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Worst EU Lobbying Award - Vote Now!

13.10.2010

Brussels, 13 October – Business attempts to undermine effective European action on climate change and finance regulation are exposed today with the launch of the Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2010 [1]. Corporate influence over governments is blocking desperately needed measures to stop the worsening of the financial and climate crises.

From today, members of the public can vote online at www.worstlobby.eu for the most deserving ‘winner’ in this year’s two categories – climate and finance. Online voting will run until 25 November 2010.

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EU-India Trade Talks Must Stop

05.10.2010

Civil society groups today urged the European Commission and Indian Government to halt free trade negotiations, scheduled to continue in Delhi tomorrow. In an open letter, signed by more than 100 groups, they warned that the talks would damage the livelihoods of millions of people in both India and Europe, exacerbating poverty and undermining economic and social development.
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Press Conference - EU-India Trade Talks

28.09.2010

Asia Europe People's Forum, Belgian Platform for Action on Health and Solidarity, Corporate Europe Observatory, India FDI Watch, Programme on Women's Economic Social and Cultural Rights, WIDE network

Tuesday 5 October 2010, 10-11 am
Residence Palace – International Press Centre (Room Salon, ground floor)
Rue de la Loi 155 – Bloc C – 1040 Brussels
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Revolving door scandal - ALTER-EU call

27.09.2010

Brussels, 27 September 2010 – The ALTER-EU civil society coalition today called for the introduction of three-year cooling-off period for former Commissioners, and urged the EU Commission to block the new jobs for former Commissioners Charlie McCreevy and Günter Verheugen because of conflicts of interest.
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GM soy damages health and environment

23.09.2010

A coalition of international scientists has released a report warning of the health and environmental impacts of cultivating genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready soy and the associated spraying of glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide.
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Corporate Lobby hijacks EU-India talks

01.09.2010

Business Agenda Threatens Livelihoods of Millions

Brussels / Delhi: The livelihoods of millions of small farmers, street traders and patients are at risk under the terms of a new trade deal being negotiated by the EU and India which has been hijacked by big business, a new joint report from Corporate Europe Observatory and India FDI Watch reveals [1].

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No transparency - two years on

28.06.2010

Brussels, 22 June - Two years after its introduction the European Commission's lobby register has failed to bring lobbying into the open,the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) said today. The group used the anniversary of the register to call on the Commission to take urgent steps towards a mandatory, joint register for the European Commission and European Parliament with improved transparency standards.
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Global opposition to 'responsible' soy

08.06.2010

Friends of the Earth International / Corporate Europe Observatory
Media Advisory

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), 8 June 2010 – A proposed new label for ‘responsible’ soy will not stop deforestation, 235 civil society groups from across the globe warned in a letter today, ahead of a conference set to finalise the labeling scheme in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [1]
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Bursting the Brussels Bubble - New Book

26.04.2010

Brussels, 26 April 2010 – The ALTER-EU coalition today sets out its road map for greater transparency and accountability in the European Union with the publication of a new book: Bursting the Brussels Bubble – the battle to expose corporate lobbying at the heart of the EU”.