23 June confirmed as Brussels 'transparency register' launch date
BRUSSELS: After months of planning – and against the backdrop of the European Parliament inquiry into ethics and transparency reforms – the combined European Commission/ European Parliament ‘transparency register’ will launch this month.
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The two institutions currently operate separate lobbyist registers but their new ‘one-stop-shop’ listing will debut on 23 June.
Both institutions have decided that the ‘cash-for-laws’ scandal – a Sunday Times ‘sting’ in which four MEPs were accused of being prepared to accept payment in return for tabling amendments – will not derail their plans.
As the June edition of Public Affairs News went to press, details were being ironed out for launch day, with a press conference slated to take place at the Commission’s Berlaymont HQ.
9th June 2011 by PAN staff
