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European Commission attempting to block citizens’ requests via AsktheEU.org
Madrid, 2 June 2014 – The European Commission is impeding the public's right to submit access to documents requests via the AsktheEU.org web portal by refusing to register requests which are not accompanied by a postal address. AsktheEU.org, which is run by Access Info Europe, was launched in September 2011
Politics for People Campaign: Now is time for new MEPs to tackle Corporate Lobbying
Brussels, Madrid, Cologne, 30 May 2014 – Civil society groups from across Europe this week called on newly elected Members of the European Parliament to make an urgent priority of tackling the problem of corporate lobbying in the next parliamentary term. The call by members of the Alliance for Lobby
Un tercio de los recién electos eurodiputados, comprometidos con la transparencia y con una mayor regulación del lobby
Madrid, lunes 26 de mayo de 2014 – Un tercio (31%) de los recién electos eurodiputados españoles ya se ha comprometido a promover la transparencia y a regular el lobby en Bruselas; este es el resultado de la campaña pre-electoral 'Politics for People', coordinada en España por Access Info Europe.
Civil society calls for full transparency about EU-US trade negotiations
Madrid, 26 May 2014 – More than 250 civil society organisations worldwide, including Access Info Europe, today called on the European Commission to make the negotiations on the future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) open and transparent. The TTIP is the biggest bilateral trade agreement ever negotiated and it
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office cancels court hearing and promises complete information on EU transparency negotiations
Madrid, 22 May 2014 – The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has pulled out of a case before the UK’s Information Tribunal resulting in cancellation of a court hearing due this week (20-21 May) and has agreed to provide Access Info Europe with full information on negotiations in Brussels
Más de 110 candidatos españoles a las elecciones europeas han firmado el compromiso por una mejor regulación de los lobbies en la UE
Madrid, miércoles 21 de mayo 2014 – La campaña ‘Politics for People’, que busca el compromiso de los futuros miembros del Parlamento Europeo para apoyar la regulación y la transparencia del lobby, ha resultado en un gran éxito en España, donde 116 candidatos han firmado para “defender a los ciudadanos
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