MEPs discussed EU deals with four tobacco firms behind closed doors in Brussels on Wednesday (27 January), while saying they have nothing to hide.
German MEP Ingeborg Graessle, who organised the meeting, defended its secrecy, but not everyone thought it was needed.
The MEPs and the tobacco executives spoke at the representation office of the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Following the official end-time of the meeting, at 5.30PM, people could be seen exiting the office...
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