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To win access to the parliament, lobbyists will have to sign up to the registry (Photo: EUobserver)

Top EU institutions to use joint lobbyist register

The curtain behind which lobbyists hide in the European capital was drawn back a little more on Wednesday (11 May) after the European Parliament backed a joint register of lobbyists for both the chamber and the European Commission.

Until now the, two institutions had separate listings of the lobbyists who approach deputies and officials attempting to bend legislation, registries which have suffered from widespread criticism from democracy campaigners for the questionable accuracy of the...

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To win access to the parliament, lobbyists will have to sign up to the registry (Photo: EUobserver)

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