Other battles

Online privacy, clean air, affordable housing, whistleblower protection and much more: which other corporate lobby fights are putting EU public interests on the line?

Orbán’s oil funded thinktank is murky on transparency

18.10.2024

As a network of Hungarian organisations continues to try to mainstream Orbán's far right policies in Europe, his think tank MCC Brussels – financed by Russian oil earnings – has so far managed to avoid transparency over its budget and lobby spending.

Single market

EU Ombudsman demands a full lobby ban for Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board

17.09.2024

The European Ombudsman has called for a full ban on meetings with lobbyists by members of the European Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board, in response to a March 2023 complaint from Corporate Europe Observatory.

Discrimination is not a fundamental freedom

05.07.2024

A reply to the Alliance Defending Freedom - an anti-abortionist organisation that defends hate speech with a strong presence on the Brussels lobbying stage.

The Alliance Attacking Freedom - New research exposes US far-right influence ahead of EU Elections

13.05.2024

New research from Corporate Europe Observatory researcher and campaigner Kenneth Haar, unveils the link between ultraconservative US foundations and right-wing forces across Europe.

Piepergate: VDL propels anti-regulation zealot into a major new Commission job

03.04.2024

This appointment puts Markus Pieper, with a history of deregulatory zeal, fossil-friendly politics, attacking NGOs, and boosting corporate lobbying influence, into a powerful new role where he could do real damage to social and environmental policy proposals.

Tech

Big Tech’s last-minute blitz is further diluting the AI Act - New publication shows how

16.11.2023

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act is an attempt to rein in some of the risks AI systems pose to fundamental rights. New research by CEO reveals how Big Tech has been trying to further dress down the AI Act during the last stretch of negotiations.

Militarisation

Critical raw materials for whom?

07.11.2023

Brussels/Paris, 07 November 2023 -The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, or CRMA, is in the final stages of its adoption. Framed as the European law to secure our green and digital transitions, a new report, “Blood on the Green Deal” published today by two lobby watchdogs, the Observatoire des Multinationales in Paris and Corporate Europe Observatory in Brussels, questions those green credentials.

Militarisation

Blood on the Green Deal

07.11.2023

The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, or CRMA, is in the final stages of its adoption. Unlike other flagship legislations under the 'Green Deal', which have been the subject of fierce political battles, the CRMA enjoys broad support from all sides of the political spectrum.

EU institutions

Over 17,100 people call for an end to secrecy around trilogue negotiations

24.10.2023

Over 17,100 people have called on the Presidents of the EU institutions to put an end to the practice of holding “trilogue” meetings between the three institutions in secret. CEO and LobbyControl handed in the petition to European Parliament Vice President Katarina Barley (SPD) today.

Tech

Lobbying power of Amazon, Google and Co. continues to grow

08.09.2023

An updated study shows that Big Tech spends 113 million euros on lobbying in Brussels - a 16.5 per cent increase since 2021.

Tech

Big Tech lobby power in Brussels continues to grow

07.09.2023

An updated study shows the tech industry spends over 113 million euros on lobbying in Brussels, a huge increase over just two years.

Single market

Thirty years of the Single Market: corporate complaints and deregulation pressure endanger the ecological transition

27.04.2023

A Europe that turns its back on neoliberalism should modernise Single Market governance in order to firmly protect public services, and enable the explosion of the strong national and local measures needed for a radical ecological transition accompanied by social justice.

Other battles

Orbán’s oil funded thinktank is murky on transparency

EU Ombudsman demands a full lobby ban for Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board

Discrimination is not a fundamental freedom

The Alliance Attacking Freedom - New research exposes US far-right influence ahead of EU Elections

Piepergate: VDL propels anti-regulation zealot into a major new Commission job

Big Tech’s last-minute blitz is further diluting the AI Act - New publication shows how

Critical raw materials for whom?

Blood on the Green Deal

Over 17,100 people call for an end to secrecy around trilogue negotiations

Lobbying power of Amazon, Google and Co. continues to grow

Big Tech lobby power in Brussels continues to grow

Thirty years of the Single Market: corporate complaints and deregulation pressure endanger the ecological transition

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