LONDON/BRUSSELS: The European Parliament (EP) vice-president in charge of transparency has hailed the achievement in establishing Brussels’ Transparency Register but has hit out at the lack of engagement from the Council of Ministers as “not satisfactory”.
COPENHAGEN: Denmark has become the latest EU member state to move closer to introducing a register of the country’s lobbyists.
BRUSSELS: Plastics Europe has completed its search for a new advocacy director.
BRUSSELS: The chief executive of the Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) has been appointed secretary-general of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP).
BRUSSELS: The European Association of Television and Radio Sales Houses (EGTA) has completed its search for a new secretary-general, appointing Christian de Barrin to the role.
LONDON: Home-improvement retailer Kingfisher has appointed its first European affairs manager.
BRUSSELS: The vice-president of European affairs at GE, Hendrik Bourgeois, has been elected as the new chair of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU).
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic and European economic and social committee secretary-general Martin Westlake attended the launch of the third edition of the book Interest Representation in the European Union.
PHARMA LOBBY’S NEW COMMS BOSS:The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has named Titta Rosvall-Puplett as director for communications and partnerships. Previously director of EFPIA’s research directors’ group, she replaces Colin Mackay, who is now at AP...
Jacques Delors’ prophecy in the late 1980s that ‘80 per cent of the law implemented in member states will come from Brussels’ has materialised, leading to EU public affairs services mushrooming.