Tag: Lobbyism

Economist: Lobbying in Europe: Making money and influencing people

A press review featuring Fabio De Masi

A press review featuring Fabio De Masi
Press review: Petitions to Barroso and ex-Commissioners’ links to businesses

A press review about the Petition with more than 200.000 signatures

EUreporter.co, 12.10.2016 "[...] German MEP, Fabio De Masi, member of the ITCO intergroup who has called for Barroso’s resignation from Goldman Sachs, said: “Barroso walks through the revolving-door into Goldman Sachs whilst EU citizens are living through the financial crisis and austerity policies ...
Petitions with over 200,000 signatures to be presented today over Barroso and ex-Commissioners’ links to businesses

A press release of Fabio De Masi

Petitions with over 200,000 signatures to be presented today over Barroso and ex-Commissioners’ links to businesses A petition with over 63,000 signatures demanding an end to the revolving-door culture of European Commissioners and big business will be presented to officials at the Berlaymont building in Brussels at 11 ...
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Speech: "Barroso is prostituting himself for Goldman Sachs"

Plenary speech about the Bahamas-Leaks and the involvement of european commissioner

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Constant delays show deep flaws in Europe's rulemaking

"Delays, delays and more delays. Too much influence from lobbyists. And when decisions are made, they are often last-minute fixes made in haste. Europe's system for building financial regulation needs sorting out. That is the view of many in the wake of the latest humbling delay to Europe's attempt to rewrite regulation around securities, the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ...