The EU appears unwilling to impose an outright ban on allowing corporate sponsorships of the rotating six-month EU presidencies.
The presidencies are overseen by individual member states and steer big EU-wide policy decisions by aiming to coordinate decision-making.
Having them sponsored by corporate money is perceived as posing a risk to its reputation among the wider public.
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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.
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.