Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-11-Speech-3-339-937"
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"There has been much discussion in recent weeks about the role of lobbyists within the European Parliament. Ever since four MEPs were accused of having accepted money from ‘bogus’ lobbyists in return for tabling amendments, the institution has been seeking to clarify and reform the rules governing the activity of lobbyists in Parliament. A kind of permanent suspicion has long surrounded MEPs’ relationships with interest representatives, hence the creation of a first register of lobbyists in 1996. Today, this register, in which lobbyists will have to register themselves, is being reformed. The ‘voluntary’ registration process is actually mandatory, as only registered lobbyists will be granted access to Parliament. I also welcome the adoption of the ‘legislative footprint’: the idea of publishing the names of the people one has met when drafting reports is, to my mind, a perfectly normal transparency measure. It is regrettable, however, that the Council, unlike the Commission, has not joined in the initiative."@en1
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