Now playing Next Europe News Tech companies spend more than €100 million a year on EU lobbying Tech companies’ lobbying in Brussels has increased to €113 million a year as efforts to influence the EU’s digital policy intensify, according to new data published on Monday by NGOs Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and LobbyControl. 11/09/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. As the EU Single Market turns 30, we have to protect its just future Corporations and their lobbyists have been using the Single Market rules to obstruct progressive social and environmental policies and regulations that might harm their profits. This needs to stop, Olivier Hoedeman writes. 21/07/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The EU must restrict fossil fuel lobbyists’ access to our institutions The countdown before climate mayhem has started, and it is high time to phase out the fossil fuel industry's influence on public institutions, MEPs Manon Aubry, Michael Bloss and Pierre Larrouturou write. 28/06/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Germany and the EU are falling for corporate lobbyists' hydrogen hoax By selling Europe's decision-makers on largely inefficient hydrogen-based e-fuels, corporations are locking in fossil fuels and ramping up climate colonialism, Belén Balanyá writes. 03/04/2023
Now playing Next Europe News MEPs launch hotline to tip off 'shady lobbying' in EU institutions The hotline website promises to guarantee complete anonymity for staff of EU institutions that come forward to tip off any irregularities in lobbying practices by Big Tech companies. 02/02/2023
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Calls for reform of EU lobbying rules grow amid corruption scandal "It is the only institution that basically has virtually no rules imposed on their representatives and very weak enforcement of those ethical rules," said one expert, referring to the European Parliament. 12/12/2022
Now playing Next Europe News France 'should do more' to enforce corporate lobbying rules, says EU The European Commission has recommended that France better enforce lobbying rules in its latest rule of law report. 13/07/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Explained: What's the cooling-off period for EU Commissioners? The period restricts former commissioners from taking jobs that entail lobbying its former employer. 12/07/2022
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK Conservative MP faces suspension for breaching lobbying rules Britain’s parliamentary standards watchdog said that the Tory MP Owen Paterson should be suspended from the House of Commons. 26/10/2021
Now playing Next Green News Apple named as a major corporation trying to stop climate legislation A new report has revealed that many major US corporations have funded lobbying groups aiming to stop sustainability legislation passing through congress. 01/10/2021
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Now playing Next Tech News Big tech spends big money lobbying EU, new report shows Tech industry giants outspent big pharma and fossil fuel companies trying to win influence and shape policy in Brussels, a new study has found. 31/08/2021
Now playing Next Germany Angela Merkel denies lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 trip to China Wirecard collapsed last June amid a major accounting scandal that left a €1.9 billion hole in its books. 23/04/2021
Now playing Next The Cube MEPs go to garden party in Kashmir. What’s really on the menu? A group of MEPs were the first delegation to visit Kashmir following the shutdown in August. Euronews takes an inside look at the trip, and what was really on the menu. 01/11/2019
