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Lobbying and advocacy
Big energy lobbying:
How BP undermined EU support for renewables
BP was part of oil and gas lobby that successfully undermined EU renewable energy targets and subsidies in favour of gas as a climate fix in 2011, reveal some documents seen by The Guardian.
1 September 2015 –
The Guardian
(London)
2
Malta:
‘Dalligate: probe into witness is reopened’
Maltese police have reopened an investigation into Gayle Kimberley, a key prosecution witness in the “Dalligate” scandal, a series of allegations of corruption that led […]
2 September 2013 –
Presseurop
The Times of Malta
Smoking Bans:
The Czechs resist
With startling speed and success, Europe has vigorously lobbied to ban smoking from public areas. The Czech Republic comes across as the last obdurate defender of the freedom to inhale nicotine – and, true to its specific concept of liberalism, is trying to muster all its might to torpedo every EU effort.
14 August 2013 –
Respekt
(Prague)
16
Agriculture:
EU abuzz over missing bees
A category of insecticides, widely used throughout the agricultural sector, may be responsible for Europe’s high level of bee mortality. The European Commission wants to ban their use, but manufacturers are throwing a spanner in the works.
1 March 2013 –
De Standaard
(Brussels)
20
Data protection:
A platform to flush out the lobbies
A small initiative has got underway to take on the nebulous interest groups that orbit around the European Parliament. Under the headline “Stick that in […]
12 February 2013 –
Presseurop
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
4
Interview:
Friedrich Moser: “There’s a democratic deficit in the EU”
The Brussels Business, to be broadcasted on Arte on 12 February, explores the shadowy universe of the powerful lobby groups at work behind the […]
8 February 2013 –
Presseurop
Notebook
European Commision:
Dalligate: MEPs call for an inquest
"Does the fall of former European Health Commissioner, John Dalli, also cause problems for the President of the Commission?" asks Belgian daily De Morgen. The […]
10 January 2013 –
Presseurop
De Morgen
2
European Commission:
Big Tobacco at home in Brussels
The resignation of Health Commissioner John Dalli last month lifted the lid on the influence of the tobacco industry in the European Commission. That influence has even penetrated OLAF, Europe's anti-fraud office, writes Der Spiegel.
30 November 2012 –
Der Spiegel
(Hamburg)
12
Euromyths (2/10):
Lobbies, not always a bad thing
Lobbies hovering around Brussels are legion but what is their role? And do they win every time? In the second part of its investigation into euromyths, the Groene Amsterdammer analyses the power relations between EU institutions and pressure groups.
24 July 2012 –
De Groene Amsterdammer
(Amsterdam)
6
Financial regulation:
Finance Watch - a lobby to break the lobbies
The Brussels financial lobby seems all powerful. Since the Lehman crash of 2008, it has stalled all attempts to reform the financial market in Europe. But things should be changing now: Europe has hired an anti-lobby.
23 February 2012 –
Der Tagesspiegel
(Berlin)
6
Health:
Europe’s food safety in hands of lobbies
The European Food Inspection Authority decides what ends up on our plates. But their links with industry are many – and consumers are paying for it.
15 November 2011 –
Süddeutsche Zeitung
(Munich)
3
European Institutions:
The wild world of lobbyists
The recent scandal surrounding MEPs who allowed themselves to be corrupted by journalists posing as lobbyists has lifted the veil on the often ambiguous relationships between representatives of interest groups and European institutions.
7 April 2011 –
România libera
(Bucharest)
3
Corruption:
Another MEP gets caught redhanded
A freshman MEP has fallen into the trap set by the Sunday Timesto flush out MEPs susceptible to corruption. The MEP is the Spaniard Pablo […]
28 March 2011 –
Presseurop
El Mundo
European Parliament:
Three MEPs caught in lobby sting
“Euro MPs exposed in ‘cash-for-laws’ scandal,” headlined the Sunday Times in its 20 March edition. In disclosures likely “to unleash one of the biggest scandals […]
21 March 2011 –
Presseurop
The Times
1
Germany:
A grand guignol republic
Is German politics a puppet theatre? Cicero looks into " the republic’s most secret sector" – the world of spindoctors, or communication advisors. The magazine […]
11 February 2011 –
Presseurop
Cicero
Germany:
Where big pharma is king
"Why is aspirin so expensive in our country?" wonders Die Zeit. The weekly blames the lobbying and economic clout of the pharmaceuticals industry for the […]
22 October 2010 –
Presseurop
Die Zeit
European Commission:
Questions over ex-commissioners in clover
“Rules of conduct ignored”, headlines De Volkskrant. According to the Dutch daily six European commissioners who resigned last spring now work as lobbyists or advisors […]
24 September 2010 –
Presseurop
De Volkskrant
European Union:
When ex-commissioners land lobby jobs
Transparency campaigners fear that a public relations (PR) firm that lobbies the EU on maritime issues has "bought up the top of the EU's maritime […]
13 July 2010 –
Presseurop
EUobserver.com
2
Institutions:
Is Brussels in the clutches of lobbies?
Today lobby groups wield more power in Brussels than they do in Washington. And in the absence of stricter regulations, they will continue to enjoy unlimited freedom to influence European legislation.
28 June 2010 –
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
(Warsaw)
2
European Parliament:
SOS against financial lobby
"We need help", declared 22 MEPs from all of the major political groups, headlines the Tageszeitung. On the 21 June, they called upon civil society […]
22 June 2010 –
Presseurop
Die Tageszeitung
European Union:
Lobbyists attack lobby watchdog
Brussels PR firms have lodged a complaint with the European Commission that an NGO investigating lobbying malpractice is breaking EU guidelines, reports euobserver.com. The European […]
24 March 2010 –
Presseurop
EUobserver.com
1
Environnement:
Cold shoulder for A/C energy campaigners
The air conditioners sold in Europe use much more energy than machines on the market in Australia, Japan and New Zealand. In the columns of […]
21 August 2009 –
Presseurop
Trouw
Czech Republic:
Ecology – sure, but to a point
More nuclear reactors, colossal canals, a tighter motorway grid: that is what the Czech Republic is liable to look like in 2020 if the government […]
21 July 2009 –
Presseurop
United Kingdom:
Making prisons “comfortable” in Nigeria
The great British taxpayer is under attack again, clamours The Daily Mail, as the UK government forks out “£1million for a jail in… Nigeria”. The […]
9 July 2009 –
Presseurop
The Daily Mail
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