Lobbying
Inter-institutional agreement on a mandatory Transparency Register for lobbyists
This new proposal is aimed at enhancing openness and accountability. It aims to make the existing Transparency Register – which is voluntary and only applicable to the European Parliament (EP) and the Commission – unavoidable for any interest representatives seeking to influence policy-making in all three institutions, thus also including Council and, on a voluntary basis, other EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies.
- View the proposal on the European Parliament website
- Law Societies' position paper (joint response from the Law Society of England & Wales and the Law Society of Scotland)