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Updated analysis released by Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Justice Now exposes how official lobby meetings about Brexit and post-Brexit trade are being dominated by big corporate interests at the expense of civil society and the public interest.

Press briefing on the EU Commission's transparency and independence proposals in response to the European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Glyphosate"

EU Commission, Parliament and Council have prolonged the future of the EU Emissions Trading System as a source of billions of euros in polluter subsidies.

Corporate Europe Observatory has just submitted a complaint on Monsanto to the EU's Joint Transparency Register Secretariat over the pesticide manufacturer’s non-compliance with EU transparency rules.

This Wednesday 11 October, an extraordinary hearing at the European Parliament will dissect the tactics which pesticide manufacturer Monsanto has used to manipulate science in order to keep its flagship product Roundup on the market. CEO's Martin Pigeon will be there to give evidence.

ECB advisory groups are used as lobby platforms by the financial industry, as our newest report shows. The expert groups counselling the European Central Bank on EU monetary policy have become dominated by representatives of some of the most influential global financial corporations.

UK trade secretary Liam Fox has come under fire for the strong business bias of his Department for International Trade's lobby meetings, as he launches unofficial trade negotiations with the US today - a bias that raises questions about the way a possible post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might be skewed in the interest of Big Business.