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Story from Financial News: The Conservative Party received a £500,000 donation from a British crypto investor two months before the government pledged to make the UK “the very best place in the world” to build crypto businesses.

Story from Greenpeace: Russian energy firms Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosatom used lobbying connections reminiscent of nesting Russian dolls to influence the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU taxonomy of sustainable investments, according to new research by Greenpeace France.

Story from DeSmog: The farming body has registered as a ‘non-commercial’ organisation on the newly updated EU Transparency Register, meaning it does not have to declare its lobbying spend.

In Brüssel tobt derzeit eine Lobbyschlacht. Mit Rekordausgaben für Lobbyarbeit wollen Google, Amazon, Facebook & Co strengere Regeln für Internetplattformen verhindern. Der Digitalindustrie steht dabei ein Lobbybudget von 97 Mio. € zur Verfügung, wie eine neue Studie von LobbyControl und Corporate Europe Observatory erstmals zeigt.

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl: As the EU tries to rein in the most problematic aspects of Big Tech – from disinformation, targeted advertising to unfair competition practices – the digital giants are lobbying hard to shape new regulations. Check out analysis of the tech industry's EU lobbying firepower.

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory: Big Pharma is waging a fierce lobbying battle to protect its monopoly patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. This report outlines the sector’s lobby spending although this is likely to be an underestimate of Big Pharma's true firepower.