Lobbying for more transparency

Publication date: 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Author: 
Judith Crosbie
Media title: 
The Irish Times

"A growing number of states are adopting registers as a way of cleaning up the image of how policy is formed and what goes on between politicians and interested parties."

Excerpt: 

Erik Wesselius of Corporate Europe Observatory and Alter-EU, which campaign for greater transparency on lobbying in the EU: “The commission is expecting anybody doing lobbying in Brussels to be on the register,” he says, though he admits there are no repercussions for those who choose not to.

 
Link to original article: 
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0425/1224315142840.html
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!