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Seven years after the adoption of new EU Staff Regulations – the rules that govern all EU institution staff – a new publication by Corporate Europe Observatory reveals that the rules to handle revolving door cases of EU officials are being poorly implemented.

Corporate Europe Observatory today reveals how an ‘unholy alliance’ of big farm and agribusiness lobby group Copa-Cogeca, together with pesticides and food industry giants, is waging a full-blown lobby battle against the EU's Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy.

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. 

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.