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Press conference: What's in a Promise? Assessing if the Commission has tackled corporate dominance in its Expert Groups

Publication date: 
Monday, October 28, 2013
Start date: 
Wed, 2013-11-06 13:30
Location: 
Salon Room, International Press Centre, Résidence Palace (Rue de la Loi 155C)

Join us for a press conference to discuss our newest report exposing the corporate dominance of the Commission's expert groups.

ALTER-EU, AK EUROPA – the Brussels office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer), and the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) invite you to a press conference for the launch of their new report which conclusively answers if the European Commission has kept its promise to MEPs – made in September 2012 – that it would tackle corporate capture in its advisory groups, aka Expert Groups.

Speakers:

- Pascoe Sabido (ALTER-EU)

- Dennis De Jong, MEP (GUE)

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Ombudsman recommends Commission does more to tackle dominance of business interests within its expert groups

Publication date: 
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The European Ombudsman today produced recommendations for the European Commission on how to tackle the dominance of business interests within its expert groups, following a three year investigation.

 
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Civil society calls upon Commissioner Šefčovič for higher levels of transparency, fairness and accountability among the Commission's expert groups

Publication date: 
Monday, May 6, 2013
Author: 
Monique Goyens, (Director General, BEUC), Angelo Caserta (Regional Director, Stichting, BirdLife Europe), Pascoe Sabido (Researcher and Campaigner, Corporate Europe Observatory), Guillame Prache (Director, EuroFinuse), Monica Kosinska (Director, European Public Health Alliance), Magda Stoczkiewicz, (Director, Friends of the Earth Europe), Jos Dings (Director, Transport and Environment), Jana Mittermaier (Director, Transparency International EU Office)

Since the launching of the informal dialogue between the Commission and the Parliament in September, many civil society groups have felt excluded from the process undertaken by the Commission to reform its expert groups. They therefore call on Commissioner Šefčovič for higher levels of transparency, fairness and accountability.

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PDF icon CSO letter to Šefčovič on Expert Groups.pdf
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We Need to Talk About Expert Groups...

Publication date: 
Monday, March 25, 2013
Author: 
Pascoe Sabido, ALTER-EU expert group campaigner

For the second time in two months, the meeting between MEPs and the European Commission to discuss how to tackle industry dominance within the Commission's 'expert groups' has been cancelled.

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PDF icon ALTER-EU comment on Feb.pdf
PDF icon COMMISSION_STATE OF PLAY _ FEBRUARY 2013 _ FINAL.pdf
PDF icon EG State of Play_March_Revised (1).pdf
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ALTER-EU Response to the Commission’s February 2013 State of Play

Publication date: 
Monday, March 25, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The public has not been given access to the Commission's State of Play (28/02/2013) in advance of the Informal Dialogue on Expert Groups, despite its clear public interest. However, ALTER-EU would like to comment on the document as it has now been made aware of its existence.

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PDF icon ALTER-EU comment on Feb StOP_FINAL.pdf
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INFORMAL DIALOGUE ON EXPERT GROUPS INITIATIVES TAKEN BY COMMISSION SERVICES - State of Play February 2013

Publication date: 
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Author: 
European Commission

This note contains an update to the summary provided by the Commission in September 2012 on steps taken to improve the implementation of the rules on expert groups.

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PDF icon COMMISSION_STATE OF PLAY _ FEBRUARY 2013 _ FINAL.pdf
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ALTER-EU commentary on progress in reforming Expert Groups in advance of the Informal Dialogue between European Parliamentarians and the European Commission

Publication date: 
Monday, March 11, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

In advance of the next Informal Dialogue on March 13, ALTER-EU would like to comment on the current progress made by the Commission with regards to its commitments, as well as highlight further examples of problematic expert groups and the need for concrete actions on behalf of the Commission.

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PDF icon EG State of Play_March.pdf
PDF icon EG State of Play_March_Revised (1).pdf
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Commission keeps big business in the driving seat: deadline for reform ignored

Publication date: 
Monday, February 4, 2013

The European Commission promised MEPs in September 2012 that it would rebalance its advisory 'expert groups', putting an end to the dominance of big business interests. DG Enterprise even set a date: 31 January 2013. However, ALTER-EU found out the Commission has missed its deadline, and in some cases groups have become even more industry dominated.

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STATE OF PLAY CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS SET BY T THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO LIFT THE RESERVE IN THE 2012 BUDGET WITH REGARD TO GROUPS OF EXPERTS + note distributed at informal dialogue

STATE OF PLAY CONCERNING EXPERT GROUPS
Publication date: 
Thursday, November 22, 2012

In November 2011 the European Parliament voted in favour of freezing EUR 2 million of the expert groups budget. In the attached ´state of play´document the Commission sets out what it intends to do to improve the situation.

 

PDF icon State of play _ 6 SEPTEMBER 2012 _ CLEAN.pdf
PDF icon ALTER-EU.NoteforMEPs.Expertgroups.pdf
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