Recent ALTER-EU publications and correspondence

E.g., 2024-11-01

CALL FOR STRICTER LOBBY RULES AFTER DALLI SCANDAL

Publication date: 
Monday, November 5, 2012
Author: 
ALTER-EU

Civil society groups have today written to the European Commission President urging him to end the secrecy around the resignation of the former Health and Consumer Commissioner John Dalli. You can do the same, click here.

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PDF icon Letter to Barroso on Dalli scandal November 2012 Nov 5.pdf
Document types: 
open letters
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

[Update] Lessons from Dalli scandal: Commission needs stronger ethics and transparency rules around lobbying + Commission answer

Publication date: 
Monday, November 5, 2012
Author: 
Steering committee of ALTER-EU

The Commission has released so little information in the three weeks since the scandal around the resignation of John Dalli, the former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, broke, that it has - in effect - raised more questions than it has provided answers.

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PDF icon Letter to Barroso on Dalli scandal November 2012 Nov 5.pdf
PDF icon Re Mr Wesselius.pdf
Document types: 
open letters
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

Scandal around John Dalli's resignation highlights Commission's urgent need for greater transparency and stronger ethics rules

Publication date: 
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The ALTER-EU coalition has for several years campaigned to convince the Commission that the current rules are inadequate, but most of our demands have, until now, been ignored. We urge the Commission to use this opportunity to get its house in order.

Document types: 
statements
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EC
 

Transparency Register remains opaque and poorly scrutinised

Publication date: 
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Author: 
Rachel Tansey

An ALTER-EU report published in June found that one year after the Transparency Register was introduced, it fails to reflect the reality of lobbying in Brussels. Three months later, do the errors and omissions go unchallenged?

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PDF icon Transparency Register remains opaque and poorly scrutinised_FULL ARTICLE.pdf
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statements
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Full lobby transparency now!
 

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