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Pharma vaccines

Internal documents show Pharma lobby promoting commercial interests during corona pandemic

21.09.2020
New research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) reveals how pharma industry lobbying is putting profit before an effective pandemic response. The investigation uncovered dozens of documents via Freedom of Information requests, including minutes from weekly calls between Big Pharma and the European Commission held during the pandemic.
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Lobbying the EU

Power and profit during a pandemic

21.09.2020
In a pandemic the pharmaceutical industry is hailed as a saviour; yet the industry is using the crisis to lock in its problematic, profit-maximising model. Pushing for public money with no-strings-attached, the industry’s wish-list could restrict access to COVID-19 drugs and vaccines, prolonging the pandemic in the name of profit.
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Climate

EU Watchdog Radio: episode 10

27.07.2020
In this tenth episode, German journalist Harald Schumann- co-founder of Investigative Europe, describes how and why many EU member states seem to still have a crush on fossil fuels.
Dangerous chemicals

Leaked EU chemical strategy exposes corporate capture

16.07.2020
The European Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), a roadmap for how the EU is to regulate toxic chemicals, which has been leaked today by several European media outlets, reveals the role DG Grow is playing behind the scenes in mirroring chemical industry lobbying demands. The initial draft by DG Environment which includes many positive aspects, is now being consulted upon within the Commission for a likely Autumn launch.
Dangerous Chemicals by Tom Blackwell

Chemical industry cheerleader: how DG Grow puts industry above public interest regulation

16.07.2020
A roadmap for how the EU is to regulate toxic chemicals has been leaked, and the document reveals in stark detail the role DG Grow is playing in mirroring chemical industry lobbying points. It's time for root and branch reform in the European Commission to stop the corporate capture of DG Grow.
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Climate

EU Watchdog Radio: episode 9

15.07.2020
In this ninth episode, Belén Balanyá and Lala Hakuma Dadci both researcher and campaigner at Corporate Europe Observatory, take a step back and have a critical look at what is happening with the EU flagship project the EU Green Deal (EGD).
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Finance

Time to block BlackRock

09.07.2020
BlackRock is a major fossil fuel investor. So why has the European Commission given it a key role to provide paid advice on the crucial ‘sustainable finance’ dossier? Documents obtained by Corporate Europe Observatory show the Commission didn’t even consider the conflicts of interest.
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Climate

Disclosed: intense fossil industry lobby undermines EU Green Deal

08.07.2020
European Commissioner Frans Timmermans, in charge of the European Green Deal (EGD), demonstrates a shocking lack of transparency in his dealings with lobbyists, Brussels based lobby-watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) warns in its new report 'A grey deal? Fossil fuel fingerprints on the European Green Deal'.
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Climate

EU Watchdog Radio: episode 8

08.07.2020
In this eighth episode, Clara Bourgin, research and policy assistant at Counter Balance digs into the recent commitments taken by the Europe Investment Bank (EIB) – the lending arm of the European Union – to become the “EU Climate Bank”.
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Climate

A grey deal?

07.07.2020
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a major new plan for the EU that seeks to make its economy 'climate-neutral'. Is the deal really as good as they want us to believe? The fingerprints of industry, and in particular the fossil fuel industry, can be seen all over the EGD. Emissions reductions targets are too modest and too slow, fossil gas is kept as a transitional fuel, and public money will finance industry ‘false solutions’. How did this happen?

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