NGOs worried about implementation of the common transparency register
ALTER-EU and a broad coalition of NGOs have shared their concerns about the implementation of the new transparency register of all three institutuions with Commissioner Jourova - and discussed them with her cabinet. Reporting requirements differ a lot depending on what kind of organisation is registering and lobbying expenses are now less transparent than before. Civil society will have to pt pressure on the Commission for quick changes. 
Fossil Free Politics: Reject partnerships with the fossil fuel industry
To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of the fossil fuel industry’s gas, oil, and coal reserves need to stay in the ground.
Fossil Free Politics: End preferential treatment of the fossil fuel industry
To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of the fossil fuel industry’s gas, oil, and coal reserves need to stay in the ground.

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New research reveals Commission still puts big business in charge of key advisory groups, despite promising reform to MEPs
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.
2013/11/05
Transparency coalition launches e-petition to demand a mandatory lobby register
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]
2013/10/30
Press conference: What's in a Promise? Assessing if the Commission has tackled corporate dominance in its Expert Groups
ALTER-EU, AK EUROPA – the Brussels office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer), and the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) invite you to a press conference for the launch of their new report which conclusively answers if the European Commission has kept its promise to MEPs – made in September 2012 – that it would tackle corporate capture in its advisory groups, aka E
Join us for a press conference to discuss our newest report exposing the corporate dominance of the Commission's expert groups.
2013/10/28
ALTER-EU seeks intern to work on new campaign
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) is looking for an intern to join our small team and help us to launch and coordinate a new campaign “Stand up against excessive lobbying from banks and big business”, to run before and during the EU parliamentary elections in May 2014.
ALTER-EU recommendations for Transparency Register review: Code of Conduct for lobbyists and Complaints mechanism
As members of the European Parliament continue their work on the review of the Transparency Register, ALTER-EU has sent detailed recommendations from our June 2013 report “Rescue the Register! How to make EU lobby transparency credible and reliable“, including about the lobbyists' code of conduct and the complaints mechanism.
2013/09/23

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