Daniel Freund

Head of Advocacy EU Integrity (on leave)

Daniel is on leave until the European elections. Daniel leads Transparency International's work on the integrity of the EU institutions. He is responsible for the online tools EU Integrity Watch, as well as the work on legislative transparency, conflicts of interest, lobbying, revolving doors and the legislative footprint. He also oversees the work on European Economic Governance. Before joining Transparency International EU, Daniel was a political adviser in the European Parliament working on constitutional and legal affairs. He has previously worked at the German Foreign Ministry, the EU Delegation to Hong Kong, Deloitte Consulting and the French National School of Administration (ENA). Daniel has a master’s degree in public affairs from Sciences Po Paris and an undergraduate degree in political sciences, economics and law from Leipzig University. Daniel has also studied International Relations at the George Washington University.

Recent News

Policy Position

International standards for lobbying regulation

Download here  The 38 standards set out here build on best practice from existing lobby regulations and also reference various existing international standards on the matter. However, they go beyond what is already available by addressing three...
Press Release

New EU lobbying rules are timid and cosmetic

Today, the European Commission published its proposal to revise the EU Transparency Register to make the register mandatory. However, the proposal fails to achieve these aims and is a missed opportunity to increase lobbying transparency.
Article

How many lobbyists are there in Brussels?

It is usually one of the first questions that people have about lobbying in Brussels. How many lobbyists are there actually? How much money do they spend? And what exactly are they working on? It is also one of those questions that is still...