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The EU's joint-transparency register contains around 12,500 lobbyists (Photo: Arek Dreyer)

EU lobby register not properly enforced, warns watchdog

The EU's lobby register has come under renewed criticism following findings that only six lobbyists have been removed due to internal probes over a three-year span.

"Only six lobbyists were removed following investigations and only one of these were prohibited from re-registration," said Jorg Kristijan Petrovič on Tuesday (16 April) and author of a transparenc...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The EU's joint-transparency register contains around 12,500 lobbyists (Photo: Arek Dreyer)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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