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"Mr President, as Mr Bonde pointed out, Europe is one of the world’s most underdeveloped regions when it comes to rules on lobbying. However, we can make things better today by supporting the amendment calling for a mandatory register of financial interests and real sanctions for those who break the rules. In addition, we need to clarify what those people working in the Commission who are paid externally are actually doing.
As many people point out, lobbying is not bad in itself, but the problem is that when we centralise decisions it becomes easy for large companies to turn economic power into political power. At least four fifths of lobbyists are paid by big companies.
imbalance affects our legislation. Transparency must therefore mean that all amendments to legal texts submitted by lobbyists must be registered openly so that we can see who is behind them.
When the register of those who are allowed to come here is set up, I call upon Mrs Lulling to ensure that one third of the places are given to companies, one third to non-governmental organisations and one third to others. That will enable us to have a balance."@en1
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