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MEPs urged to evict business liaison group from offices inside European Parliament

Brussels, 14 November 2008 – Transparency campaigners have today written to the Bureau of the European Parliament urging it to use its meeting today to enforce a previous decision to ask the European Business and Parliament Scheme (EBPS) to vacate its offices inside the European Parliament building [1]. The Parliament’s Conference of Presidents ruled earlier …

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EU raw materials initiative: industry interests undermine sustainable resource use

Brussels, 5 November 2008 – Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed severe concerns about the ‘Raw Materials Initiative’ announced today by the European Commission [1] which it says will have a detrimental effect on the environment and developing countries. The plan outlines ways that the European Union, member states and industry could avoid raw …

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Wedding ceremony celebrates EU Commission’s love-in with big business

Pictures of the ceremony available from: http://www.alexandreseron.be/ – credit: alexandreseron.be Brussels, 28 October – Seattle to Brussels network campaigners [1] today (Tuesday 28th October) called on Trade Commissioner Baroness Ashton to end the unholy alliance between DG Trade and business lobby group BusinessEurope with a mock wedding celebration outside BusinessEurope’s Going Global conference event. The …

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Spotlight falls on EU’s worst lobbyists – and MEPs and officials with conflicts of interests

Brussels, Monday 20 October – Business lobby groups, MEPs and Commission officials are all under scrutiny in the shortlist for this year’s Worst EU Lobbying Awards, published today (Monday 20th October). Members of the public are now invited to vote for the most deceptive lobbying and the most biased decision-makers at www.worstlobby.eu to select the …

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