Recent ALTER-EU publications and correspondence

E.g., 2024-11-25

ALTER-EU letter to chairman of European Parliament: European Parliament’s reaction to ‘cash-for-laws’ scandal; proposals for better ethics regulation and lobby transparency.

Publication date: 
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The Alliance for Lobby Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the European Union (ALTER-EU) is deeply concerned about the revelations published in the Sunday Times (20 March), exposing how three MEPs were prepared to accept payments in return for tabling amendments.

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Microsoft Office document icon letter_for_ep_chairman_jerzy_buzek.doc
Document types: 
correspondence
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EP
 

Report on Goldman Sachs released: 'Doing God's Work'

Publication date: 
Monday, March 21, 2011
Author: 
SpinWatch

SpinWatch' research show just how pervasive the presence of Goldman Sachs is in Brussels, although on the surface it is nowhere. But scratch that surface and it is everywhere. It can operate through a dozen or so highly active lobbying groups, it sits on the Commission’s expert groups which have a direct influence on policy

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PDF icon spinwatch_goldman_sachs_march2011.pdf
Document types: 
reports & studies
 

ALTER-EU assessment of European Parliament – Commission agreement on a common “Transparency Register”

Publication date: 
Friday, February 11, 2011

Six years after the launch of the European Transparency Initiative, there’s still a long way to go to reach the goal of transparency around the role of lobbying in EU decision-making.

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PDF icon alter-eu_position_on_joint_ep-ec_register.pdf
Document types: 
position papers
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

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