Watchdog: Half of EU lobbying disclosures are faulty

Over half the entries for lobby organisations on the EU Transparency Register contain factual errors or implausible numbers according to new analysis published on the 7 September 2015 by Transparency International. TI has therefore filed 4,253 official complaints with the Secretariat of the Transparency Register. The register is designed to keep undue influence by lobbyists at bay and provide transparency on lobbying activities and spending in Brussels.

• Primary Source

Transparency International: EU Office: Press Release, 07.09.15: More than half the entries on the Brussels Lobby Register are inaccurate, incomplete or meaningless http://www.transparencyinternational.eu/2015/09/press-release-more-than-half-the-entries-on-the-brussels-lobby-register-are-inaccurate-incomplete-or-meaningless-2/

ESO: Background information: The transparency trap http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-transparency-trap/

Website: EU Integrity Watch http://www.integritywatch.eu/

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