On Thursday 2 December, the European Commission tried to play down shortcomings in the European Transparency Register, which records meetings between Commissioners and lobbyists (see EUROPE B12714A15).
“The Transparency Register concerns meetings with interest representatives or representatives of civil society, i.e. either companies or NGOs. There is no obligation to register meetings with, for example, members of the EU Court of Auditors in the transparency register”, replied European...