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

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Thursday, June 27, 2013
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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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Scandal around John Dalli's resignation highlights Commission's urgent need for greater transparency and stronger ethics rules

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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.

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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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MEPs call for curbs on the revolving door

Publication date: 
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Author: 
Vicky Cann

In recent months, the Parliament has been busy reviewing the Commission's proposal to reform the rules that govern EU officials' terms and conditions. There is a fairly widely-held view amongst the institutions that EU staff must not be excluded from the wider austerity measures which are simultaneously being implemented within member states.

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