A top EU bar association wants a mandatory lobbying register imposed in Brussels that includes lawyers.
"We believe it would be better if the EU moves to a mandatory system with ideally, a proper legal basis," Simone Cuomo, spokesperson at the Brussels-based Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) told this website on Monday (6 June).
The move marks a possible big leap given past reluctance by lawyers to disclose their client lists to the general public. Cuomo said such...
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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.