EU TIGHTENS RULES ON LOBBYING TRANSPARENCY – BUT WILL IT REDUCE CORRUPTION?
May 1st, 2021
EUROPEAN Union (EU) institutions have agreed to tighten measures that encourage lobbyists to put their information on a public register before they meet politicians and high-ranking officials. But researchers and campaigners say stronger enforcement and better monitoring are necessary to prevent graft. Nicholas Wallace reports from Brussels.
IN December last year (2020), EU policymakers agreed to make it effectively mandatory for lobbyists to publish their financial and political interests as a condition for meeting senior officials. But campaigners and ...
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