The Pope and the Pesticides

April 5th 2017Environment, Food and agriculture
Participants to the 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture, an annual lobbying event organised by Syngenta and the EU lobby of large landowners, were greeted with a "special" video message, an "Address from His Holiness The Pope". Unfortunately, the video did not actually come from the Vatican.

From Marrakesh to Brussels: the long arm of the EU copyright lobby

March 21st 2017The power of lobbies
Members of the copyright industry and their political allies are fighting proposed copyright exceptions. For the 285 million blind and visually impaired people globally, such exceptions would provide better access to a wider range of print publications.

No global ISDS court for corporations

March 14th 2017International trade
The European Commission is set to entrench the dangerous investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, which foreign investors can use to subvert democratic decision-making. CEO opposes this attempt to establish a global super court for corporations.

Stop the ECB subsidising climate disaster

March 8th 2017Climate and energy, Economy & finance
70 civil society organisations call on the European Central Bank to stop subsidising the climate crisis through its corporate bond purchasing scheme, the 'Corporate Sector Purchase Programme'.

‘Dieselgate’ lessons must be heeded to end industry self-regulation

February 28th 2017The power of lobbies, Climate and energy
The final inquiry report of the European Parliament's 'Dieselgate' committee  is about to highlight just how widespread emissions cheating has been among manufacturers, and lines up recommendations for curbing excessive car industry influence over emissions regulations.
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Adoption of Dieselgate report to help reclaim emissions regulation from car industry

April 4th 2017Environment

Corporate Europe Observatory welcomed the European Parliament‘s adoption of the inquiry report on the ‘Dieselgate‘ scandal this morning as a first step towards curbing the excessive influence of the car industry over EU emission regulations.

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UK's ex-EU Commissioner Hill goes through revolving door on Brexit launch day

March 29th 2017Revolving doors

On Brexit launch day, the European Commission approved the revolving door move of UK ex-EU Commissioner for financial and banking policy, Jonathan Hill, to law firm Freshfields. The firm is engaged in lobby and advisory work for several UK financial industry clients.

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The future of agriculture deserves better than Syngenta

March 28th 2017Food and agriculture

More than fifty Belgian, European and international organisations are hosting an action at noon today to denounce the 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture, a large lobbying event organised by the world’s biggest pesticides producer Syngenta.

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Publishers and EU states risk entrenching ‘book famine’ for visually impaired people

March 21st 2017The power of lobbies

The EU is finally looking to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to make a greater range of print publications available in accessible formats for visually impaired people. But as ratification draws closer, the extent and potential harm of publishing industry and member state lobbying is already excessive, our new research shows.

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