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Big Tech now edges out Big Energy in EU lobbying

2022-09-22

Opinion piece on EUObserver: Brand new analysis by EU lobby data website LobbyFacts has revealed that the companies with the highest-declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third since 2015.

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EU lobby

Grote bedrijven spenderen steeds meer aan beïnvloeding Europees beleid

2022-09-21

Story from MO.be: Grote bedrijven die actief zijn in de Europese Unie spenderen tot een derde meer aan lobbyen dan zeven jaar geleden. Dat blijkt uit nieuwe cijfers van lobbywaakhond Corporate Europe Observatory.

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LF relaunch

LobbyFacts reveals major companies have increased lobby spending by one third

2022-09-20

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory & LobbyControl: LobbyFacts shines a light on just how much money has been spent on lobbying in the past seven years, revealing that the companies with the highest declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third over this time.

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LF Top 10 DE

LobbyFacts: Unternehmen geben immer mehr Geld für Lobbyarbeit in Brüssel aus

2022-09-20

Story from LobbyControl: Recherche-Portal LobbyFacts ermöglicht noch bessere Recherchen der Daten im EU-Transparenzregister

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Uber

Uber’s privileged access to politicians shows the lobby system urgently needs to change

2022-07-13

Story from The Guardian: The European Commission has long been complacent about its revolving-door problem. It’s time to tackle corporate capture.

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LF Uber

Uber: an EU lobby profile

2022-07-11

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory: The Uber Files have laid out the lobby strategies, privileged access, revolving door hires, and indeed the capture of policy-making in various countries by the controversial hail-riding app. Uber is a regular visitor to the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels and its lobbying is geared to maintaining the privileges that gig economy businesses enjoy.

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