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Transparency campaigners demand ban on lobby related side jobs for MEPs

Publication date:

mardi, May 31, 2011

Press release issued by:

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) will today give evidence to a senior group of MEPs at a hearing(1) in the European Parliament. "A large number of Members of the European Parliament combine their position as an MEP with paid side-jobs that involve lobbying and raise 'conflict of interest' questions."

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MEPs and second jobs - Time to regulate

Publication date:

lundi, May 30, 2011

Author:

CEO, in cooperation with LobbyControl, with additional research of Spinwatch

New research by Corporate Europe Observatory, LobbyControl and Spinwatch (all 3 steering committee members of ALTER-EU) shows that 35 per cent of MEPs from across 13 member states have second jobs or paid outside financial interests.

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Tougher Rules on Lobbying

Publication date:

mercredi, April 13, 2011

Following the Sunday Times lobby scandal, most MEPs say lobbyists should be more strictly controlled and members must face sanctions if they sell political influence. Watch it at: http://bit.ly/i4oBQ4.

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ALTER-EU demands ethics and transparency reforms in the wake of the cash-for-influence scandal

Publication date:

lundi, April 11, 2011

Author:

ALTER-EU

ALTER-EU: Task force must ban MEPs from taking industry jobs on the side

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Newsletter - 3 - ALTER-EU campaign propelled by 'cash-for-influence' scandal, Euro Coop, Formindep

Publication date:

vendredi, April 8, 2011

Author:

ALTER-EU

This is the third ALTER-EU newsletter, and it follows some very turbulent weeks inside the Brussels bubble (and beyond).

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briefings & info sheets

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ALTER-EU reaction to Buzek's seven-point plan

Publication date:

vendredi, April 1, 2011

Author:

ALTER-EU steering committee

ALTER-EU welcomes European Parliament President Buzek's letter about reforms following the cash-for-influence scandal, endorsed by the Parliament's leadership yesterday. But, concerns remain about the lack of clear measures announced.

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Paul de Clerck on ethical lobbying

Publication date:

mercredi, March 30, 2011

Paul de Clerck, spokesperson of ALTER-EU and campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, talked with a French journalist about lobbying transparency and the latest scandal involving members of the European Parliament that tabled amendments in return for money or lucrative lobby jobs in a 'sting' operationthe of the UK paper 'the Sunday Times'.

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Cash-for-amendments: Pablo Zalba Bidegain (Spain, EPP)

Publication date:

dimanche, March 27, 2011

Fourth MEP exposed in cash-for-amendments scandel at the European Parliament.

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LOBBYS UND LÜGEN - WIE KÄUFLICH SIND POLITIKER?

Publication date:

mercredi, March 23, 2011

Gegen den ehemaligen Innenminister und EU-Parlamentarier Ernst Strasser wurden Ermittlungen wegen Korruption eingeleitet. Wo endet Lobbyismus und wo beginnt Korruption? Ist die Macht finanzstarker Lobbyisten demokratiepolitisch noch vertretbar? (http://bit.ly/fA6aBl)

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'Cash-for-laws' reportage Reuters

Publication date:

mardi, March 22, 2011

A Romanian lawmaker claims his innocence after being expelled from the European Parliament's socialist group, the latest casualty of a cash-for-influence scandal that has forced the resignation of two EU legislators. With reaction of ALTER-EU campaigner Natacha Cingotti. See the video here: http://bit.ly/f0L2ch.

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Transparency campaigners demand ban on lobby related side jobs for MEPs

MEPs and second jobs - Time to regulate

Tougher Rules on Lobbying

ALTER-EU demands ethics and transparency reforms in the wake of the cash-for-influence scandal

Newsletter - 3 - ALTER-EU campaign propelled by 'cash-for-influence' scandal, Euro Coop, Formindep

ALTER-EU reaction to Buzek's seven-point plan

Paul de Clerck on ethical lobbying

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Cash-for-amendments: Pablo Zalba Bidegain (Spain, EPP)

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LOBBYS UND LÜGEN - WIE KÄUFLICH SIND POLITIKER?

'Cash-for-laws' reportage Reuters

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