WHEN: 13th November, 12:00 – 14:00 (including lunch) WHERE: The Press Club, Brussels It’s full steam ahead again in Brussels, with a new Commission on the way coming with new commitments and priorities. The Finnish have made lobby...
In this third edition of our web series on tech lobbying, we have taken an in-depth look at the lobbying activities on 5G around the EU, this time focusing on the information published in France. The French government is among a handful of EU member...
In this third edition of our web series on tech lobbying, we have taken an in-depth look at the lobbying activities on 5G, starting with those located in Brussels. Huawei, a Chinese tech giant, has been at the forefront of a battle for the roll-out...
In this second edition of our web series on tech lobbying, we have analysed the activities of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple in Ireland. The results shows a tendency by these major tech companies to lobby at the national level to influence...
EU Integrity Watch received a major update this week. Since 2014, the platform has allowed citizens to search, rank and filter the information on lobbying activities and conflicts of interest in Brussels. In the last 5 years, EU Integrity Watch...
This is the first edition of a new web series from Transparency International EU on tech lobbying in Brussels. To start off, we have analysed the 4,342 lobby meetings the Commission has published in their two digital portfolios. We see three broad...
Authoritarian governments meddling with elections and institutions of liberal democracies has been a major talking point for governments and citizens alike across the globe over the past couple of years. One high-profile case is the investigation...
This blog post was updated on the 5th of December to reflect recent developments On the 6th of December, Members of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) will be asked to improve internal rules of procedure applicable to the European...
In his final State of the Union address last week, President Juncker proposed new rules for protecting European elections “from manipulation by third countries or private interests”. The European Commission then published a set of measures...
