the expert group created by EFSA to work on the risks posed by gene drives have financial links to organisations developing this technology. Why did EFSA recruit such a problematic panel on such a sensitive issue?

New research reveals the devastating consequences of the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. Common in international trade and investment agreements, ISDS creates a parallel justice system that rolls out the red carpet for corporations to sue states when those act in the public interest.

The ISDS parallel justice system for big business is again and again used as a corporate weapon against the public interest. 10 recent cases from around the world show how the red carpet courts continue to thrive and reinforce injustice across the world.

Any future EU-UK trade agreement post-Brexit will have to deal with the financial sector. And the financial lobby has been pushing its own model for long. Their risky plans on 'regulatory cooperation' are uncovered in this report from Corporate Europe Observatory, LobbyControl, Observatoire des Multinationales and SpinWatch.

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.