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29th Mar 2024

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Ombudsman: Tusk's staff should record lobby meetings

The Council of the EU should publish not only a list of lobby meetings held by Donald Tusk, the European Council president, but also when his cabinet members meet lobbyists, the European Ombudsman said in a recommendation. NGO Corporate Europe Observatory, which had asked the ombudsman to investigate, said Tusk's successor should be more transparent. It had also complained the public agenda of Tusk was "not user-friendly".

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