Brussels, 20/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - Proposals for an EP-Commission joint register of lobbyists and other interest groups were backed by the EP's constitutional affairs committee on Tuesday 19 April. The EP and the Commission each currently have their own lobbying registers. The new agreement will help set up a joint EP-Commission register. The constitutional affairs committee is calling on the Council of Ministers of the EU to join this “transparency register”.
The agreement on a...