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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'.

As the German Government gets ready to take over the EU Presidency, a new report by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl exposes how its for domestic industry could undermine effective climate action.

92 MEPs have urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to put transparency of decision-making in the Council, lobby transparency, and tackling privileged access to decision-makers at the heart of the upcoming German EU Presidency.

For the past 15 years, industry lobby groups have controlled the use of €3.6 billion in public EU funds for health and climate research through two public-private partnerships, at the expense of the public interest. These lobby groups have prevented these partnerships from meaningfully investing into research projects addressing societal challenges.

Over 100 civil society organisations from across the EU denounce the European Commission’s recent statements on EU-US trade talks. Public health and the environment are being put at risk to please Trump, they say.  

As the new European Commission calls for “an increased level of ambition to reduce significantly the use and risk of chemical pesticides”, in the context of the Green Deal and the ‘Farm to Fork strategy’ , these lofty ambitions are already being watered down via the back door of ongoing trade negotiations.  

Corporate Europe Observatory is proud to announce that our funding transparency has been evaluated by Transparify and awarded the highest rating, 5 stars.

At a time when the climate crisis is dominating world headlines, for the Croatian Council presidency to accept sponsorship from a fossil fuel company absolutely beggars belief.

The upcoming Finnish Presidency High-Level Conference on 3 December 2019 in Helsinki puts the spotlight on the so-called “innovation principle”. The innovation principle was invented and pushed by the chemical, tobacco, and fossil fuel industry lobby groups. It is essentially a tool for undermining the EU’s environmental and public health protections and the precautionary principle, and for securing EU funding for industry’s Research & Development needs.