A cross-party handful of MEPs have set up a group to tackle tobacco lobbying and its influence on policy-making.
Launched earlier this week, the group is headed by French centre-left Gilles Pargneaux who co-chairs the parliament’s environment committee.
Pargneaux in a statement earlier this week said the group was set up, in part, because of the tobacco lobbying scandal that saw former EU health commissioner John Dalli forced out office.
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Already a member? Login hereNikolaj 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.