MEPS TO REVEAL DETAILS OF MEETINGS WITH LOBBYISTS
February 1st, 2019
The European Parliament has voted for influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to come clean about their dealings with lobbyists. In a January 31 amendment to the European Union assembly’s rules of procedure, the parliament agreed that MEPs in special positions, notably committee chairs and those taking the lead on proposals as ‘rapporteurs’ as well as ‘shadow rapporteurs’ from other political groups involved in shaping parliamentary opinion, would have to disclose who they met on the issue. Other MEPs are also encouraged to disclose on a ...
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