26 November 2005

Expose corporate power in Brussels

This is an example of an area where a US kind of system looks like it would be useful [comments from US readers welcom]
a coalition of over 160 civil society organisations from around Europe, has come together to demand:
* Mandatory lobbying transparency
* Limits on EU civil servants going through the revolving doors to corporate lobby groups
* An end to the privileged access granted to corporate lobby groups
Corporate lobbyists are resisting these calls for change claiming that self-regulation is enough.
However, self regulation would only cover a small proportion of Brussels lobbyists and would not provide any information to the public.

EU readers please add your voice.
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