Clear the smoke in Brussels – demand lobbying transparency now! A major lobbying scandal has been unraveling in Brussels after one of the European Commission’s top officials was forced to resign following allegations of cash-for-influence. The tobacco industry claimed they’d been asked for tens of millions of euros by a lobbyist linked to health commissioner, John Dalli, in exchange for

Call for stricter lobby rules after Dalli Scandal Brussels, 5 November 2012 – Civil society groups have today written to the European Commission President urging him to end the secrecy around the resignation of the former Health and Consumer Commissioner John Dalli [1]. Campaign groups in the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) call on

The poor Transparency Register Brussels, 27 September 2012 – The quality of the EU Transparency Register is questionable, with a number of significant blind-spots in relation to the lobbying activities of major corporations, consultancies, law firms and trade associations.- Many of those who are the biggest spenders on EU lobbying according to the register, are in fact very minor players

The corporate-dominated EU Brussels, 25 September 2012 – A new report examines the composition of expert and advisory groups for DG Enterprise and Industry. This new research carried out by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) was launched at a joint event with the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour.

A video on the balance of expert groups Brussels, 17 September 2012 – Exclusive footage filmed for Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) – a steering committee member of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) – reveals how corporate lobbyists target the European Commission’s advisory groups in order to influence the legislative process at the earliest stage.

Taller sobre el lobby ciudadano y la regulación de los grupos de presión Access Info organiza un taller sobre el lobby ciudadano y la regulación de los grupos de presión, en Navacerrada, cerca de Madrid los días 3 (bienvenida) y 4 de septiembre. El lobby ciudadano La mala reputación del lobby es el resultado del frecuente coqueteo entre poderes políticos