Constitutional Affairs Committee calls for more transparency on lobbying

A report by rapporteur, Alexander Stubb MEP, on the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) was adopted on 1 April 2008 in the Constitutional Committee of the European Parliament by 18 positive votes, 1 vote against and 3 abstentions. The report stresses that lobbying must be transparent and takes a positive standpoint towards a common lobbyists' register of all the European institutions. The report will come to the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels on 8 May 2008.

European Parliament: Committee on Constitutional Affairs: Draft Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/pr/707/707844/707844en.pdf

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