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.
New research shows fossil fuels industry lobbyists still enjoy insider access to the European Commission despite the global agreement to tackle climate change.
The UK financial sector spends at least €34 million per year on lobbying in Brussels and employs more than 140 lobbyists to influence EU policy-making, according to a study published today by Corporate Europe Observatory. From December 2014 to May 2016, UK financial sector lobbyists had 228 lobby encounters with elite European Commission officials.
In a strongly worded decision, the appointment process of Edmund Stoiber as a high-level special advisor to the European Commission President Juncker has been labelled "misleading", and constituting maladministration.
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