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?

EU institutions

How to improve scientific advice to the European Commission?

19.11.2014

The position of Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission has been discontinued, and the Juncker Commission says it is now reflecting on how to organise independent scientific advice. This is a crucial issue and, together with many other NGOs, we sent a list of principles to the Commission on how to, in our opinion, try to best do this.

Single market

The crusade against 'red tape': How the European Commission and big business push for deregulation

31.10.2014

A crusade for big business-friendly deregulation, waged during José Manuel Barroso's Presidency of the European Commission, shows no signs of stopping. This neoliberal push to weaken or block new legislation appears likely to expand with Jean-Claude Juncker's new Commission team.

EU institutions

Chief Scientific Adviser: remarks on a problematic position, and a suggestion to Sense about Science

08.08.2014

A few observations on the debate sparked by our open letter on the position of Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of the European Commission, and on the need for proper scientific advice to EU legislators.

EU institutions

The position of Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of the European Commission

22.07.2014

The position of Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission is problematic, concentrating too much influence in one person and undermining other Commission research and assessment processes. We ask Mr Juncker, the new President of the European Commission, to scrap the position.

Health

Ombudsman investigates EU Commission's failure to implement UN tobacco lobby rules

02.07.2014

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has now confirmed that she will investigate the European Commission's failure to properly implement UN rules for contacts with tobacco lobbyists, following a complaint submitted by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO).

Militarisation

Lobbying warfare

21.09.2011

Lobbying Warfare - the arms industry's role in building a military Europe maps out the key players in the defence and security lobby in Brussels, and highlights how the industry's close alliance with EU decision makers has contributed to the expansion of the EU's defence and security structures, and to the overall militarisation of EU foreign policy.

Austerity

An undemocratic economic governance?

14.04.2011

Giving the European Commission a central and dominant role in EU economic governance, without proper democratic control neither at the European nor at the national level, would be a dream-come-true for industry hardliners BusinessEurope, but a disaster for Europe.

Other battles

How to improve scientific advice to the European Commission?

The crusade against 'red tape': How the European Commission and big business push for deregulation

Chief Scientific Adviser: remarks on a problematic position, and a suggestion to Sense about Science

The position of Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of the European Commission

Ombudsman investigates EU Commission's failure to implement UN tobacco lobby rules

Lobbying warfare

An undemocratic economic governance?

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