Comparing her online public registry of lobbyists' meetings and her Twitter account, MEPs found that seven of her meetings were held with lobbyists who are not registered in the Transparency Register. (Photo: European Parliament)

Green MEPs urge action on lobbyist meetings by Croatia's top EU official

EU Political

by Elena Sánchez Nicolás, Brussels,

European Commission vice-president for demography and democracy Dubravka Šuica, who has just been appointed the first-ever commissioner for the Mediterranean, is facing scrutiny for failing to report meeting with lobbyists during her previous term in EU high office.

A small group of Green MEPs is calling for sanctions against the Croatian commissioner, ahead o...

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Author Bio

Elena is EUobserver's editor-in-chief. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.