Brand new analysis by EU lobby data website LobbyFacts has revealed that the companies with the highest-declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third since 2015.

The biggest companies in the EU lobby transparency register have increased their annual EU lobby budget by one third in recent years. Find out more as Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl re-launch their EU lobby data site LobbyFacts.eu

EU data website LobbyFacts.eu, coordinated by lobby watchdogs Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, shines a light on just how much money has been spent on lobbying in the past seven years, revealing that the companies with the highest declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third over this time.

CEO and the University of Bergen co-organised an event on 6 October 2022 in Brussels on the role of science in corporate lobbying, to commemorate Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Published 60 years ago, we owe to Rachel Carson's work the birth of the environment as a subject of public discourse and policies. Carson's book documented the devastating ecological impacts of pesticides, a theme that is still hot today. She was fiercely criticized by industry lobby, and chemical companies launched vicious anti-Carson campaigns.

We are currently seeing a scaling-up of industry efforts to thwart progressive regulation across many sectors.

Another year has passed and we take a moment to look back at all the work done in 2021.

Welcome to a new summer episode of EU Watchdog Radio. In this episode we will very exceptionally…talk about ourselves

Among the documents showing how Uber ‘broke the law, duped police and regulators, and secretly lobbied governments across the world

Yesterday's revelations in The Guardian, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Le Monde, and others, illuminate the laissez-faire approach of the European Commission to revolving doors, conflicts of interest, privileged access, and corporate capture.

Uber, currently dominating news headlines around the world, is a regular visitor to the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels. Read on for the low-down on Uber’s EU lobbying.