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EU and big pharma monopoly in times of corona
Lobbying the EU

EU risks public health in its protection of big pharma monopolies

09.03.2021
To secure a rapid and sufficient supply of vaccines and medicines, the global south has asked for a waiver of intellectual property rights. But despite the gravity of the situation, that is rejected outright by the EU. That should not come as a surprise. A briefing from CEO outlines the EU's traditional role as a staunch defender of big pharma monopolies, and how the push for provisions on 'data exclusivity' in trade agreements with third countries have seeked to undermine even existing flexibility under international rules.
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Lobbying the EU

BASF wining MEPs in COVID times

22.02.2021
Chemical giant's lobbyists woo MEPs via online wine tasting, just as the battle over pesticides reduction proposed by the European Green Deal heats up. But does this event comply with existing rules on lobbying gifts and events targeting MEPs?
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Lobbying the EU

In the Name of Innovation

25.05.2020
A detailed summary of the findings and conclusions of two extensive reports on research public-private partnerships in the EU: the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and the Bio-Based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertakings.
Exxon and its lobby groups
Climate

EU Parliamentarians buckle under ExxonMobil lobby pressure

16.04.2019
Despite strong calls from MEPs and the public, ExxonMobil and its lobby groups mobilise enough behind-the-scenes pressure to stop the European Parliament taking away its lobby badges
Bee in a sunflower, Photo by Alexas Fotos, via Pexels
Food & agriculture

Post-truth rhetoric on EU pesticide reduction to protect agro-industrial status quo

16.03.2023
For over one year one of the essential parts of the European Commission’s Farm2Fork proposals - the “Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR)” - and its pesticide reduction target of 50% less use by 2030 is under an intensified and fierce attack by parts of the Council and the European Parliament. New analysis published today shows that the opponents use misleading, incorrect and scientifically unsubstantiated claims preventing a factual solution-oriented political discourse. This serves the interests of the pesticide industry, not the needs of society. It is detrimental to health and
Chemical romance
Lobbying the EU

Chemical romance: how politicians fell for BASF

15.03.2023
The biggest chemical producer in the world, German company BASF is a political powerhouse and has used its influence to push back against chemicals regulation in the EU. No wonder, when its products include ‘forever’ chemicals and hazardous pesticides. Corporate Europe Observatory takes a look at the company's influencing tactics, as well as its scandals, from a massive carbon footprint to 'Cancer Alley'.
Young women in a feminist protest. Photo by Ceci Figueroa via Pexels.
Lobbying the EU

Cost of living crisis affects women the most, but it’s men who are causing it

07.03.2023
Women are suffering in poverty, being forced to make impossible choices to ensure people who are dependent on them can survive, while the corporations responsible for this crisis are overwhelmingly run by men.
Corporate Europe Observatory  Report: The lobbying ghost in the machine Big Tech’s covert defanging of Europe’s AI Act  www.corporateeurope.org Logos of instagram, twitter and facebook  The backgound is green and it has a diagram where the stars of the EU's flag have been replaced by circles, all except four.
Lobbying the EU

The lobbying ghost in the machine

23.02.2023
Documents obtained by Corporate Europe Observatory reveal how the EU’s pioneering attempt to regulate artificial intelligence has faced intense lobbying from US tech companies.
EU Watchdo Radio Episode 42: Qatargate - the tyrant lobby and why transparency matters
Lobbying the EU

Qatargate - The tyrant lobby and why transparency matters

17.02.2023
Corporate Europe Observatory's researchers Kat Ainger, Olivier Hoedeman and Hans van Scharen talk about the corruption scandal and its’ consequences.
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Lobbying the EU

Qatargate, authoritarian backlash and Orban’s fleas

15.02.2023
The unified political outrage in the European Parliament following Qatargate lasted more or less until Christmas. There was - granted – an ambitious, cross-party resolution voted 15 December, to clean up the political mess collectively by strengthening transparency and ethics rules and installing real, independent enforcement of those. But before the year ended this political will began to melt like ice caps under climate change.

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