ALTER-EU press releases

EU lobby register working group to finalise reform package this week; ALTER-EU sets out key elements for credibility

Publication date: 
lundi, December 9, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

A media advisory notice: ALTER-EU believes that there are several essential elements which must be included if the final package of recommendations to reform the EU lobby register is to be in line with earlier resolutions from the Parliament, boost lobbying transparency and have real credibility.

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

Time running out for lobby transparency: citizens call for action

Publication date: 
mercredi, November 13, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition to be delivered today [1], urging MEPs to stand up for lobbying transparency in the European Union by supporting the transition to a mandatory lobby register. [2]

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

New research reveals Commission still puts big business in charge of key advisory groups, despite promising reform to MEPs

Publication date: 
mardi, November 5, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

New report shows the Commission is still giving big business privileged access to dominate advice in important areas like data privacy, tax dodging and the eurozone.

Campaign: 
Balanced expert groups
 

Transparency coalition launches e-petition to demand a mandatory lobby register

Publication date: 
mercredi, October 30, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

ALTER-EU has today launched an e-petition to demand MEPs and the Commission commit to introducing a mandatory lobby register for the EU institutions. [1]

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

New report shows urgent need to rescue EU's ineffective lobby register

Publication date: 
jeudi, June 20, 2013
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

A few days before the second birth day of the European Commission and European Parliament's joint lobby register, our new report shows that the voluntary register is still failing to get a sufficient share of lobbyists to register. Moreover, the register remains packed with unreliable and incomplete data.

Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

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