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How Huawei’s lobbying campaign in Europe went rogue

2025-03-13

Article from Follow the Money: Once a high-flyer in Europe, Huawei’s growth stalled due to concerns over its ties with Beijing. As the Chinese tech giant fought for survival, its EU lobbying campaign took a dark turn.

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Big tech, banking, energy: Who are the biggest spenders on EU lobbying?

2025-02-24

Article from Euronews: The world’s largest companies and trade associations from the big tech, banking, energy, and chemicals/agri sectors have significantly increased their EU lobbying budgets in recent years.

EU Lobby League top 6 sectors

The EU’s lobby league table

2025-02-24

Article from Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl: We reveal the sheer corporate lobby firepower in the EU, analysed by sector. Big Tech, Energy, Banking, and Chemicals dominate. 

Chemical reaction

Chemical reaction: Inside the corporate fight against the EU’s PFAS restriction

2025-01-14

Article from Corporate Europe Observatory: Collectively the biggest PFAS company producers and lobbyists have posted an average increase in declared EU lobby spending of 34 per cent just in the past year. Check out the report to find out why.

EU in sights

EU-Lobbyreport 2024: Brüssel im Fadenkreuz von Machtinteressen

2024-05-16

Article from LobbyControl: Kurz vor den Europawahlen ziehen wir mit unserem neuen EU-Lobbyreport Bilanz über die Lobbyismus-Entwicklungen in der zurückliegenden Wahlperiode.

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Amazon's lobbying satellites orbit EU policy-makers

2023-11-24

Article from Corporate Europe Observatory, LobbyControl, and SOMO: From workers' rights to data protection, environmental impact and abuses of dominance, the growing reach of Amazon is facing backlash. In response, the digital giant is ramping up its lobbying power in the EU and member states, via lobby firms, think tanks, academia, economics consultancies, and public relations campaigns, research from shows.