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Legal reform

“This Is Not a Foreign Agents Law”

The Commission’s New Directive on Transparency of Third Country Lobbying

The European Commission emphasises that the new law does not stigmatise anyone nor involve criminal sanctions. But the more a statement is repeated, the less credible it appears, says Emilia Korkea-aho.

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Swedish Presidency Programme barely mentions transparency

Transparency all but falls off the Presidency agenda of openness-loving Sweden.

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Russian lobbyists to be barred from accessing EU decision makers

Decision taken well into the Russian invasion in Ukraine and after considerable pressure on the institution representing EU member states.

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Enhanced transparency of decion making among CoFEU Plenary’s list of proposals

Draft report, endorsed by the European Parliament, proposes swathe of measures aimed at strengthening transparency and participation for citizens and parliaments.

Meeting of the citizens’ panel on European democracy at the European University Institute in Florence. Credit: Department of European Politics, Italian government.