Tag Archives: lobbying
Quotes of the week
Although the title suggests a weekly feature I doubt that I would find something every week. To be honest I just could not come up with a better title … so here we go with some remarkable statements: via Times Online I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,” Mr Putin declared. Mr Sarkozy [...]
Posted in European Debate | Also tagged Brussels, georgia, London, Putin, quotes of the week, Russia, Sarkozy | 1 Comment
MEPs and Conflicts of interest…
Via Julien Frisch’s Blog I discovered the report “Too Close for Comfort? MEPs, corporate links and potential conflict of interests” (pdf) which has just been published by Spinwatch with quite some interesting stories on: MEPs who accept paid work and hospitality from businesses with a vested interest in their legislative work MEPs with a financial [...]
Posted in European Union | Also tagged conflict of interest, corruption, European Parliament, MEP, politics | 2 Comments
Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2008
Nominations are now open for the fourth edition of the annual “Worst EU Lobbying Awards”. All the details about the awards as well as the nomination form can be found here. This year there are two categories: “Worst EU Lobbying” and “Worst Conflict of Interest”: The main ‘Worst EU Lobbying’ Award: it is to be [...]
Posted in European Union | Also tagged Awards, Brussels, EU, EU lobbying, politics, public affairs, worst EU lobbying awards | 6 Comments
'Telecoms package': Is this the end of the free internet as we know it?
via netzpolitik I came across of some interesting details about the reform of the “European law on electronic communications” ( the so called “Telecoms Package”) which will be debated in the European Parliament next week (7 July). La Quadrature du Net / Squaring the Net, a European NGO initiative, released a press release that criticises [...]
Posted in European Union | Also tagged electronic communications, EU, European Parliament, internet, net neutrality, politics, software, telecoms package | 6 Comments
Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2008 – Vote now!