Brussels, 31/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Alter-EU NGO umbrella group launched an online petition on 30 October, calling for a compulsory transparency register of pressure and lobby groups. The register is currently optional.
The organisation says that the process to revise the transparency register that began in the summer of 2013 is an ideal opportunity to remedy shortcomings in the current system.
In June 2011, the European Commission and European Parliament launched a joint...