The European Commission hopes its new transparency initiative can prevent an Abramoff-type lobbying fiasco in Europe, but EU institutions face suspicion under the current system.
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In the legislative procedure of the European Union for a new chemicals policy, the first stage, namely the first reading in the European Parliament and Council of Ministers, has alsmost been...
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The run of Austrian Associations and Organisations towards Brussels goes on. The Austrian Association for Gas and Water has opened its office in the capital of Europe these days.
The arrival in November of José Manuel Barroso and his colleagues at the European Commission is causing a frenzy among one of the most powerful business groupings in Brussels: the professional lobbyists.
Recently Brussels has been attracting enormously with lucrative EU-posts or influential Lobbying Jobs.
By ambition and international expertise three Austrians amounted to a lot there: Martin Säckl, Barbara Brandtner und Klaus Baier told us how they followed their careers in Europe.
