Corporate interest dominates EU ‘expert groups,’ transparency NGO says

A new report released on the 6 November 2013 by the Brussels-based pro-transparency network, Alter-EU campaigns on the issue of the membership of Expert Groups set up by the European Commission to assist it in its policy making role.

The Alter-EU report argues that the Commission is putting big business in charge of its advisory groups despite promising MEPs reform over a year earlier after they froze groups' budgets.

ESO: Background information: Concerns over the European Commission’s use of expert groups are misplaced http://www.europeansources.info/record/concerns-over-the-european-commissions-use-of-expert-groups-are-misplaced/

Alter-EU, Report: A Year of Broken Promises: Big business still put in charge of EU Expert Groups, despite commitment to reform http://www.alter-eu.org/sites/default/files/documents/Broken_Promises_web.pdf

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Expert Groups http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/internal_market/expert-groups/index_en.htm

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