This includes ensuring that all commission staff involved in political matters are not allowed to meet with unregistered lobbyists. The council joined the register in the latest agreement, which dates from 2021 and will be subject to a review by july 2025. On 4 december 2024, the commission adopted two decisions which will apply from 1 january 2025
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These extend the requirements of the transparency register to all commission staff holding management functions as regards their meetings with interest representatives.
As many member states embark on their reform process to adopt sound lobby transparency regulation, they often look to the eu for inspiration
In the letter we wrote “the obligation to only meet with registered lobbyists should be expanded to all eu officials to increase compliance among lobbyists Furthermore, proactively disclosing meetings with lobbyists should be expanded to include all officials down to heads of units.” The eu lobby report 2024 shows how loopholes in and lax enforcement of existing ethics rules made qatargate possible
It takes a look at wider developments in the areas of eu lobbying and transparency. The objective of this work is to analyse the regulation and operation of the eu transparency register and the most relevant jurisprudential pronouncements as well as the prospects and challenges of the mandatory system recently implemented. The misreporting of eu lobbying spending by major corporations has opened a critical debate on transparency and influence in the heart of european democracy As corrective actions begin and policymakers debate reforms, the integrity of the eu’s legislative system hangs in the balance.
The european parliament and the european commission first set up the eu transparency register through an interinstitutional agreement in 2011
