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UnFairbnb: How online rental platforms use the EU to defeat cities’ affordable housing measures

2018-05-02

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory: AirBnB and its allies are lobbying the EU to fight measures to protect affordable housing in cities across Europe. Within two years, the EU lobby spending of AirBnB has increased from less than €100,000 to just under €500,000. The lobbying expenditure of other similar companies follow the same pattern.

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Arms industry lobbying in Brussels

2017-12-04

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory, Vredesactie, Agir Pour la Paix, and the European Network Against Arms Trade: This new infographic explains how arms industry lobbying in Brussels is shaping the EU's 'defence' agenda.

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The Great Gas Lock-in: Industry lobbying behind the EU push for new gas infrastructure

2017-10-31

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory: This new report shows why the fire-power of the gas industry makes it a powerful and effective lobbying force in Brussels and national capitals, while public interest groups have just a fraction of the resources and access.

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Big Data is watching you: The industry lobby battle against ePrivacy

2017-10-17

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory: Industry lobbies, including those who collect or use citizens’ personal online data for advertising purposes, have been vigorously opposing new proposals on ePrivacy.

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The fire power of the financial lobby: A survey of the size of the financial lobby at the EU level

2014-04-09

Story from Corporate Europe Observatory, ÖGB Europabüro, and AK EUROPA: The enormous influence and destructive power of financial markets became apparent with the global economic collapse of 2008. In total the financial industry spends more than €120 million per year on lobbying in Brussels and employs more than 1700 lobbyists. The financial industry lobbied the post-crisis EU regulation via over 700 organisations and outnumbered CSOs by a factor of more than seven.

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