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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13741
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INSTITUTIONAL / Lobbying

Lobbying by major digital companies targeting EU legislation is at an all-time high, says Corporate Europe Observatory

Digital industry lobby spending rose from €113 million in 2023 to €151 million in 2025, an increase of 33.6%, according to a new study by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, based on the EU transparency register, published on Wednesday 29 October.

This increase is even more pronounced than in 2021, when lobbying expenditure amounted to €97 million, “an increase of 55.6% in four years”.

According to the two associations, this firepower in the digital industry’s...

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LOBBYING: lobbying by major digital companies targeting EU legislation is at an all-time high, says Corporate Europe Observatory
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