ALTER-EU verdict on the review of the EU Transparency Register: “hugely disappointing” | ALTER-EU

ALTER-EU verdict on the review of the EU Transparency Register: “hugely disappointing” | ALTER-EU:

Transparency campaigners cannot find a single area of “good progress” made by the review group to improve the EU’s lobby register, according to a scorecard published today by ALTER-EU. The scorecard assesses the outcome of the recent EU Transparency Register review process against ALTER-EU's own recommendations for reform. The assessment has been made after receiving leaked copies of the final outcome of the review process.

Out of the ten ALTER-EU recommendations for reform, five were assessed as “no progress made” and a further three as “some improvement, more to do”. In the two most important areas (making the register mandatory and the introduction of incentives to encourage registration) the Parliament's efforts were given a slightly higher score than the Commission's, to reflect the intransigence and total lack of firm commitment to progressive reform shown by the Commission.