“European governments should increase the transparency and the accountability around lobbying to ensure that members of the public know which actors seek to influence political decisions”, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body (GRECO) indicates in its 2021 report published on Thursday, 2 June.
Notably emphasising that “public confidence has [...]been tested to the limit” during the Covid-19 crisis, GRECO explains that, while “lobbying is a legitimate activity that can...