EU lobby register ‘will never be mandatory’ / Lobby transparency spotlight falls on think-tanks / Greens slam lobbying transparency ‘PR exercise’

Report of a speech by European Commissioner Siim Kallas, Brussels, 17 April 2009.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 20.4.09: Lobby transparency spotlight falls on think-tanks http://www.euractiv.com/pa/lobby-transparency-spotlight-fal-news-221636

European Commission: SPEECH/09/181: A more transparent and accountable Commission – And what about the Think Tanks? http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/181&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EurActiv, 27.4.09: Think-tanks should join EU lobby register, Kallas insists http://www.euractiv.com/pa/think-tanks-join-eu-lobby-regist-news-221611

EurActiv, 27.4.09: Greens slam lobbying transparency 'PR exercise' http://www.euractiv.com/pa/greens-slam-lobbying-transparenc-news-221667

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