REPORT SLAMS IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE CORPORATE LOBBYING AT EU LEVEL
September 1st, 2018
Excessive corporate influence over policy-making remains a serious threat to the public interest across Europe and at European Union (EU) level, warns a new report published September 24 by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU). The report claims to show where the influence of corporations at EU level and in member states has been so extensive that it “constitutes corporate capture” of government ministries and agencies. Case studies include EU finance and defence policy and at national level, for instance ...
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