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AirBnB lobbies EU to fight cities’ attempts to protect affordable housing

02.05.2018

The EU lobbying of online tourism platform AirBnB is at the centre of a new Corporate Europe Observatory report. "UnFairbnb" looks at the way in which their Brussels lobbying affects cities’ ability to regulate the AirBnB model for holiday rentals, and highlights how this undermines cities' affordable housing measures across Europe.

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ECB refusal to end Draghi’s G30 membership dangerously careless

18.04.2018

The European Central Bank (ECB) today rejected calls for its President Mario Draghi to suspend his membership of banking lobby forum the Group of 30 (G30) - a decision which clashes with the European Ombudsman’s recent recommendation.

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Third of top staff at EU Commission’s financial regulator came from or went into industry

11.04.2018

Ten years after the start of the financial crisis, the revolving door continues to swing both ways at the European Commission directorate responsible for financial regulation, new research reveals.

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Better access to industry studies used in EFSA risk assessments insufficient without usage and quotation rights

11.04.2018

Today’s European Commission proposal for the disclosure of confidential industry studies used in the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) risk assessments contains positive elements but fails to enable meaningful independent scrutiny of the data.
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Fossil fuel companies under fire for undermining UN climate talks

09.04.2018

As EU environment ministers meet in Bulgaria to discuss the upcoming UN climate negotiations, 93 civil society organisations from Europe and across the globe have joined forces to demand a conflict of interest policy for all future UN climate talks.
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Final Barrosogate ruling means Commission must get off its high horse

15.03.2018

CEO's reaction to the European Ombudsman’s final ruling regarding the EU Commission’s handling of its former President Barroso’s revolving door move to investment bank Goldman Sachs.

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New ethics rules for ex-EU Commissioners only rebranding

31.01.2018

The reformed Code of Conduct rules for ex-EU Commissioners chave come into force today, but a slight extension of the cooling-off period is not the big reform that the Commission promised.
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ECJ opens back door to new GMOs

18.01.2018

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today gave the first indication of how it will classify foods and crops derived from new genetic engineering techniques.

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EU Ombudsman chides ECB director Draghi for G30 membership

17.01.2018

The European Ombudsman today followed Corporate Europe Observatory’s call for European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi to suspend his membership of the Group of 30 (G30). Her recommendations also insist future ECB Presidents stay out of the G30, a financial industry interest group composed of bankers from private financial institutions as well as national central banks.