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Mandatory lobby register on the cards
About time, some would say, as the European Commission this week launched a public consultation on making the EU lobby transparency regime mandatory.
No time for 'business as usual' as Commission presents its second work programme
This is no time for business as usual, said the Commission's First Vice-President Frans Timmermans as he presented the second work programme of the Juncker Commission to Euro-MPs this week.
State of the Union 2015
Wednesday was the day for Europe's version of the US State of the Union address, with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, delivering his annual speech to the European Parliament.
Boost for EU transparency, but the Commission has further to go
A boost to transparency in the European Union was promised this week, when the European Commission committed to publishing information about its meetings with lobbyists, as well as providing more access to documents relating to the ongoing talks with the United States for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Cameron's anti-EU stance gets a bashing
The gloves came off when the new European Commission took office this week, with Britain, or at least its prime minister David Cameron, taking some hefty blows.
Juncker's new-look Commission - a winning team?
Last week we learned the names of the new top team for the EU over the next five years. This week Commission President-elect Jean Claude Juncker announced his new Commission team. Is this the start of a new era of policy-making at European level?
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