Other battles

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

Digital

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.

Digital

Sign the petition for trilogue transparency

21.02.2023

One of the most important steps in EU decision-making takes place behind closed doors. We call on the EU to end this secrecy. We have the right to be informed about the negotiations between the Commission, the Parliament and the member states.

Digital

LobbyLeaks, new hotline to expose shady Big Tech lobbying, is launched

02.02.2023

A new hotline for anonymous tip-offs about Big Tech lobbying is being launched today. Lobbying campaigns and tactics which either breach the EU transparency’s register code of conduct, or are considered to be an unregulated form of lobbying, can be passed on via the website lobbyleaks.eu.

Digital

Spamming the regulator

30.01.2023

Big Tech might be the EU's biggest lobby spender by sector, but research by CEO and LobbyControl shows that a little-known band of economic consultancies are still managing to fly under the radar on behalf of their tech clients. These consultancies are effectively 'spamming the regulator' with supposedly neutral reports to influence the EU's competition policy and smooth the path for Big Tech monopolies and mergers. What's worse, the Commission's DG Competition in charge of competition policy enjoys a regular revolving door with these consultancies.

How to close the door on repressive regime lobbying

15.12.2022

The Qatargate scandal reveals the shortcomings of lobbying regulation in the EU institutions. Now is the time to act! See CEO's list of proposals to stop repressive regime lobbying.

Environment

Fishy business

16.11.2022

Corporate Europe Observatory and the French association Bloom have today made a complaint to the EU lobby register secretariat regarding the French and EU fishing industry and its use of the revolving door.

Health

Will EU Commission capitulate to toxic chemicals industry?

14.10.2022

Rumours abound that a key piece of legislation aimed at protecting citizens and the environment from toxic chemicals is about to be kicked into the long grass.

Health

NGOs demand chemicals reform stays on track

28.09.2022

NGOs are urgently demanding that proposed EU chemicals regulatory reform stays on track.

Vaccine transparency case is still not closed, despite EC’s claim

17.06.2022

Almost two years after lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) filed Freedom of Information (FOI) requests concerning the Covid-19 vaccine contracts and negotiations between the EU and pharmaceutical companies, the European Commission has published a final batch of 275 documents.

EU-AU summit: worsening secrecy and lack of accountability around EU Covid-19 vaccine policies is hurting African citizens

17.02.2022

The European Ombudsman has re-opened an inquiry on how the European Commission (EC) has dealt with transparency requests by lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) for public access to documents concerning the negotiations for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. Despite promises made by the Commission last year, the negotiations are still shrouded in opacity and instead of improvement there now seems to be a regression.

New Covid medicines: EU about to repeat mistakes from vaccines strategy

19.11.2021

As the EU rolls out its 'Therapeutics Strategy' for a range of new COVID-19 treatments, it fails to do what's needed to make these life-saving medicines accessible and affordable for the world's poorest. The EU is repeating the same mistakes it made with COVID vaccines, which remain out of reach for the large majority in low-income countries. This is the conclusion of new research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) 'Bitter pill: How the EU's defence of pharma profits could keep COVID treatments out of reach for millions'.

Digital

Big Tech Lobby versus EU Democracy

06.09.2021

In this new episode of EU Watchdog Radio, we start with a Bang. This podcast deals with the question how the big digital corporations and platforms like Facebook, Google, Amazon and others try to influence European policy making to keep their business models intact.

Other battles

The lobbying ghost in the machine

Sign the petition for trilogue transparency

LobbyLeaks, new hotline to expose shady Big Tech lobbying, is launched

Spamming the regulator

How to close the door on repressive regime lobbying

Fishy business

Will EU Commission capitulate to toxic chemicals industry?

NGOs demand chemicals reform stays on track

Vaccine transparency case is still not closed, despite EC’s claim

EU-AU summit: worsening secrecy and lack of accountability around EU Covid-19 vaccine policies is hurting African citizens

New Covid medicines: EU about to repeat mistakes from vaccines strategy

Big Tech Lobby versus EU Democracy

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