BrusselsOnline voting began Monday for the second annual "Worst EU Lobby Awards", organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch [1]. The nominations reveal five "true masters of spin and manipulation" and five "not-so-neutral EU officials".
"Over the last year, there has been a lively debate about lobbying in Brussels. Business and industry argue that the current situation is just fine. But we have evidence that unethical lobbying is happening on a large scale and that the European Commission is increasingly leaning its ear to the interests of industry and corporate lobby groups over everyone else." says Paul de Clerck of Friends of the Earth Europe.
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