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Brussels tech lobby distances from Huawei following Parliament probe
Influential tech industry group DIGITALEUROPE suspended Chinese member Huawei in the wake of a probe by Belgian prosecutors into suspected bribery at the European Parliament.
What rules apply to lobbying the European Parliament?
A fresh corruption investigation hit the European Parliament this week as arrests were made by the Belgian authorities and the offices of Chinese telco Huawei were searched. But what are the rules lobbying in the European Parliament?
Big tech, banking: Who are the biggest spenders on EU lobbying?
The world’s largest companies and trade associations from the big tech, banking, energy, and chemicals/agri sectors have significantly increased their EU lobbying budgets in recent years.
How CCS became the fossil fuel industry’s favourite ‘escape hatch’
Oil and gas lobbyists have helped push carbon capture and storage into the heart of Europe’s climate plans.
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EU Parliament to reconsider granting Amazon lobbyists access
The lobbyists were stopped from entering the European Parliament last February after they failed to attend hearings.
Amazon's EU lobbying spend hits €5M - nearly double its figures
The correction of the spending follows a complaint by several transparency organisations.
What lobbying footprint does Big Oil have on EU climate policy?
Two new reports have claimed to show just how much influence fossil fuel company lobbying has on EU climate policymaking.
Intended highlight of the 2024 Consumer Summit was completely omitted.
A European Commission initiative aimed to let Big Tech companies voluntarily commit to a "cookie pledge", which would allow consumers to make effective choices regarding tracking-based advertising models, has failed to gain traction, a Commission spokesperson told Euronews.
Lawmakers to approve updated GDPR rules despite companies' concerns
Tech lobby fears the updated GDPR rules will increase abusive complaints and further slow lengthy procedures.
Trade unions ask Parliament to ban all lobbyists working for Amazon
The call comes as lawmakers decided to ban Amazon representatives last month.
Euroviews. The EU’s hydrogen plans are a distraction led by corporate interests
Over the past few years, hydrogen has been transformed into a cornerstone of EU energy policy. Yet, oil and gas majors are taking advantage of the EU’s unrealistic targets for green hydrogen in order to sneak fossil-based hydrogen in through the back door, Belén Balanyá writes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.