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A new report on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) reveals how the trade deal could make EU member states vulnerable to costly lawsuits from North American investors that threaten public interest.

Corporate Europe Observatory welcomes the results of the European Ombudsman's investigation into the Commission's handling of the revolving doors and promised a further investigation into the Commission's approach.

Campaign groups today launched the Democracy for Sale Awards, an initiative giving citizens the opportunity to call out the corporate lobbyists most successful in undermining democracy and the public interest by capturing the EU positions for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Corporate Europe Observatory's media reaction to the European Commission referring its former president Barroso's Goldman Sachs appointment to an ethics committee.

The relaunch of popular database Lobbyfacts.eu provides vital new tools for monitoring lobby data, including a facility for tracking lobby spending and Commission meetings of EU lobby actors over several year.

Following the high-level appointment of former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to Goldman Sachs, NGOs have launched a petition demanding stricter rules for ex-EU commissioners’ revolving door moves.

Corporate Europe Observatory’s new report “A spoonful of sugar” illustrates how the sugar lobby undermines existing laws and fights off much-needed measures that are vital for tackling Europe’s looming obesity crisis.

Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth and LobbyControl today wrote to Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, calling on him to investigate Angelika Nieber MEP over a possible conflict of interest.

The financial sector has used the threat of Brexit via the UK referendum on EU membership to promote its deregulatory agenda since 2013, according to a new study (1) by Corporate Europe Observatory.