LobbyFacts

LobbyFacts is a portal of the same name operated by LobbyControl , Corporate Europe Observatory and Friends of the Earth Europe . There, the data from the EU transparency register on lobbying activities by companies , associations , agencies and non-governmental organizations are made available in an understandable manner.

job

LobbyFacts has been making the information of the EU transparency register generally accessible since it was founded on September 30, 2014. The difference to the EU transparency register is the preparation of the data through comparison and evaluation as well as the course.

The need to revise the EU transparency register so that it is easier to find out who is lobbying the EU was also recognized by the European Parliament in 2018 ,

reception

LobbyFacts' work has met with an international response

• Sweden
• Croatia

See also

• European Commission

literature

• Andreas Schieder: Commercial lobbying and public affairs management: inventory and analysis of private service providers in the "Berlin Republic" . Ed .: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-16706-6 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-658-16706-6 .

Web links

• Website
• European Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hard facts on Europe's biggest lobbyists revealed for the first time. Corporate Europe Observatory, September 30, 2014, accessed September 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Sven Giegold : EU Commission chief Juncker can learn from LobbyFacts.eu for the transparency register. Retrieved September 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Welcome to LobbyFacts. Retrieved September 19, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Reports. Retrieved September 19, 2018 . 
5. ↑ New EU lobby register: “People have the right to expect transparency”. European Parliament , 22 May 2018, accessed 19 September 2018 . 
6. ↑ Lobbyfacts.eu: Här är företagen som lobbar mest i EU. Hallbarhet, accessed September 19, 2018 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ LobbyFacts is back. Croatian Lobbyist Association, accessed September 19, 2018 .