Other battles

Online privacy, clean air, affordable housing, whistleblower protection and much more: which other corporate lobby fights are putting EU public interest on the line?

Health

Black-out on tobacco's access to EU trade talks an eerie indication of TTIP threat

26.08.2015

Redactions speak louder than words.

Austerity

Leaked memorandum reveals renewed EU attempt at imposing water privatisation on Greece

24.08.2015

The stubborn and aggressive imposition of privatisation by Troika goes against the will of Greek citizens and represents a direct attack on democracy.

Austerity

Break the chains of Greece’s debt!

29.06.2015

Sign the petition to ‪cancel Greek debt‬

First key MEP vote on EU Trade Secrets Directive – improved language, but problem solved?

16.06.2015

Today, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee voted on a report by French conservative MEP Constance Le Grip on the Commission's proposal for a directive protecting so-called “trade secrets”.

Health

A toxic affair: How the chemical lobby blocked action on hormone disrupting chemicals

19.05.2015

An investigation led by research and campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and journalist Stéphane Horel exposes corporate lobby groups mobilising to stop the EU taking action on hormone (endocrine) disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The report sheds light on how corporations and their lobby groups have used numerous tactics from the corporate lobbying playbook.

‘Better Regulation’ watchdog forms to protect citizen, worker, consumer rights

19.05.2015

Group aims to closely follow the developments on Better Regulation and the initiatives and actions from the Commission, Parliament and Member States in this area.

Brexit

Cameron and the European Commission: doing the business of business

06.05.2015

As the UK goes to the polls, CEO reflects upon the similarities between the UK and EU's 'better regulation' agendas.

EU institutions

Extreme finance: the far-right and its funding

05.05.2015

Money matters in Europe's far-right.

Towards legalised corporate secrecy in the EU?

27.04.2015

How industry, law firms and the European Commission worked together on EU “trade secrets” legislation.

EU draft trade secrets directive threat to free speech, health, environment and worker mobility

23.03.2015

Multi-sectoral civil society coalition calls for greater protections for consumers, journalists, whistleblowers, researchers and workers.

Les affaires au secret

28.01.2015

Va-t-on assister à l'apparition d'un label « secrets des affaires » pour les entreprises, comparable au « secret défense » des états ? Ce dernier leur permet de s'opposer à la publication de certaines informations jugées trop sensibles, et de poursuivre en justice ceux qui se risqueraient à les publier sans son autorisation. L'utilisation possible de tels outils contre des lanceurs d'alerte, journalistes, syndicalistes... fait craindre une régression importante.

EU trade secrets directive threat to health, environment, free speech and worker mobility

17.12.2014

A new draft EU directive currently looked at by the European Parliament wants to protect companies' "trade secrets", but poses several dangerous threats.