Corporate Europe Observatory - Exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU

23.04.2024 Everything is going downhill, but it doesn't have to. Rather than trying to find solutions, it seems like the EU Institutions are finding ways to make things worse. This podcast tell...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2024/04/ceo-launches-new-podcast-series

19.04.2024 A coalition of civil society, including CEO, has produced a new report on the potential impacts of the proposal of an export ban on chemical already forbidden in the EU. Hint: only o...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2024/04/eu-pesticides-export-ban-what-could-be-consequences

EU WATCHDOG RADIO EPISODE 50 16.04.2024 For the first time in seventeen years, the European Gas Conference was cancelled—or, at least, postponed. However, this did not stop CEO from travel...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2024/04/no-gala-gas-lobby

03.04.2024 A controversial new appointment by President von der Leyen has raised questions about the flawed – and politically convenient – recruitment process, and concerns over the Commiss...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2024/04/piepergate-vdl-propels-anti-regulation-zealot-major-new-commission-job

ANNUAL JAMBOREE POSTPONED 29.03.2024 Gas lobby Fossil free politics Originally published in Social Europe on 26.03.24   This year’s European Gas Conference (EGC), which was to h...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2024/03/no-gala-gas

HOW POLLUTERS PERSUADE POLITICIANS TO PUT PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE 24.10.2023 Fossil free politics Gas lobby Across Europe’s capitals, fossil fuel companies and lobby groups have been pu...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2023/10/cold-homes-hot-profits

09.03.2021 Health President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated solemnly at a WHO press conference in April 2020: “We need to develop a vaccine. We need to produce it an...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2021/03/eu-risks-public-health-its-protection-big-pharma-monopolies

22.02.2021 Chemical giant's lobbyists woo MEPs via online wine tasting, just as the battle over pesticides reduction proposed by the European Green Deal heats up. But does this event comply wit...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2021/02/basf-wining-meps-covid-times

INDUSTRY CONTROLS BILLIONS IN EU RESEARCH FUNDING, DE-PRIORITISES THE PUBLIC INTEREST 25.05.2020 Research & innovation Résumé en français - Resumen en español - Deutsche Zusammenfas...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/in-the-name-of-innovation

THE OIL AND GAS GIANT KEEPS ITS LOBBY BADGES 16.04.2019 Fossil free politics Conflicts of interest Weeks before the European elections, Members of the the European Parliament (MEPs) mis...

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2019/04/eu-parliamentarians-buckle-under-exxonmobil-lobby-pressure