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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 or may not even be lobbying at all; – There appears to be widespread under-reporting by many large lobbying entities; – Law firms continue to evade disclosure; – Many registrants have taken a very lax approach to the accuracy, quantity

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.